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The NFL's Matt Lepsis: From a Rocky Mountain High to a Dallas Seminary

Yet for the life of him, Lepsis could not block out God.

For many, the revelation Lepsis played high through the first six games of the Broncos' 2007 season was jolting. I'm not so naive to think Travis Henry is the only Bronco who ever tried drugs. But Lepsis didn't seem like the type. He not only was nice, he was unfailingly polite. He didn't talk much but he laughed easily.

"I know a lot of people will look at this and say, 'Here we go again, another professional athlete who got mixed up on drugs, was in the gutter somewhere, and decided to become religious,' " Lepsis said Friday from Dallas, where he is studying at a theological seminary. "My story couldn't be any further from that. I didn't grow up in the church. I wasn't at rock bottom. I'm not stupid. I didn't seek God, God was seeking me. This happened to me and it can happen to you if you accept the free gift that God has given us."

Drugs and God may be entwined in this story, but people should know the sensational had far less impact on Lepsis' on-field performance than the spiritual.

(What a powerful true story. This shows me no one is too high in life that they don't need to be saved or too low in life that they can't be saved. Lepsis, now studying theology in a seminary at Dallas. He also  is anxious to tell his story of redemption.  Here's a couple of other news stories where he does just that: the Seattle Times, the Colorado Springs Gazette, and this particularly detailed story in Winston-Salem's JournalNow. You can also read more of the above story right here.) 



Denver Broncos. by RalleDK.

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Former State Attorney General To Senate...

A defiant Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday appointed a former state attorney general to Barack Obama's former Senate seat, a suprise move that put his opponents in the uncomfortable position of trying to block a veteran political trailblazer from becoming the Senate's only black member. Blagojevich's appointment of Roland Burris injected race into the drama surrounding the embattled governor, who sought to make the issue more about the man he selected rather than the seat he's accused of trying to sell. ( 'Don't let allegations against me taint appointment'...    )

"Please don't allow the allegations against me to taint a good an honest man," the governor said, turning to the smiling 71-year-old standing by his side.

Burris said he discussed the appointment with Blagojevich Sunday night. "I was asked if he would appoint me, would I accept, and the answer is yes," Burris said.

 

Burris said he has no connection to the charges against Blagojevich, who was arrested earlier this month on charges that he tried to sell Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder.

(So far I have heard on TV how Roland Burris has nothing to do with the problems that Gov. Rod is facing. However wouldn't it have said something to the voters if  Burris  had said I don't think it is right to accept this offer with all the charges against you Gov. Rod. Also now no matter what Burris  wants his name will be tide to the Gov. of Ill. )

 
Rod Blagojevich, Bobby Rush and Roland Burris by chicagopublicradio.
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Holocaust tale of courage and redemption

 She says the only Jew she knew was Jesus. There were no Jews around her in Bad Toetz, the West German village where she was born. No one talked about them. No one spoke about where they had gone or the war in which they disappeared, the war in which, she was told, her father died.

She grew up incurious about him -- she was a year old at the time of his death -- but that changed the day her spiteful mother told her, ``You are like your father and you will die like him.''

It turned out her father was a monster named Amon Goethe, and he commanded Plaszow, a forced labor camp in Poland. After the war, he was hanged. Once she knew these things, Monika Hertwig's uninterest became her obsession. ``I wanted to know what happened to the Jews and I wanted to know how my father was involved.''

(The above is from a column written by Leonard Pitts Jr. 

More of his column is below.)

If you saw Schindler's List, you remember Ralph Fiennes' portrait of Goethe as a preening, sadistic bully who amused himself by gunning down Jews for sport. That film, says Hertwig, made her ''sick with the truth.'' When she saw Jonas on a German documentary, it became her mission to find her. Eventually, Hertwig sent a letter. I know you are suffering, she wrote. But I am suffering, too.

(Good for this lady trying to change things unlike her evil father. We must never forget the evil of the Holocaust. Read more of the above column Holocaust tale of courage and redemption )

 
You can tell a lot about what a person is thinking by the expression on their face. Here we see Jewish men in Buchenwald during the Nazi Holocaust by Narayan Hearn.
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Blago names Roland Burris to Obama's Senate seat (breaking News)

 Ignoring threats from the U.S. Senate Democratic leadership to block his pick, Gov. Blagojevich this afternoon said he's appointing Roland Burris to President-elect Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat.

