Petition to Oppose the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA)

Joe | February 28, 2009

From Focus Petitions.com:
In recent years, Congress has attached special annual funding provisions called pro-life “riders” to spending bills, to ensure taxpayers aren’t forced to fund abortions here and overseas. Now, the Democrat-controlled Congress is moving forward to strip those “riders” from the spending bills and thereby require taxpayers to fund [...]

Jesus is Living in Florida?

Joe | February 27, 2009

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda

A couple years back, I used to have a personal blog. One of the posts I had written at the time was concerning a certain gentleman from Florida named José Luis De Jesus Miranda. I haven’t looked this guy up for awhile and I haven’t heard much recently so I was hoping that maybe he [...]

Missing Teen: Amber Dubois

Joe | February 26, 2009

UPDATE 03/18: There is an official site for Amber at Bring Amber Home.
Every so often I’ll get one of those chain emails about missing persons. Today I received one from a member of my small group at church. I did a quick check and this is legit.

Her name is Amber Dubois. The news article on [...]

It is a New Morning

Joe | February 26, 2009

A couple weeks back, I had a post about God’s lovingkindness, compassions and faithfulness. It in, I had quoted from Lamentations. As you may have read in the last day or so, we’ve been struggling with our teen which has caused our family much stress.
But I am happy to report that today is a new [...]

40 Days for Life

Joe | February 25, 2009

In my blog reading today, I ran across a few posts about the 40 Days for Life Campaign. Today, February 25, is Day One. Although my blog probably won’t do much to help the cause, I want to at least attempt to help out in some way, thus this post.
From their website:
40 Days for Life [...]

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About the author

Joe

I am a born-again Christian who believes the Bible to be the inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God-breathed. I am a husband, father and stepfather who eagerly waits for the return of Jesus, the Meshiach Nagid.