Archive for the 'Current Events & Issues' Category

Check Out the Pajama School Contest!

For those of you who don’t follow the Pajama School Blog, I just wanted to let you know that I’ve just launched an exciting contest! We’ve partnered with Advent Film Group (producer of Come What May) to provide an opportunity for aspiring filmmakers to work on a short creative film project with the potential of […]

Win a Free Copy of the DVD Come What May!

If you haven’t been keeping up with my other blog, Pajama School, you may want to head over and check out the series of posts I’m doing this week on the film Come What May. The DVD was officially released today and is available for purchase nationwide. It was produced by a crew of 40 […]

After numerous tags, it has become apparent that many people would like to know 25 random things about me. 🙂 Since I aim to please, I have gone to great lengths to compile the following list of little-known items of interest [or non-interest!] about myself. And I followed the rules…almost. I just added a little […]

If you are a homeschooler living in the state of Kansas, you may participate in this contest. I have a free 6-month subscription to The Guardian News – A Kansas Homeschool Newspaper that I’m giving away. If you are interested in participating in the contest, just leave a comment on this post or send me […]

Election Thoughts…

…but not from me. 🙂 This morning Dad asked me to read over an e-mail he had written to some friends of ours after finding out that some of their family members were voting for Barack Obama. (He intended to send it yesterday, but forgot to ask me to look over it until this morning, […]

The Homosexual Marriage Debate

Voddie Baucham has posted an awesome analysis of The Homosexual Marriage Debate on his blog. He exposes the logical absurdities of the arguments in favor of homosexual “marriage” and reveals the frightening reality of why most young people today eagerly embrace this redefinition of marriage. As we pray for the elections that are less than […]

I think the following analysis of Barack Obama is one of the most insightful and concise I’ve read. It was in today’s FRC Action Update. If you are interested in receiving these updates, you can subscribe on this page of their website. You may also be interested in subscribing to the Washington Update – a […]

July has been a change of pace, with not quite as many piano lessons and more time to work on other projects. Much of my focus has been on the book I am writing and on learning everything I can about the field of self-publishing, since that’s the route I plan to take. I’ve been […]

The News I’ve Been Waiting For…

The Constitution Party chose a presidential candidate at a nominating convention held last weekend in Kansas City.

Casino Vote Record

All State Legislators will be up for reelection in 2008. After years of defeating casino-related bills in session, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 66 during the 2007 Legislative session. Praise the Lord that we were able to defeat the gambling propositions here in Sedgwick County! We can continue to take a stand on this issue […]

The Lord has been merciful to Wichita and the surrounding community and has blessed our efforts by turning out a strong “N0 Casinos” vote today in Sedgwick County! (NO: 56% YES: 43%) The “NO Slots” vote was not as strong, but we still won by about 340 votes. (View results here.) I just got off […]

The No Casino efforts are going strong and another organization has joined the fight. Check out the new Moms Against Casinos website and sign the petition to show your support for a No Casino vote on August 7. If you want to help support this effort, but haven’t been sure how to do so, you […]

No Casinos in Sedgwick County – Vote No on August 7

Our family has been doing some work with the No Casinos in Sedgwick County effort, including contacting the Derby churches to garner support, organizing a town hall meeting in Derby earlier this week, distributing yard signs, etc. My Dad came up with a clever acrostic: Don’t let casinos make a MESS out of Sedgwick County. […]

Quick Update

Here’s a helpful comment I received from Jim Atchison, Treasurer for Kansas Judicial Review of Johnson County. If you haven’t yet voted and still need information on how to vote for Kansas Court of Appeals judges, this is the site to visit! The big day is upon us! Make sure you take time to vote […]

Harriet Miers Withdraws Supreme Court Nomination

Wow! Check out the article here. There has been so much controversy over this nomination of Harriet Miers. I must say, I didn’t really think she would end up withdrawing…let’s all remember to pray for the President as he makes this important decision of who to nominate to fill this position on the Supreme Court. […]

A Man’s Heart Deviseth His Way…

…but the LORD directeth his steps. Proverbs 16:9 I was going to blog something interesting and thought-provoking this morning. On my way here, though, I stopped at Crystal’s Blog. She’s been blogging up a storm today, with a number of posts related to helping the hurricane victims. I confess, I had not kept up with […]

ID=I Determine

In light of a comment (thank you to whoever posted – it helped me think through this issue in more depth!) posted in response to my post on the ID Movement, I want to clarify a few things. First, let me say that I believe in a literal 7-day Creation as recorded in the book […]

Does ID=IQ?

“In Kansas, conservative school-board members are attempting to rewrite statewide standards for teaching evolution to make sure that creationism’s modern stepchild, intelligent design, infiltrates the curriculum.” Don’t you just love the way Charles Krauthammer clearly articulates in this New York Times article to all of his readers exactly what is going on here in Kansas? […]