You have a vitally important opportunity to immediately send a message to prevent a critical loss of access to healthcare professionals who are being systematically pressured to violate ethical standards. Here’s what’s been happening:
In August 2008, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) took long-overdue action to address a growing crisis of abortion-related [...]
March 31, 2009
Categories: advocacy . Tags: 2009, Abortion, April 9, civil rights, congress, obama, right to life, U.S. Dept of health and human services . Author: mark schilling . Comments: 1 Comment
On Thursday, March 26th the President, as part of his “It feels so good to talk” campaign decided to take questions from the good folks on the internet. This is is how it unfolded…
“…we took votes about which questions were going to be asked, and I think 3 million people voted [...]
March 29, 2009
Categories: fun, sermon notes . Tags: obama, pot . Author: mark schilling . Comments: 1 Comment
There is something that I feel I must draw attention to and that is Secretary of the treasury Tim Geithner. He seems to be on a one man mission to help usher in an new era of unprecedented government oversight in finance. On top of this he has the gull to stand up to [...]
March 27, 2009
Categories: fun . Tags: Tim Geithner . Author: mark schilling . Comments: Leave a Comment
2 Samuel 23:9-10 (CEV) The next one of the Three Warriors was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite. One time when the Philistines were at war with Israel, he and David dared the Philistines to fight them. Every one of the Israelite soldiers turned and ran, 10except Eleazar. He killed Philistines until his hand [...]
March 25, 2009
Categories: christian maturity, sermon notes . Tags: 2 samuel 23:9-10, David, Eleazar, fight . Author: mark schilling . Comments: 1 Comment
John 6:60-68 Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”61 Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again? 63 The Spirit [...]
March 21, 2009
Categories: christian maturity, leadership . . Author: mark schilling . Comments: 1 Comment
Hebrews 10:24 (NLT) Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.
I read a story covered by ABC news about a baby that is a medical mystery because of the fact that she won’t grow. Atlanta Ruzman of the U.K. said her first clue that something [...]
March 19, 2009
Categories: christian maturity, leadership, sermon notes . . Author: mark schilling . Comments: Leave a Comment
I was asked to contribute to ONE.org. ONE is a great organization that’s making a huge difference and one that i believe in. They posted my sermon to their site and you can link on it by clicking here….“HERE” . If you like, vote for me.
March 18, 2009
Categories: fun, sermon notes . Tags: one.org . Author: mark schilling . Comments: Leave a Comment
Meet Craig Clasen, your average 32 year old spear-fishing snorkeler. Last June he decided it would be a hoot to get in a battle royale with a 12-foot tiger shark. He spent 2 hours fighting this beast until he finally finished it off by stabbing it in its skull. He’s quoted as saying, “Once I [...]
March 13, 2009
Categories: fun . . Author: mark schilling . Comments: 1 Comment
I thought I’d pass on along to my readers a truly great thought by Steven Furtick. I would encourage you to click on his name and read the full entry… GREAT stuff
Imagination is not creation Some people fancy themselves as being “creative”, or ”creative-types” because they have a lot of ideas. Cool. You [...]
March 11, 2009
Categories: christian maturity, leadership . Tags: creation, imagination, Steven Furtick . Author: mark schilling . Comments: Leave a Comment
Psalm 37:7 (NLT) Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act.
There are times when my human action can bring about definitive change and there are many other times where the change that’s needed can only be an act of the divine. my attitude, behavior and actions are [...]
March 9, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Chris Brown, Psalm 37:7, stress . Author: mark schilling . Comments: 1 Comment