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The Original Mud Puppy is a 33 year old Christ follower, husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend. He designs for a living, as well as for fun. He loves books, music, movies and technology. Two creeds that he tries to live by are: Stop Existing and Start Living & Love Wins.

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First, congratulations on the recent news and godspeed on your journey brother! My wife and I are in the middle of training for adoption certification, and we look forward to a similar call in the near future!

Second, the second paragraph from your buddy is really where I'm at these days. We need to start looking for a new way to abolish abortions. I wonder if most people even know what would happen if Roe v. Wade were overturned. It would go to the states and then we'd still have legalized abortions in some states. This issue needs a real solution, not just another way to garner votes for either side.

We also need to start thinking in terms of "whole" life. Life begins at conception, but it doesn't end at birth. A recent quote from Rob Bell sums this line of thinking up nicely...

"The Church has missed the heart of God by speaking out against abortion while keeping silent about war. Both are forms of violence used to preserve prosperity. Abortion is prenatal war against the powerless child. War is postnatal abortion that destroys innocent life. The kingdom is life for the fetus and life for the civilian. The church embodies this life in a world of expedient and preemptive killing."

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I'm voting for Obama, but I'm not going to tell anyone who to vote for. We all need to be good stewards of our votes. The one thing I'll encourage though is to never, EVER, let anyone tell you that God is for one candidate over another. Those people need their christianity cards revoked.

Great stuff man!

I didn't see that stuff at the end of the McCain one until this morning myself. I grabbed a 2-part clip to replace it on my blog because I wanted it to be about the goodness of this night vs. the ugly.

Here are the 2 if you're interested...

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOSyFeELWu0

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTmMB6kWruY

Did you catch McCain and Obama roasting each other last night too?

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Loved it!

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In business school I was taught that perception = reality. If someone perceives something a certain way, to them it is their reality.

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Period.

ps. I've always read Relevant as though it were a liberal publication anyway.

Was is because he wanted to sell more magazines?

Was it because his dad publicly endorsed McCain?

I hope neither are true, but I'd pray with any and all parties if given the chance. It seems silly not to.

First bigfoot, and now this.

I kid.

Love your heart Los.

Is that a Ragamuffin Sweater Vest?

Erwin McManus

Oddly that link didn't have the song available.

This one does

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Reminds me of a great song by Aaron Spiro called Pray Like Breathing.

Sample Here

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I'm a Safari holdout. It's been treating me well so far...

I always credit Third Day, an atheist, and a Pearl Jam message board for my spiritual 'awakening'.

Your Offerings albums were hugely successful and could easily have been a formula for easy financial windfalls in later albums. How hard was it to move past that and do music you felt you were led to do vs. what the masses were wanting/expecting in the later albums?

One dolla bills yall.

That sir was the hotness!!!

Your family is uber talented!

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First thing I did was set up my DVR as well.

I didn't know that God stuff though. Sweetened the pot for sure!

Dude, let it effect you. Let it be a constant reminder for you to love on your wife and kids as often as possible. Cherish them.

My wife and I were talking the other day about how prevalent infidelity is these days. It's EVERYWHERE! Our worship leader revealed to us a few months ago that he's been cheating on his wife. I just don't get it....

So yeah, I'm not going to have any profound words to say here. Just know that we are praying for you guys.