SanDiegoAnglicans: Sowing good seed

Posted by Fr. Eric Menees of the Anglican Church of the Resurrection, San Marcos (one of the San Diego churches that walked away from their property and is now under the Southern Cone):

This past Sunday, the Youth Groups of Resurrection, Sts. Timothy & Titus and Holy Trinity gathered together at Holy Trinity, Ocean Beach, for a mixer, beach party, pizza fest and some evangelistic action.

About 30 youth gathered from the three churches and marched down to the beach. After setting up camp at Life Guard Station Three and hitting the waves a group of the kids went up and down the beach handing out Christian Bracelets and asking people if they had any prayer requests that they could pray for. They were terrific evangelists!

After they trekked back to HT - O[cean] B[each] they shared in some great hymn singing, went through a ton of Pizza and then gathered for a short video & discussion on prayer. . .

Read it all. I think the Anglican churches in San Diego have made a great effort to work together on creating opportunities for youth ministry. Under the organization of Fr. Russ Martin of Sts. Timothy & Titus and Cindy K. (actually, mostly Cindy!), the middle and high schoolers in the area (including Orange County) have had several overnight retreats and get-togethers, with the fall retreats just around the corner.

The Rev. Terry L. Martin named Program Officer for Evangelism

From EpiscopalLife Online:

The Rev. Terry L. Martin has been appointed Program Officer for Evangelism at the Episcopal Church Center, beginning August 13.

Martin was previously vicar of Holy Spirit Church, Tuckerton, New Jersey. He has also served congregations in Wisconsin, California, and South Carolina.

He is best known as “Father Jake,” the pen name he used on his popular blog, “Father Jake Stops the World.” After five years of writing daily about church life, Martin decided it was time to close down that site and shift his focus. He has started a new blog, “Father T Listens to the World: Seeking God Around the Globe.”

“The new site is quite different,” said Martin. “This is not a site for debate about church politics; rather, we will listen to faith stories from around the world.“

Martin believes that to be effective evangelists, Episcopalians have to practice the art of listening. “We look for the ways that God is already moving in people’s lives. We begin by listening; listening to the stories of others, sharing our own stories, and watching for the places that God’s story intersects them both.”. . .

Read it all.

Prayer needed for Jennifer Leber's hospitalization (Uganda)

Well, all I can say is God works in mysterious ways. Just yesterday, I posted this on the mission work of Phil and Jennifer Leber (whom I had never heard of before I saw their website and learned of their work in Uganda), only today to have this arrive in my email:

Prayer Needed for Jennifer Leber's Hospitalization

Just got this today.

Jennifer is one of our missionaries and has been the "right hand" person for Mama Phoebe while she is in the states. Please hold Jennifer before our Lord for complete healing.

Phil and Jennifer Leber <leber@ugandamission.org> wrote:

Prayer for Jennifer

July, 2008

Jennifer was admitted to Nairobi Hospital early last week with a serious pulmonary infection. The initial x-ray was so clouded with infection that it hid the specific culprit for some days. With a follow-up x-ray, the doctor realized she has pneumonia in the lower left lobe and will in the hospital probably until Tuesday. She has been on intravenous antibiotics, steroids and oxygen, and only now does the combination seem to be working. She was receiving 80mg intravenous steroids and several intravenous antibiotics, as well as supplemental oxygen. Her white blood cell count was 23,000 when admitted (7,000 is normal).

Today, she is doing better. Her white blood cell count is down to 11,000 and her blood oxygen content is up to 90% from a low of 79% late last week. Please pray for her full recovery and for God to give the doctor wisdom in her treatment. Needless to say this has been a week of grief and emotional exhaustion.

So, please, prayers for Jennifer, Phil, her doctors, and those she has touched with her work in Uganda.

DioBytes: eNews from the Diocese of California

Just by chance I happened upon the Diocese of California's DioBytes web page for June 24. It is described as "a newsletter for clergy, lay leaders, and members of the Diocese of California. We welcome submissions that have a connection to the ministry of the diocese and/or the approval of a diocesan department or commission. Inclusion of submissions is at the discretion of the editors."

