UPDATE: January 1, 2008 - I’ve been sick the last week, so I decided not to update the rest of the year.

Won’t you walk down memory lane with me…

The full year will eventually be updated.  Enjoy for now.

JANUARY

I had the opportunity to interview three great ladies in the first month.  Kathi Macias, an absolutely wonderful writer and good friend, Lisa Harper, also a great writer and Anne Collier who wrote the book MySpace Unraveled.

The hottest post was when I wrote about an episode of Janet Parshall’s America and Janet’s comments about the Christian bashing at the Sun Dance festival.

FEBRUARY

I covered the Restore America conference in Oregon and got to interview… Dr. Ken Hutcherson - (pictured with me) , David Brog, Judge Charles Pickering, Rick Scarborough and Herb Titus, among others.

I also did podcasts with Tricia Goyer who wrote Arms of Deliverance, Jodi Cowles who wrote Minor Protection Act and Rick Green the cohost of Wallbuilders Live.

Two of the hottest posts were when Peter LaBarbera received an apology from Barry Wick and of course the one where   homosexual Graham Kaye threatened to treat me like a pinata.

And the media story that ran way too much was on the death of Anna Nicole Smith who was 39 when she died.

MARCH

In March I was also attacked by militant homosexual activist Adam Kautz, and one of the hottest posts was about how some gay activists didn’t condemn violent threats against me.

Eric Volz  was wrongly imprisoned in Nicaragua for a murder he didn’t commit.

Interviewed…

Jerry Newcombe (pictured) about his new book Cross Purposes

Donna Dawson,
Tamra Nashman,
Gayle Roper,
Susie Larson,
Dr. Jennifer Thomas,
Todd Nettleton

And a few others I don’t feel like mentioning here.

APRIL

The story that impacted me the most was when militant Islamic murderers slaughtered three Christians in Turkey.  That was a huge story and made it into all the local and international media coverage.

The Ban on Partial Birth Abortion was upheld.

ACLU went after the Gideons.

Johnny Hart creator of the beloved comic BC died.

The Parents Group Launched from Stephen Bennett ministries and I joined.

MAY

May was an eventful month as I traveled with my husband to Israel for a whole week.  There were many highlights there, but the one that stands out the most for me was being able to spend a full day with Kay Arthur from Precepts Ministries International.

I also did my first international podcast with Tom & Bonnie Deuschle from Africa about their new CD and what the Lord is doing in Africa.

I also interviewed a few people, including Greg Howlett, Deborah Smith Pegues and Bree Noble.

Christian rocker Kim Hill received another Dove Award for her great music.

School District to Pay $99,776.74 for Censoring Christian Group

Dr. Jerry Falwell died and the militant homosexuals around the country rejoiced showing their hearts.

And three Indonesian Sunday School teachers were let out of prison early. 

JUNE

I interviewed Pat Sikora about her book and also Dr. Marvin Newell about this wonderful book from Moody Publishers called A Martyr’s Grace.

Ruth Graham dies, the wife of Billy Graham.

Rabbis curse Jerusalem for gay pride parade.

Eharmony.com targeted by lesbian claiming discrimination

The second half of 2007 will be posted soon.

One of the special gifts I bought for a whole bunch of people this year was a small devotional book called Grace for the Moment, Volume II by Max Lucado. I bought 20 copies and handed 19 of them out to various people I know at work, school and in my networking group, and without fail, everyone appreciated the gift.

Which is why I wanted to share part of today’s devotion with you. The scripture today is taken from the eyewitness account of Luke 22:42 and says, “Father, if you are willing, take away this cup of suffering.” - This of course, is referring to Jesus as He’s preparing to go to the cross.

Lucado explains that Jesus was fearful at this point and instead of hiding His fear, He shared it with His Father first, and then we also are told. Lucado also makes the point that Jesus could have gone to His mother or His disciples who were with Him in the garden, and yet He didn’t. Instead He set the example we are to follow, and He prayed to His Father instead.

In our world of self sufficiency and a world that is dominated by negative images in the news and media, it’s not uncommon for people to feel fear. I see it all the time with the people I work with. And most of the time the things we fear never come to pass. Which is why I like to share with people that fear is really

False Evidence Appearing Real.

It really is when you think about it, and fear can be conquered so easily if we cast all of our cares upon God, knowing that He cares for us, and we also remember that most of what we fear never comes to pass.

In the case of Jesus, and the story we saw today, that did come to pass, and ironically, it’s because Jesus endured the cross that He has told us to “Fear Not” for He has overcome the world.

Okay, here’s a disclaimer, I love to try new sports, and my buddy Hal over at The Great Separation just told me about disc golf, so I had to tell you about it.

I just got home from a sporting goods store and unfortunately they didn’t have all the discs that one needs to begin with, but I did get a good deal on two of the three needed. Normally discs run about $10 a piece and I got mine for $7 - so it’s a beginning.

Anyway, here’s how disc golf works in a nutshell. You take your discs and you throw them into a wired type basket, just like on a golf course. Normally courses are in parks and most of the time they are free to go into and if they are not free it’s only a few dollars (literally) to go and play. Unlike golf which really is a rich man’s sport.

What I like about disc golf if that anybody any age can play it. It’s absolutely perfect for the whole family, because small children can throw a disc, as well as elderly people.

If you’d like to know more, just watch this You Tube video below, it just describes it for you.

A few days ago I found out that Eric Volz was released from Nicaragua and I was so happy because he had been falsely accused of murder and imprisoned. As a result, some in the blogosphere - like me - added to our sites a plea to pray for Eric and also to remember Eric so that we would not forget that he was there. This week a Christmas miracle took place as he was released and is now home!

The WKRN website has a video and a short story about how his church is celebrating his return.