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Friday, August 5th, 2005[Pastor Joe of Abounding Grace baptizing Caleb Stevens last August.] Ten-year old missionary Caleb Stevens went home to be with Jesus in a car accident in Western Maryland this morning. Details are still sketchy. Caleb, a cherished member of our ministry family, had committed his summer to work alongside his parents with Chain Reaction. His [...]
Coalition News
Friday, August 5th, 2005Time sensitive Coalition announcements here.
One year ago today, dad almost died
Thursday, August 4th, 2005At approximately 3 pm, August 4, 2004, my dad was in a shoulda-been-fatal motorcycle accident on an Ohio highway. Providence and a full-faced helment saved his life. Read the full testimony here. adult toysgirls breastblonde lesbianstight assporn animalnude boyszoo sexgirls naked Map
If you ever need a photographer
Thursday, August 4th, 2005Call Mike Mowery. Check out his portfolio online.
They sent Nonna home
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005[Nonna at her 80th birthday party, 2/24/05]The doctors released Nonna from the hospital today with instructions to make her as comfortable as possible. There is nothing else, medically, they can do to help her. Either she receives a miracle, or she’ll be reunited with her husband Richard and face-to-face with Jesus real soon. Please keep [...]
Congratulations, Frey Scholars!
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005The Helen and Marvin Frey Scholarship Fund recently announced its scholars for the 2005-2006 academic year. Congratulations, Iris DeJesus, Kevin Cedeno, and Jonathan Del Rio! Past recipients of the scholarship, which was endowed three years ago to provide college scholarships to deserving youth and young adults served by Abounding Grace Ministries and Generation Xcel, include [...]
Mac users – help wanted
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005Xcel is picking up 6 G3s this afternoon that were donated to one of our youth centers. The problem: empty harddrives. Any tips for accessing free Mac software licenses?
A total Gore?
Monday, August 1st, 2005I’m not a fan of Al Gore (although a picture of me standing behind him at MTV studios appeared in a Newsweek article during his 1992 run for vice president). But I am intrigued by what I’ve read of Current TV, his “24-hour youth cable network” that launched today. “The cable channel claims it will [...]
(I hate to say this, but) Canseco is credible
Monday, August 1st, 2005Disgraced major leaguer Jose Canseco fingered Rafael Palmeiro as a steroid abuser in his infamous best seller, prompting Palmeiro to point his finger at Congress and emphatically declare: “I have never used steroids. Period.” Today, after testing positive under MLB’s new testing program, baseball’s most recent 3000 hits/500 homeruns “hero” amended his denial, ever so [...]
They were young and inexperienced, and they changed the world
Monday, August 1st, 2005I’m finally reading 1776, after several false starts the last two months, and am up to page 90 or so. One common theme has emerged time and again in the book, besides the obvious George Washington heroics (he of the “conspicuous courage under fire and a marked ability for leadership.”) Washington’s success as a general, [...]
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