Interesting that on this page for June 24, 4 out of the first 7 items dealt with areas of interest for Oasis California, including an invitation to join Bishop Andrus in San Francisco's Pride Celebration this weekend, as well as to participate in the Lambeth "Listening" process through their Letters to Lambeth program.

But the most interesting to me was this:

Youth Confirmation Program

Confirm not Conform, the innovative confirmation program developed by St. John's Oakland, is available for your congregation! Already used by St. John's, Ross; Epiphany, San Carlos; and over 30 parishes nationwide, CnC is a 16-session curriculum that encourages youth to claim and articulate their faith while taking action to change the world and promote the Millennium Development Goals. . .

What can I say? No longer a church, but an arm of the United Nations.

The perils of conversion *Updated*

UPDATE: A very interesting comment line going on at Stand Firm on this presentation and the topic of evangelizing in Muslim countries. Take a look.

Original: From EpiscopalLife Online, a story on the Everyone, Everywhere World Mission Conference (June 5-8) held at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute near Baltimore, Maryland. It was also a joint meeting of the Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEM) and the Episcopal Partnership for Global Mission (EPGM).

But lest this sound too "evangelistic" for you, be reassured that ECUSA is still ECUSA [boldface mine]:

. . . The Rev. Paul-Gordon Chandler, Episcopal missionary and author and the conference's June 6 plenary speaker, urged participants to work to "bridge this chasm of misunderstanding" between Christianity and Islam, not by seeking to convert Muslims but by working to form interfaith friendships in which both religions can explore all that the two faith have in common.

"Our starting point always has to be to see the redeeming values of the other," he said.

Muslims who are pressured into converting to Christianity suffer in what Chandler called a "total break with society," describing how Christian converts from Islam in Senegal, where he grew up as the son of Christian missionaries, were exiled for the choice they made.

"They ended up getting Jesus, but the rest of their life was hell," he said.

Chandler said he feels called to help find another way of showing Muslims about the way of Christ. Muslims must be able see Christ in the lives of Christians, not simply be told about Christ, he said.

Chandler, who is the rector of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Cairo, suggested that Christians use the Five Pillars of Islam as a way to explore their common religious heritage with Muslims. That commonality is centered in the fact that Jesus was a Middle Eastern man whom Islam reveres, he said.

To the five pillars, Chandler added the concept of jihad, noting that the Qu'ran characterizes jihad as an internal wrestling towards God's intention for one's life. Christians must "actively wage peace on Islam," he said.

Concerning the shahada -- the first pillar, which calls for a profession of faith -- he compared the Muslim proclamation of "There is no god except for God and Muhammad is the messenger of God" to the earliest Christian creed simply professed as "Jesus is Lord."

With the pillar of Salat calling for ritual prayers done in the proper way five times each day, Chandler compared Christianity's emphasis on proper postures for prayers and the east-facing orientation of traditional churches.

Of the practice of Zakat -- charity -- Chandler suggested that Christians need to act charitably toward Muslims, loving what they love in themselves and their culture. When Christians act as the guests of Muslims and not their conquerors, "they know it, they sense it instinctively, even if you speak not a word of Arabic," he said.

Chandler noted the commonality between the pillar of Sawm -- fasting during Ramadan -- and the Lenten fast. He also suggested that Christians and Muslims must "fast" from the implication of both religions' notion that Christianity is a western religion. Christians and Muslims must return Jesus to his incarnated cultural context and remember that the Bible is not a western text received yesterday but a "collection of ancient Middle Eastern texts."

Finally, Chandler pointed out that both Muslims and Christian are called to the Hajj, or pilgrimage. He urged Christians to act more like pilgrims asking for directions and seeking companions on the way, rather than assuming they have already arrived at the truth that they need to proclaim to unquestioning listeners.

He reminded the participants that both Christians and Muslims hold dear Psalm 84, whose fourth verse says: "Happy are the people whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on the pilgrims' way.". . .

Read it all.

AnglicanTV round-up

Be sure and check out all of the video at AnglicanTV. Kevin spent the weekend in the mountains of southern California videotaping the talks at the annual Anglican Men's Retreat.

This is the second year that Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi of Uganda has been their primary leader. A number of other bishops were there as well, including Bishop John Guernsey and Bishop Terence Kelshaw (I know there were others, but I don't have their names in front of me).

