Tebow ad

Since I highlighted the Tebow ad controversy last week, I thought I'd include the actual ad today. Do you think a few people over-reacted to rumors and assumptions? I'd say the ad is a nice celebration of life and family. Take a look:

Moral Accountability

In last fall's presidential election, many social conservatives and followers of Jesus endorsed President Obama, confident that he would not keep pledges to wipe out laws protecting the lives of the unborn. A new website has now sprung up to track those issues. I'll be tracking the website but thought you might want to take a look, too.

What's interesting with Moral Accountability is that it includes the support of a number of university professors committed to monitoring President Obama's actions in the coming months regarding rights of the unborn, marriage rights, and similar issues. Check out the site.

Letters, part 2

Yesterday, I told you about a response I wrote to a letter to the editor in a metropolitan newspaper.

I signed my letter and mailed it off, knowing that not many letters are accepted. Chances were not good that it would be published. But mine was.

How do you celebrate that? I did a little fist pump in the quiet of my bedroom and went back to re-finishing the wooden dresser for the new baby.

A couple of weeks later, however, I got a note in the mail from our state representative (a friend whom I had helped in her campaigns), attached to a letter from the Colorado Right to Life Committee. They quoted parts of my letter in their monthly update letter (I even got called "dear lady"). Our representative added, "Did you see this? I'm so proud of you for writing that letter. It said it ALL."

When I get frustrated with rejection notices and failed writing projects, I remember this little exchange and know God was in the writing. If I write for him, he's already used me.

And here's the best part: that bundle of life turns 13 today. (Happy birthday, Timothy!) Every day, as I watch my son grow and run and experiment and learn, I get reminded again that life counts.

Letters, part 1

This pregnancy had a rocky start, begun with weekly hormone shots and sustained with some early bed rest. The memories of two miscarriages hovered like black snakes. Even though I was now coasting in the second trimester, I hadn't fully shaken off the trembling of those early weeks when I read the letter.

It was a short blurb in a city newspaper I sometimes scanned. This letter was only two paragraphs, responding to a recent flurry of articles about the abortion debate. The author cited Ayn Rand, claiming she provided "the definitive response to anti-abortionists. She said, 'If words have any meaning, the unborn are the unliving.'"

After that slam dunk, the author added that those opposed to abortion "will not relent until they succeed in legally redefining 'life' and 'living'."

The water cascaded over my growing belly as I stood in the shower the next morning, still mulling his words. I'm a writer and God gave me words. I penned a response:

I wonder if a political agenda doesn't cloud the simple and obvious.

I am 23 weeks pregnant. Six weeks into my pregnancy, I saw an ultrasound which showed a small bump emitting a heartbeat of 128 beats per minute. Four weeks later, another ultrasound showed a tiny being actively swimming. I could see arms, legs, hands, feet and even a nose.

Now, I can see my abdomen expand with this baby's growth. I can feel prods and pokes.

Ayn Rand may tell me that 'the unborn are the unliving,' but common sense tells me there is life within my womb.

Tomorrow: part 2

Life is sweet

In the beginning, God breathed life into a man and so we began our special journey on earth. I treasure life and that abundance that Jesus proclaims in John 10:10.

So what do you think of this artwork?

They are crafted by Camille Allen out of polymer clay, although apparently the buzz on the internet is that they are made out of marzipan.






Not going to say any more.... What's your input?

This is what it means to be held

My 16-year-old daughter, who wants to be a moviemaker someday, has created a new video in honor of Sanctity of Life week. This clip will be shown tonight at our local caring pregnancy center annual banquet. Please take a look.