"The people of Illinois are entitled to have two U.S. Senators," said Blagojevich, whose arrest on corruption charges earlier this month places Burris' appointment under a cloud. "If I don't make this appointment then the people of Illinois will be deprived."

(Boy oh boy and you thought we couldn't get anymore exciting news at the end of this year. It looks like Gov. Blagojevich cares anything about the law and waiting for  the process of the courts to take place. This man needs to be removed from office ASAP. This kind of reminds me of the things which happen  when Clinton was our leader in regards to not following the courts. Read more on this issue Blago names Roland Burris to Obama's Senate seat..)



Gov. Rod Blagojevich by captainleadbottom..

 

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PAUL WEYRICH + Rev Warren

 ONE OF THE GREAT fathers  OF THE MODERN CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT DIED a few weeks ago . PAUL WEYRICH WAS 66 AND HAD BEEN IN POOR HEALTH FOR SOME YEARS.       
A few days before Christmas the news hit that President Obama was going to have a somebody who took a controversial stand pray for him at the inaugural. The inaugural prayer in question is not the Rev. Joseph Lowery's benediction, but Rick Warren's invocation. 
(To find out more about these news items watch the video I just posted today PAUL WEYRICH + Rev Warren .)  
  

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Obama fills econ team, says business will revive

 Completing his Cabinet a month before taking office, President-elect Barack Obama named officials to oversee transportation, labor, trade and small business policy Friday but warned that economic recovery won't be nearly as swift. "It will take longer than any of us would like — years, not months. It will get worse before it gets better. But it will get better if we are willing to act boldly and swiftly," Obama said — and he promised to do just that.

He noted his speed in putting his full economic team in place, saying he had done so at an earlier point than previous presidents because of the magnitude of the troubles the country faces.

Obama declined to put a price tag on an economic stimulus plan he will propose, though economists who have been advising him have suggested a package of as much as $850 billion over two years.
(Does anyone besides me smell more and higher taxes coming. If not how is the next President going to pay for all he wants to do. Read more on this issue Obama fills econ team, says business will revive.)
 
 
 
 

 
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Best Christmas gift wasn't under tree: Omaha girl celebrates at home after heart transplant

No more backpack full of IV equipment and medicines to lug around. No more defibrillator vest that poked Macy Stevens when she slept and left bruises on her body. No more hospital gown and no more tubes.

On Christmas, it's just a comfy sweat suit and bare feet on grandma's carpet as Macy, 10, plays Lincoln Logs with her cousins and sisters.



A little more than three weeks earlier, Macy underwent a heart transplant at St. Louis Children's Hospital.

She feels well and her chest doesn't hurt. The feisty redhead is cracking jokes as she always has. And like most kids, she's excited about what she got for Christmas.

As Macy plays, parents Jordan and Karen Stevens, both 38, think of how glad they are to celebrate this Christmas.


Their joy is countered — somewhere — by loss for another family
 
 
(Read all of the above story Best Christmas gift wasn't under tree:.)
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Christmas Gifts from the heart

 Christmas Gift Giving 2007 by MikeL-911.

In the days leading up to  Christmas, there is no doubt Erna Beach of Beatrice will be busily finishing the last few details on wood carvings to give each family member and friend this season.

But, the hard work is worth it because it makes for a special gift with a personal touch.

“I would much rather have a homemade gift then a bought gift,” Beach said.

Each year, Beach creates an original piece of woodwork for each family member and friend on her list, she says. It allows her to share her talents with others.

(What a great idea. I have tried to do this myself. I did it this year by burning some  CD's  and giving them to friends and family. Before I get in trouble let me state these were CD's I had gotten a few years back from different ministries and you can no longer get a hold of them so it was legal to burn them. I did it not only to save money but to spread the Christmas message. If you want read more about what Beach did click on the following link, Gifts from the heart.)

 

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BARACK OBAMA'S " RELIGION "

 Here is a video (  BARACK OBAMA'S " RELIGION " !! ( SCARY & DANGEROUS! )    ) to do with Obama doing some spiritual thinking. It does go back 6 months but so far I haven't heard Obama rejecting what he said in it. If anyone has please email me MADBillyD@aol.com .

I have heard Obama say he is a Christian and he might be. However it sounds like here he rejects the Bible as a word of God. I don't expect those who aren't followers  of Christ to regard the Bible as God's Word but I do expect followers of Christ to regard the Bible as God's word.