The theme this year was Christian courage and they studied Joshua and the book of Judges. Watch these all - very inspiring.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

AnglicanTV: Archbishop Henry Orombi, Talk 1, at Anglican Men's Weekend 2008

From AnglicanTV:

AnglicanTV: Anglican men's weekend *Update

Update: From Kevin, "The lodge won't let us use their broadband for the live stream. Will upload videos tonight."

Kevin Kallsen at AnglicanTV is at the Anglican Men's Weekend in southern California. He will be live streaming as much as he can, given the sporadic Internet connections in the mountains. Check it out here!

This is a live stream of the Anglican Men's Weekend. We are in the Hills of Southern CA -- so I can't promise a good internet connection all weekend. I will post the flash video the following morning.

The stream starts at 8:00pm PST with Archbishop Henry Orombi speaking.

Saturday:

9:00am pst: Archbishop Henry Orombi and Paul Ssembiro
1:30pm pst: More Teaching
6:30pm pst: More Teaching
8:30pm pst: Bishop Calvaconti
Sunday:

Holy Euacharist Rite II

Video clips hosted by Ustream

Canada: St. Margaret's community evangelist proposal

I found this a very interesting post from the rector of St. Margaret's. It encapsulates so many of the issues currently at play in the mainline denominations, from the declining (relative to the area's growth), older congregation to the desire to hire someone from the outside to start the program on evangelism to the inherent structural plan that outlines so much before that evanglism even begins.

From St. Margaret's Anglican in Edmonton, Alberta [boldface mine]:

Background
The area around our church has been growing rapidly, but for the last few years attendance at St. Margaret’s has pretty much stayed the same. Also, according to the most recent census figures our church demographics are wildly out of sync with the demographics for our neighbourhoods, in which 40-45% of the population are between the ages of 20-40.

As a congregation we are very good at reaching out to the poor and needy, around the world and in our city, but we have not yet found the secret of connecting with the people in our own neighbourhoods.

Proposal
Thanks to a generous legacy from a former member, this congregation currently has a lot of money in the bank. We have explored the idea of using it to expand the building, but there does not seem to be the energy to see that task through. I therefore propose (with the support of Bishop Jane) that we shift our focus from growing the building and concentrate on growing the church community through evangelism.

I would therefore propose that St. Margaret’s hire a community evangelist for a two-year term period. The goal of this position would be to share the gospel with the people of our immediate neighbourhoods, with the aim that people come to faith in Jesus Christ and to participation in the life of our parish.

Specific aspects of the job description would include:

• Finding creative ways to connect with the people in our neighbourhoods in order to share the gospel with them, to make new disciples for Jesus, and to help them find a home in our church.


• Mobilising members of our congregation, and motivating and equipping them to take part in this evangelistic task.


• Assisting St. Margaret’s to identify the necessary changes to our life as a congregation which would enable a younger demographic to feel more at home with us (which might include, but not be limited to, changes to the way we do worship, or the addition of another service specifically targeted at a different demographic).


• Planning for the future, including the raising up and training of people in the congregation, so that this work does not end at the conclusion of this two-year term position.


• This position should not include any ‘in-house’ administrative responsibilities and should include only a limited liturgical responsibility with existing Sunday services. The community evangelist should be set free to do the specific work we need him or her to do, without being distracted by in-house tasks.


• It is anticipated that, after a reasonable period of time to familiarize him or herself with our neighbourhood, the community evangelist would develop specific plans for outreach, in consultation with the rector and vestry. It is also anticipated that at regular intervals during the two-year term progress would be evaluated and any necessary adjustments made.

Costs
Salary and benefits for 2009/10 (Diocesan pay scale): $149,927
Program costs (guess): $20,000
Office rental if necessary: $8000
Total: $177,927

We currently have sufficient money in the bank to fund this proposal, and may also be able to access some money from the diocesan ‘Neighbourworks’ fund to cut down a little on our own expenses.

Time Frame
The projected start date for this position would be January 1st 2009.

