RYC: Taking a break was amazing. It totally changed me and for the week that I just wrote it changed my life. I got up around 6 AM each morning and went to bed around 9 PM which really majorly changed my schedule. Anyway, I would highly recommend taking time off to write. You won’t regret it

Eric

That terrible about your dog…pepper spray can be just awful, that is what it is meant for, but it still hurts!

Nice job on the knitting… I love the color of your scarf, it looks just like something I would choose.

Your weaving projects sound like so much fun, do you work with just yards or fabric
threads also? You mentioned you were working on a woven purse?

We have been doing some needle felting in one of my mom’s sewing classes (She teaches sewing classes and I co-teach when I am home or not working on orders) any way, I would love to do more of that… with needle felting you can work with the wool fibers in a new way…. I’d love to be able to spin and weave my own fabrics…sigh… if only I had more hours in the day.

Your movie sounds fun…what is it about? I looked at the pics on the movie site, but I wasn’t sure what the store was…

Thank you again for your comment.

Sincerely,
Brielle

The third partiers want to stop all abortions. So do I. But meantime people are dying, and If I can stop some abortions, or even stop the number from growing by voting second best that’s what I will do.

Killing someone is wrong, but not if their about to kill you. Voting for a non-christian could be wrong, but not when it stops a evil-through-and-through one from getting in.

I would have voted second best if I could have saved a small percent of the Jews from the Holocaust.

We christians had our priorities so screwed up this year. We picked Palin’s private family affairs to bits, and never told Tom, Dick and Harry that Obama supports infanticide.

T, D, and H had no idea that Obama even supports the killing of babies who survive abortion, the media didn’t tell them that!

But we knew.

I wasn’t voting out of fear. I could not vote third party with a clear conscience.

O.K. That’s the last I’m saying. What’s done is done.

Heather

this is a comment that I tried posting on your movie blog:

That is so cool that you guys are making a movie! I can’t wait till I am back in the states so I can make some more with my friends.

You can make a really cool dolly with tinkertoys and clothesline. Neat, but embarrassingly MacGyver:)

onedaymore

“That person must be doing something terribly right!”

But to see the attacks coming from the Church is horrible. What has happened to everyone? I finally came of age to find my nation not at all what I hoped it would be. I feel as though I’m ready to charge into battle…only to find that so many comrades have fled.

Where in the Bible are you given three choices? Nay, two choices is what you get. Two choices is what we had. Some made the right choice, some made the wrong choice…others made up a choice that didn’t exist.

Prayer and hard work is what I have left to give, and I’ll give it with all my might.

Keep up the faith!

~Amanda~

To be fair: the Republicans have been in power for 8 years, it seems only natural that the reins be handed to someone else. To be fair, Iraq didn’t go as planned. To be fair, the economy is in the toilet and however unfair it is that Bush (and not the Democrats who are actually responsible) gets the blame for the financial crisis–it’s only natural that people want a “change” at least for the eyes, regardless of whether they even like Obama or not.

I could see how many black and minority Americans, including minority Christians were eager to see help make this historic moment happen. (but has Martin Luther King’s “judge by character not by skin color” DREAM become a reverse racist nightmare?)

For so many people though, it was neither about the economy nor race. For the media and the elites especially, it was about culture. It was about abandoning the most basic and precious cultural values that have TRULY allowed our nation to rise to greatness: FAITH, FAMILY, FREEDOM.

The mistreatment and disrespect of the Palins (who I believe typify the above ideals) came from so many places–the media, but not the least of which was the CHURCH ITSELF! So many self-proclaimed godly people were ready in full force to judge and tear this woman into pieces like wolves instead of understanding the implications her leadership and mere presence in the public eye could bring!

As the church struggles to promote a culture of LIFE in our culture of DEATH, I was surprised by how many Christians were completely ignorant of the power of Palin’s candidacy. Was it all by chance that her newborn baby has Down’s Syndrome, that her teenage daughter is gracefully carrying her unplanned pregnancy to term?

As the church struggles to promote family values in a culture of FATHERLESS-ness, was it by chance that Todd Palin exemplified Christ-like humility and love for his children and wife? That being a real “man” does not merely rest on being a financial provider or business leader, but a real “man” is perfectly comfortable helping around with household duties as well? And even cradling a child in his arms?

As the church struggles to raise up young men of courage in our entitlement culture, is it by chance that her son Track had already enlisted to be deployed to Iraq and serve his nation?

As the church struggles to save marriage when every state is seeking to redefine it and some already have, is it by chance that Sarah and Todd were high school sweethearts and still very much devoted to each other?

I also found it hypocritical that a nation that claims to be sooo concerned over environmental issues was ready to demean and degrade not just the leader of the state, but the state of Alaska itself. It’s too “rural” therefore must be too easy to lead. Have these so called environmentalists ever been out of the city? Do they know that Alaska is filled with some of the most awesome natural wonders on earth, amazing wildlife, a diverse population where Native Americans are not just shoved off into reservations but maintain their cultures out in the open? OH and the RESOURCES! Yeah that!

Didn’t it feel odd for some judgmental Christians that their distaste for Palin was shared by Hollywood actors, ivory tower Marxists, and the mainstream media? (Sure, maybe their distaste stems from different reasons, but in this day and age, I believe as a general rule of thumb, whatever the world hates—must be good and whatever the world loves is usually bad.)

Sarah Palin is not stupid. Record and experience wise, she was FAR MORE qualified than Obama. She’s even had more executive experience than John McCain! Unlike the 3rd Party candidates, Palin has put her conservatism into ACTION and has a resume of accomplishment to show for it. Everybody knew it, and that’s why the media had to draw people’s attentions elsewhere.

She is someone that frequently invokes her Christian faith as her guiding compass. Before she saw the need for righteous leaders in her hometown and state, she was a HOMEMAKER—a hockey mom. She represents femininity and motherhood in this age of feminazism –including the godly stay-at-home moms in a way no leader has.

Call me emotional and crazy, but I truly believe the real loser of this election was the American mom. (Not to mention millions of unborn children and American citizens with special needs.)

*sigh* those are my sentiments… Anyhow, my prayers are with this nation and our new leader.

Jennifer