In this video it also doesn't sound like Obama knows his Bible. Jesus sermon which Obama talks about in this video was not an address to how governments should be run but how individual followers of Christ should conduct their lives.

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Pope calls for Mideast peace

 (Here is some left over news from last week (Christmas.)

Pope Benedict XVI
called Thursday for peace in the Middle East and stability in Africa during his traditional Christmas speech in St Peter's Square.

"May the divine light of Bethlehem radiate throughout the Holy Land, (bringing) forth rich fruit from the efforts of all those who (shun) the twisted logic of conflict and violence," he said, addressing thousands of pilgrims gathered in the square and millions of viewers on television.

In the Middle East, "the horizon seems once again bleak for Israelis and Palestinians," said the 81-year-old pontiff after nearly four years on the papal throne.

Benedict also spoke out strongly about greed, saying "our world will certainly fall apart ... if people look only to their own interests."

"Wherever the selfishness of individuals and groups prevails over the common good ... may the light of Christmas shine forth and encourage all people to do their part in a spirit of authentic solidarity," the pope urged.

 

(Most  outside of  the Hitlers of the world and those who follow radical Islam want peace. However the Bible teaches there will be no peace until Jesus returns. Also Christmas should be a time when spiritual leaders from the Christian faith preach Jesus came to save us and give us peace in our souls, no matter if there is peace in the world not. It is not a time to preach a man made peace. If you like read more of what the Pope said check it out Pope calls for Mideast peace .)

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Good conduct spreads joy at Omaha's Uta Halee Girls Village

Last Christmas, Tiffany Buchanan bought one present.
For herself.

She remembers her family's scorn. "Tiffany," they said, "that's so disrespectful."

She shrugged it off. Whatever.

This Christmas will be different.

The 16-year-old, with reddish-brown bangs that hang in her face, has spent the last 11 months at Omaha's Uta Halee Girls Village, a psychiatric residential treatment program for youths ages 12 to 18.

Uta Halee organizes Cindy's Super Saver, a holiday program that rewards residents for good behavior and teaches them about giving.

It started seven years ago when dietary supervisor Cindy Heaton noticed a boy crying because he had no Christmas presents for his family.

Heaton raided her "Christmas closet" at home, where she stashes bargains that she buys year-round, and gave the boy five presents to give. "He needed something, and I had it," she said.

The boy was so touched she would help him. Maybe there are more kids like him, she thought.

Her good will has evolved into Cindy's Super Saver.

 

(Read more of this cool story Good conduct spreads joy.)

 
 
Meowy Christmas! by fofurasfelinas.
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Tebow's football awards anchored by faith

 

Tim Tebow by KahneFan4Life. 

University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow has added to an already impressive collection of national football awards, garnering the 2008 Wuerffel Trophy, the Maxwell Award and the Disney Spirit Award.

Tebow is a member of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, where his parents, Bob and Pam Tebow, are longtime members and, as missionaries to the Philippines, head up the Bob Tebow Evangelistic Association.

A college junior, Tebow, who last year was the first sophomore to win the Heisman, college football's most prestigious honor, finished last among this year’s three finalists but had the most first-place votes.

The 1996 Heisman winner, Danny Wuerffel, notified Tebow Dec. 11 that he had won the trophy named for him (Wuerffel), which is awarded to the college football player who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.

Tebow, who will lead Florida against the Oklahoma Sooners in the Jan. 8 BCS National Championship Game in Miami, was recognized for spending his 2008 spring break as a missionary in the Philippines with his dad's ministry. In April 2008, he organized a flag football tournament to raise awareness for orphans in Gainesville and around the world. He has spoken at a business conference in Croatia and was invited by the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board to speak to missionaries in southern Asia. He also has spoken at several prisons across the state of Florida.

Mac Brunson, pastor of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, said he and the church are "incredibly proud" of Tim and "how much his leadership has come to the top."

"We talk about Timmy the runner, we talk about Timmy the passer, we talk about Timmy the football player, but I think what everybody has seen this year is the leadership quality," Brunson told the Florida Baptist Witness. "Everything rises and falls on leadership, and after the Mississippi game [Florida's lone loss], he just kind of rose to leadership."

(Good for this young man who at a young age is already making an impact for good and the things of God. Here's more from Baptist Press.)

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