Being in a good and bad spiritual place at the same time

From Drell's Descants, Brad Drell expresses well what I've been thinking:

. . . Yet, I sit here with trouble on my brow about what am I to be about in the Episcopal Church. Am I to be a reconciler, a partisan for Jesus Christ in territory occupied by the enemy, or am I, after much consternation and prayer, to finally shake dust off my feet?

As I sit here tonight, I am faced with all three paths at a crossroads.

Interestingly enough, God is challenging me to do all three. I just don’t know how to do it. I know from what I have been through I am to do all three, as I’ve done them at different times and different places. I just don’t know how to do all three at the same time in the situation I am in. . .

Read it all.

Refresher on stewardship and such

From Billy Ockham [boldface mine]:

In the year of my birth the population of the United States was 180,671,158. The membership of the Episcopal Church was 3,444,000. In 2006 (the last year we have current figures for) the population of the United States was 296,410,404. The membership of the Episcopal Church was 2,205,376.

I know most Episcopalian loyalists are going, "Ok, we lost 1,200,000 people in 45 years." That is where you are wrong. The population of the US grew by 64% in that time. The membership of the Episcopal Church ought to be 5,650,000. We lost 3,444,000 members. We lost 3/5's of our numbers. Where did they go? In a church that says everyone is special, everyone is important, everyone has a place, why are they not missed? . . .

Read it all.
H/t to Still on Patrol.

U.S. megachurch pastor supports Ugandan bishops' Lambeth boycott

From The Christian Post:

Popular American pastor Rick Warren said recently that he supports the decision made by Ugandan bishops to boycott the landmark Anglican conference to be held later this year in England.

Warren, who was in Uganda last week to launch the country’s first national Purpose Driven Living program, expressed his support last Thursday shortly after arriving in the country.

The influential pastor praised the Ugandan bishops who came across to him as “godly men who believe in the authority of Scripture, love Christ with all their hearts, and have a passion for taking the Good News to the entire world,” according to an email sent to The Christian [P]ost confirming Warren’s support.

Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi, the archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda and bishop of Kampala, announced Uganda’s boycott of the Lambeth Conference in February. . .

Read it all.

Rick Warren launches 'purpose driven' plan in Uganda

From the Christian Post:

Megachurch pastor Rick Warren launched a national Purpose Driven Living program in Uganda over the weekend aimed at helping the country’s leaders live purposeful lives that will build up their nation.

"Our hope and prayer is that lives will be transformed and churches will be strengthened," Warren said in Uganda, according to the program’s publicity team.

"My message to individuals is to build your life on purpose, instead of prestige, possessions or pleasure. My challenge to churches is to cooperate, not compete,” said he added, “and my challenge to business and government leaders is to use their influence for the glory of God and partner with local churches in solving community problems."

The archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Henry Luke Orombi, recalled initially wanting to invite Warren to Uganda after seeing the Purpose Driven Living program implemented in Rwanda.

Uganda is the second east African country to invite Warren to bring the Purpose Driven Life and Church leadership training program to the country on a national scale. The first east African country to adopt the program nationwide was Rwanda in 2005.

“I asked, why not Uganda as well?" recalled Orombi, who spearheaded the effort to bring different denominations together with business and government leaders to invite Warren.

"Uganda should be a purpose-driven nation as well,” the Anglican archbishop said. “But it takes people of purpose to build purpose driven-churches, purpose-driven communities, and a purpose-driven country. Someday, we will have a purpose-driven continent!"

According to the Hon. Rev. Canon Dr. Hamlet K. Mbabazi, the former Member of Parliament who headed the organizing committee, Warren – through his best-selling book – “has challenged us to go deeper into the Bible so we can grow stronger and reach out wider, knowing that God has called us to make a difference for Him.". . .

Read it all.

AnglicanTV interview with Bishop John Guernsey, Church of Uganda

Here's an interview I did with Bishop John Guernsey, Church of Uganda, earlier this month when he was here leading an Anglican clergy retreat. From AnglicanTV:

Interview with John Guernsey, Bishop for the Congregations in America, Church of Uganda, done March 11, 2008, at Prince of Peace Abbey in Oceanside, CA

Bishop Guernsey talked about:

• his reason for being in southern California - a retreat for Anglican clergy sponsored by the American Anglican Council


• the Anglican District of Virginia


• his role with the Church of Uganda


• Common Cause


• his thoughts on church leadership


• evangelism


• reaching the next generations for Christ

Changes in missionary compensation prompted by concerns over equity, budget constraints

From EpiscopalLife Online, it looks like budget cuts, they are a'coming [boldface mine]:

Missionaries who work outside of the United States under the auspices of the Episcopal Church will soon see major changes to their compensation.

