The Rooftop Blog- Every day is a Day. March 7 is Mariah’s birthday! March 7, 2018Wednesday, March 7, 2018 Today is… Mariah Jewell’s birthday. It’s a national celebration! Or should be! Happy birthday Mariah, firstborn, beautiful and kind, bright and witty. Today in history In addition to Mariah’s birth in Evansville, Indiana, on this day … Continue reading →
- Every day is a Day. March 6 is National Oreo Cookie Day. March 7, 2018Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Today is… National Oreo Cookie Day. the Oreo cookie has become the best-selling cookie in the United States. The National Biscuit Company (today known as Nabisco) first developed and produced the “Oreo Biscuit” in 1912 at … Continue reading →
- Every day is a Day. Monday, March 5, 2018 is National Cheese Doodle Day March 5, 2018Monday, March 5, 2018 Today is… National Cheese Doodle Day Today in history The Hula-Hoop was patented in 1963 Scripture of the Day 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray … Continue reading →
- Every day is a Day. Sun., March 4 is National Grammar Day March 5, 2018Today is… National Grammar Day Today in history On March 4, 1966, John Lennon’s inflammatory comment appears, in the London Evening Standard: “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink…We’re more popular than Jesus now.” Scripture of the Day 2 Samuel … Continue reading →
- Every day is a Day. Sat., March 3, 2018 is National Anthem Day March 3, 2018Today is… National Anthem Day commemorating the day our nation adopted “The Star-Spangled Banner” as our National Anthem. Today in history Congress passes the Missouri Compromise Scripture of the Day Ecclesiastes 5:22: Do not be quick with your mouth, do not … Continue reading →
- Every day is a Day: Feeling Blue? March 2, 2018 March 2, 2018Today is… National Dress in Blue Day Today in history 1807 Congress abolishes the African slave trade Scripture of the Day Philippians 2:3 – Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. And … Continue reading →
- Sad to say good-bye so soon February 9, 2018At 9:05 tonight my baby sister, Pamela Jewell Hartung, succumbed to a fast-moving cancer that stripped away her strength, breath and ultimately her physical life. With a final breath of earthly air, she stepped through the portal from this world … Continue reading →
- Of note. Oct. 4, 2017 October 4, 2017highs & lows observed It is homecoming week at Aurora Christian School, where Diana is a freshman, but their world has been upended by a tragic home going. Two students were in a head-on accident returning from a golf tournament … Continue reading →
- Of note. Oct. 3, 2017 October 3, 2017Highs and Lows Observed We learn and teach that you should never give up, and that if you fail, pull yourself up and try again. In my life that axiom came up hard against…plumbing. After trying to fix a leak … Continue reading →
- Of Note, Oct. 2, 2017 October 3, 2017Highs and Lows Observed The Las Vegas shooting was such base, mind-blowing, and as yet unexplained, barbarity. Not that there can be an explanation for such horrid evil. What deep sadness. We speak often of God’s love, for good … Continue reading →
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Category Archives: Pro-life
Of Note, Oct. 2, 2017
Highs and Lows Observed The Las Vegas shooting was such base, mind-blowing, and as yet unexplained, barbarity. Not that there can be an explanation for such horrid evil. What deep sadness. We speak often of God’s love, for good … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Christianity, Contributors, Criminal justice, Family, Jim Jewell, Pro-life, Sports, Uncategorized
Tagged abortion, Chicago Cubs, Christmas tree, mass murder
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2014 political cartoons to agitate half your friends
Posted in Cartoons, Environment, Funny, Immigration, Islam, Israel, Jim Jewell, Politics, Pro-life, Tea Party
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Billboard: “”The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb.”
A billboard that reads, “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb,” has been placed in the heart of New York’s SoHo district by Life Always™ as a part of a new national campaign to expose … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Communications, Family, Jim Jewell, Pro-life
Tagged abortion, African-American, billboard, pro-life
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Overcoming the dangerous myth of world overpopulation; a move toward pro-life environmental action
Most of my adult lifetime one of the most common truisms among those who care about the people of the world has been that the population is growing so fast that it will soon outstrip available food, space, natural resources, … Continue reading
Evangelical resurgence key part of 2010 midterm wildfire
Interesting, wasn’t it, that during the run-up to the midterm election we saw Tea Partiers bellowing from behind their placards rather than Jerry Falwell raging from the pulpit. We heard Sarah Palin’s warnings rather than D. James Kennedy’s jeremiads, or … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Christianity, Church and State, Environment, Evangelicals, Immigration, Jim Jewell, Politics, Pro-life, Republican, Tea Party
Tagged Christianity, Church and State, conservative Christians, Environment, evangelical leaders, Government spending, international aid, mid-term election, Political philosophy, politics, pro-life, Tea Party
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Bush’s Turn: Now More Popular Than Obama, “W” Offers Counterpoints After Two Years as a Punching Bag
A presidential memoir from George W. Bush that will be released November 9 (note to my Christmas list) will arrive in a political environment very different than the one that saw him leave Washington two years ago. In a poll … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Christianity, Jim Jewell, Leaders, Politics, Pro-life, Republican, War and Peace
Tagged books, Christian leaders, George W. Bush, politics, pro-life
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The Role of Faith in Saving the World from Infertility
I come from a deeply religious family with strong Christian commitments and a trans-generational routine of participating in church activities at least twice a week. My parents have seen their offspring continue in their evangelical Christian faith, as well as … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Christianity, Church life, Creation Care, Environment, Ethics, Evangelicals, Family, Pro-life
Tagged Character, Christianity, creation care, pro-life, sustainability
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Politics 2010: Conservative Women and (Not So) Angry White Males
I think the world of strong, intelligent and attractive conservative women. I’m married to one. There was a time when the only women rising to the top of national politics were liberal Democrats (Pat Schroeder, Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton, Barbara … Continue reading
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Tagged conservative Christians, conservative women, politics, Tea Party
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What is the role of followers of Christ in the public arena?
As we close in on an important election day it is a good time to ask this question: What is the role of individual followers of Christ in the public arena? By this I do not mean solutions presented by … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church and State, Compassion Ministries, Creation Care, Culture, Environment, Ethics, Evangelicals, Family, Homosexual Issues, Jim Jewell, Philosophy, Politics, Pro-life, Social services, Virtue, War and Peace
Tagged Character, Christian leaders, Christianity, Church and State, creation care, evangelical leaders, family, international aid, politics, pro-life, social justice, theology
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10:10 No Pressure–One of the Worst Cause-Related Public Relations Campaigns of All Time
Cause-related film casts climate movement in horrific light I’ve been in the public relations business for more than 30 years, all of them for Christian causes–including campaigns for Christian environmental organizations. And I still provide counsel to clients in these … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Climate Change, Communications, Environment, Evangelicals, Jim Jewell, Pro-life
Tagged Christianity, climate change, creation care, evangelical leaders, pro-life
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