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February 5, 2010

A good question and an even better answer

Our updated post at www.steveandmegan.org

On January 18, 2010, Martin Luther King Jr Day, I was able to take part in a prayer gathering focused on a new Planned Parenthood "Supercenter" being renovated currently in Houston.  This Planned Parenthood is strategically placed directly in the center of four majority-minority neighborhoods, three consisting of 85% hispanic, and the other 85% black.  Oh yeah, and it's also a block away from the University of Houston.  The organization that is Planned Parenthood was started under eugenic beliefs as the founder, Margaret Sanger, was a noted eugenecist.  This building is being touted as the largest abortion facility in the U.S. and the second largest in the world, with the third floor alone used to perform late-term abortions.

Thousands gathered in Houston to take a stand for life.  Some protestors showed up on the pro-life side bearing signs and ready to march like every other stereotypical pro-life protest.  But this wasn't a protest, it was a prayer meeting.  As everyone gathered at the rally, Lou Engle basically banned anyone from carrying signs on the march.  Instead we were to walk peacefully, and prayerfully, through one of these neighborhoods that is going to be greatly affected by the new Planned Parenthood building.  The only sign that we carried was a piece of red duct tape placed over our mouths with the word "life" written on it.  In doing so we were making a statement that those killed every day in silence will be heard, at least on this day.

It's been a few weeks since the march in Houston and I haven't really been able to put forth clear thoughts together about it.  There is one great thing that was accomplished at this event.  One of the most haunting questions brought to pro-lifers is "Who's going to take care of these children when women stop having abortions and you have thousands of babies to take care of?"  It's a great question that has an even better answer.  We will.  The Church will rise to action and take in all of the babies and train up strong men and women of God.  

This idea may not have started with TheCALL or Lou Engle or any leader at the event, but when you take a stand against something you have to provide an alternative, and better, way.  What a great opportunity for the Church to gather together and build up the kingdom of God and stop the relentless slaughter of innocents at the same time.  

For more information on the continual work to end abortion and provide adoption in America, go to www.bound4life.com

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January 3, 2010

A new year and a new website

Our first update of the year.  We created a totally new website, still not great in Internet Explorer, and are hoping to regularly update it throughout the year.  This is the first entry at www.steveandmegan.org

The end of the year is here and I guess it’s time to start with the New Years Resolutions.  Along with tightening my glutes and cussing less, consistent upkeep of the website has made my list of things to do this new year.  So welcome to our first blog post...of this year.

Honestly we have no great expectations for this year.  We know that God will continue being a loving and perfect God and we’re going to do our best to work with Him to establish His kingdom on earth.  Outside of that Megan and I have no clue as to what we’re going to experience this year.  There are things we want to do, and things we know we’re going to do in the unforeseeable future, but we don’t quite know what changes this year will bring.

Maybe there won’t be any changes this year.  Maybe this year will be the exact same as last year.  If so, that’s no problem.  We work with great people who love Jesus and desire to help others love Jesus.  Megan’s still teaching the Reading class (Read Kindergarten class) and I’m teaching in both School of the Bible and in the third grade.  We know this is where we’re going to be until the end of summer 2011.  After that we’ll hear from God where we’re to go.

Actually, there is onething I’m excited about this year.  The merging of the prayer movements with the missions movements.  What does that look like practically?  I don’t know, but it’s happening.  The International House of Prayer and Youth With A Mission are increasingly coming together as are other ministries.  There’s so much talk about it, especially from the International House of Prayer that we’re bound to see something tangible this year.  That’s also what God is calling Megan and I to in the future.  To have a ministry that disciples and outreaches to the Indigenous of the Americas that is bathed in 24/7 prayer.  Read more about that on our Vision page that isn’t posted yet :)

Continue to keep us in prayer as we teach and continue to ask God for our next step in the next new year.  Also we’re still trying to find a cheap used car to get us around Tyler while we’re here.  And we could use prayer to find monthly supporters who want to partner with us.  If anyone has a prayer request as well, email us and let us know.  We’d love to join with you in seeking the heart of God. 

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July 7, 2009

American Indian PGA golfer will ‘talk to the land’

Notah Begay III, the only American Indian golfer on the PGA tour, is tapping his roots as he builds an $8.5 million course on a reservation in Kansas: He said the tribal land must be asked “what it wants you to do.”

The 18-hole Firekeeper Golf Course – Begay’s first signature course – will cover 240 acres near the Prairie Band Potawatomi Casino and Resort on a reservation near Mayetta. Named for the Prairie Band, known as the “keepers of the sacred fire,” Begay said the course should be ready to open next summer.

Begay, a member of the Navajo Nation, said the needs of the land come first.

“You say a prayer, talk to the land and ask it what it wants you to do,” he said Monday in announcing the project. “We incorporate into it the natural design of the land. We didn’t want to add things that weren’t naturally there or needed.”

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May 26, 2008

Native Intelligence: Memorial Day prayer for Charlie and Buffalo Bill

http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2008/05/memorial_day_prayer_for_buffal.php

The Indians too received much coverage in this 19th Century media circus, with gallons of ink spilled over their novel appearance, and barely a trickle exploring the story behind the show. Many had joined the show as a way to make money – at $25 per month, it paid more than reservation jobs but less than what cowboys earned. Others, such as Black Elk, had joined up for the adventure and for the knowledge. “I wanted to see the great water,” he would say later, “the great world and the ways of the white men; this is why I wanted to go…I made up my mind I was going away…to see the white man’s ways. If the white man’s ways were better, why I would like to see my people go that way.” Equally popular among spectators and reporters were the horses, especially the bucking broncos, including a gray horse from Wyoming named Pat Crow, who came to be known as the “horse that bucked around the world.”

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