According to a letter from the Rev. David Copley, Anglican and Global Relations mission personnel officer, sent to all overseas missionaries, the church will no longer pay them a monthly stipend (about $500, in most cases) or cover their airfare, relocation expenses, language study, vaccinations, and any health expenses not covered by insurance. . .

Copley, who works in the church's Office of Anglican and Global Relations, said in the letter and a subsequent interview with ENS that the decision was made in the face of what he called "the realities" of a $50,000 increase in health-insurance premiums for this year, a five percent cut in the current Episcopal Church budget and the $130,000 cost to provide increased pensions contributions for lay missionaries in 2008. . .

Copley said the alternative to the compensation changes was to cut the number of missionaries in order to balance the budget.

"For some of you, this will mean an increase in benefits with the addition of a lay pension component, but for others this will mean that there will be a reduction in support," Copley acknowledged in his letter.

The decision affects about 70 missionaries, for whom the new package will go into effect at the next renewal of their Letter of Understanding with his office, Copley said.

"Missionaries will be asked to raise funds to cover other costs," according to the letter.

Copley, who spent seven years as a missionary in Liberia and Bolivia, acknowledged "it is a lot of money" to have to raise, in addition to what most missionaries routinely gather for their work. He added that he hopes the missionaries' sending congregations and dioceses will look seriously at their financial commitment to the people they send out to minister in the name of the church.

"The hope is that people will get even more involved in the lives of the people they're sending out," he told ENS.

The General Convention budget is "finite," Copley told ENS. "We're hoping that parishes and dioceses will step up to fill the gap," he added. . .

[Randall] Giles [a lay missionary in India for nearly eight years] also said he worries that the changes in compensation will result in a change in the Episcopal Church's missionary efforts. He doubts that there will be many people who can commit to being "long-term presences" overseas "unless they are of absolutely independent means." As a result, Giles said, there may be more people who can only work as missionaries for a few years and may not have the same commitment to the work.

Read it all. Remind me again how much ECUSA is spending on litigation??

Sharing Our Faith conference videos

From AnglicanTV:

Sharing Our Faith

For a small donation of $10 you can watch hours of teaching from the Sharing Our Faith Conference. This conference was video taped in the Metro DC area and is brought to you as a ministry of AnglicanTV.org.

For more information on the Sharing Your Faith Ministry Click Here

Included videos include:

• Evangelism: Why Bother?


• Faith-Centered Cathecesis


• What Good News?


• How Can I Motivate My Church for Evangelism


• The Church God Multiplies


• One-to-One Evangelism


• Every Church a Planting Church


• and many more....

After you complete the paypal transaction, you will be immediately forwarded to the video page.

Anglican District of Virginia to hold inaugural missions and outreach training event

Via email, the ADV continues along (looks very interesting):

WHAT: The Anglican District of Virginia (ADV) and its members unite this weekend at its inaugural outreach event, Inspired Service Through Missions – a conference designed to enlighten, equip and encourage. The conference is for those in ADV churches who would like to get involved in missions, those who are actively supporting or participating in outreach, and those who are planning to participate in a local, domestic, or international trip in the future. At the event, there will also be a list of all 2008 mission trips planned by ADV churches.

ADV parishioners travel around the globe each year with the goal of responding to God’s call to share the Good News of Jesus Christ by loving and serving the nations. Through mission trips, prayer and financial support, ADV member churches provide outreach to over 50 different countries or regions of the world from Afghanistan to Uruguay.

WHO: The featured speaker will be Jim Hobby, Rector of Trinity Anglican Church in Thomasville, Ga., and Director of Ethne Mission Networking and Equipping (http://www.ethneonline.org/).

WHEN: Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23, 2008

Friday
7:00 – 7:30 p.m. – Registration and Check in
7:30 p.m. – “Why Don’t We Just Send the Money?” – Short-term Trips That Make a Difference

Saturday
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. – Registration and Check in
9:30 – 11:30 a.m. – “But There Is So Much Need Right Here.” – The World through the Eyes of a Missionary God
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Lunch
12:30 – 1:45 p.m. – “Why Do They Do That?” – Engaging Cultural Differences
2:00 – 3:15 p.m. – “This Isn’t What I Had in Mind!” – Conflict and Expectations Going and Coming
5:00 p.m. – Worship and Eucharist – Rev. Jim Hobby Preaching

WHERE: Church of the Apostles, 3500 Pickett Road in Fairfax, Va.

RSVP: To attend the conference, please contact Jerry Baker, ADV Outreach Coordinator at 703-626-6774, or ADVOutreach@cox.net. (For members of the media who wish to attend any portion of the conference, please RSVP to Caitlin Bozell (ext. 119) or Kelly Oliver (ext. 140) at (703) 683-5004.)

Kenya missionaries return to work despite continuing unrest

From EpiscopalLife Online:

Kenya's Episcopal missionaries Nan and Gerry Hardison are steadfastly committed to continuing their ministry as teachers and health care specialists in Maseno, despite tribal and criminal gang violence that has roiled the east African nation since the December 27 contested presidential election.

The Hardisons returned to Maseno in west Kenya January 25 and are back to work, Gerry as the medical director of Maseno Mission Hospital and Nan as a teacher at St. Philip's Theological College.

They had been evacuated to Nairobi January 11 following the post-election conflict that threatened their security and is responsible for the deaths of more than 900 people. Also evacuated were a Young Adult Service Corps (YASC) volunteer, Liz White, who continued home to the U.S., and nine student nurses.

Violent protests between supporters of President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga erupted across the country after Kibaki was declared the winner in the closely contested election.

Parishioners from All Souls' Church, Point Loma, in the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, the Hardisons said that people in Maseno "are thankful and grateful to have us here -- we are a sign of hope. They are afraid for the future, and we are a signal that they are not abandoned by brothers and sisters in Christ from other parts of the world.". . .

Meanwhile, Ndungu and Rose Ikenye, Episcopal missionaries based in Thika, are reported to be safe, and Canon Percia Hutcherson, a former Episcopal missionary to the Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya, returned to the United States on January 9.

Hutcherson, 86, is a physical therapist who works with crippled children and adults at a clinic she established at the bishop's compound in Eldoret.

Reached at her Los Angeles home, Hutcherson said that the facilities there have not been directly affected by the violence. "In the past, churches were respected," she commented. The deliberate torching on January 2 of a nearby Assemblies of God church where some 35 women, children and elderly persons had sought shelter was a terrible shock to Kenyans, she said. . .

Read it all.

Joshua Project: Bringing definition to the unfinished task

Check out the Joshua Project!

"Go therefore, and make disciples of all the nations"
Jesus said it 2,000 years ago. Where do we stand today?

Our Purpose ... to spread a passion for the supremacy of GOD in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ.
Our Mission ... to highlight the people groups of the world that have the least Christian presence in their midst and to encourage pioneer church-planting among every ethnic people group.

H/t to the Webelf Report.

Resources for Sanctity of Life Week, January 20-27 *sticky*

I've listed some web resources and ideas for this coming week, Sanctity of Human Life Week, January 20-27, 2008. This week marks the 35th Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions that legalized abortion in the USA.

• March for Life (January 22 in Washington, D.C.)


• Anglicans for Life (and don't forget to sign the petition!)


• January Pro-Life Events (Priests for Life)


• Annual Commemoration of Roe v. Wade Events (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops)


• Be a Voice for Life (An Outreach of Focus on the Family)


• A New Way to Celebrate Sanctity of Human Life (Bethany Christian Services)


• Life Sunday Resources (The Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod)


• Presbyterians Pro-Life


• 2008 Sanctity of Human Life bulletin insert (Buckner International)


• Physicians for Life


• Blogs for Life (third-annual Blogs for Life Conference on January 22 at the Family Research Council Headquarters in Washington, D.C. beginning at 8:00 a.m, to precede the March for Life; a webcast will be available)


• ProLifeBlogs