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Janesville Gazette (Newspaper) - October 23, 2002, Janesville, WisconsinParents must Lay foundation of Faith with their kids by Tom Schaefer Knight a Tower to Bune if you re a Parent who still believes in the time worn phrase a a in a rather let my child choose his religion when he grows up a then listen up it s time to put that theory of childbearing in the trash can with such health advice As a an Apple a Day keeps the doctor the idea of parental neutrality arguably hostility toward religion is not Only bogus its downright dangerous to a child a Well being. If you done to believe me then consider the recent findings of child trends an Independent nonpartisan research Center that seeks to improve the lives of children and their families through its research. It found that teens were less Likely to be drug and alcohol abusers and More Likely to delay sexual activity if they were involved in religion. Moreover teens in religious organizations were More Likely to take part in service oriented activities and had fewer commentary delinquency problems a although researchers have found a general trend for children to become less religious in adolescence National Survey data collected Over the past three decades consistently show that More than 60 percent of All american High school seniors agree that religion is pretty or very important to them a the study reports while the study notes other factors that shape a teens behave or including parents Peers and nonreligious communities or groups those teens who Are part of religious communities Are Likely to have the greatest opportunities for positive outcomes. Most parents wont be surprised by these findings. They be taught their children prayers and prayed for them. They be taken them to Church synagogue or mosque where Faith in god was nurtured. They be passed on their morals and values to help guide their children. Of course religion makes a difference. So Why do we still hear that religious neutrality comment from parents and parents to be Arentt these the same people who Are Quick to say they dream of letting their children decide on their own what to eat or what to watch on television or what to do unsupervised but when it comes to religion a Well i done to want to prejudice my child against other the presumption is always that religion is More harmful than beneficial. How sad. To be Clear no one contends that having Faith guarantees problem free adolescents. Each of us can think of teen agers whose parents regularly took them to a House of worship and encouraged them to follow the narrow path of Faith. Yet they took off a into a far country where some rejected Faith altogether and others found a different purpose for living. Regardless of How children turn out parents who understand the importance of Faith cannot shirk their responsibility of laying a spiritual foundation for their children. God willing it will be solid enough to help them avoid the dangers ahead. Thankfully those who Don t have a spiritual grounding or who wander away from it can still find their Way Home to god. One thing is certain time is Short for parents with children still willing to listen to a parents guidance. If you Haven to Laid the foundation and believe its crucial for your child Here Are some ways to begin a Pray with your child at meals and at bedtime. Read the stories of your Faith or look for books that provide spiritual and moral guidance. A plan a regular time to eat together As a family to nourish spirits As Well As bodies. The biggest mistake we make As parents is to think that we re in control of our children s decisions and their ultimate destiny. That a foolish and dangerous. The greatest gift we can give our children is a spiritual foundation on which they can build a god pleasing life Long after we re gone. Such a gift is of inestimable value and the Only legacy Worth passing on. 2c the Janesville Gazette. Wednesday october 23, 2002 god s on the lip volunteers Man phones internet to Pray for others by Bobby Ross or. Associated press writer Nashville of a Job Quot Snooky from Maryland turns to a 1-800 number. Its not an employment service though. Its a 24-hour prayer line. The Call reaches the Home of an 89-year-old woman one of a legion of volunteers who writes Down the woman sprayer request and asks god to help. A be with her right now lord and help her shut her eyes and see you a the Volunteer prays. A let her open her ears and hear what you have to say just to the Nashville based upper room living prayer Center an ecumenical ministry funded by United methodist men receives More than 25,000 Telephone prayer requests each month and an additional 5,000 by email fax and regular mail. It is one of Many Telephone lines and web Sites across the nation trying to connect people with god. From the assemblies of gods �?~t-800-4-prayer�?� line in Springfield mo., to the Peale Center for Christian living prayer Center in Pawling n.y., volunteers take prayer requests around the clock. Mary o. Benedict manager of the upper room prayer line said callers like the anonymity the ministry offers. Volunteers ask Only for first names and Home state or country but providing even that information is optional. The Telephone requests Are forwarded around the world to 350 prayer groups who recite the prayer for 30 Days. A a people sometimes Are afraid associated press Margie Smith prays for callers from her Home in Nashville. Tenn., on oct. 2. S ome work from the upper room office but most have Calls forwarded to their Homes. Nationally 6,000 people working two hour shifts keep the line staffed at night and on weekends 365 Days a year. To have other people know they have a Benedict said. But with the upper room prayer line a they can Call and know they re Safe and share that concern and have someone Pray for sometimes callers can get help even if a Volunteer Isnit immediately available. A at the tone leave your message and rest assured that your request will be prayed for Quot said a recording on the Peale prayer line recently a voice on the silent Unity prayer ministry in Kansas City mo., comforts callers on hold with the recording. A a while you wait be assured that gods love is with yet callers should still be careful not to be too trusting watchdog groups such As the Dallas based Trinity foundation warn. They advise against giving an address or credit card number to people working for prayer lines. A a in be always said a if you Call a prayer line and they want anything More than your first name hang up on them because god knows your last name a a said Ole Anthony Trinity president. While upper room is a ministry of the 8.3-million member United methodist Church volunteers Are from several Christian denominations. About 120 people in Nashville routinely answer Calls on weekdays. Some work from the upper room office but most have Calls forwarded to their Homes. Nationally 6,000 people working two hour shifts keep the line staffed at night and on weekends 365 Days a year. A a there a so Many people that done to have a place to turn a said Clayton easter a prayer line Volunteer in Columbia . The prayer line started in 1977 As a vision of Maxie Dun Nam who was then an editor of upper room devotional Magazine. The publication still advertises the toll free number�?1-800-251-2468�?but some find the line through Chance. A Texas waitress told North Carolina Volunteer Jim Davenport she saw the line on a Dollar Bill she received As a tip. Margie Smith 71, answers Calls for two hours every tuesday and thursday whether she a in Nashville or at her family a retirement Home in Florida on a recent morning her phone rang 28 times. A the lord has blessed me in Many Many ways. If i can impart some of the lords blessings on the people that Call that is All i can Hope for a said Smith a presbyterian who credits prayer with helping her husband of 47 years survive lung cancer. Some callers want god to cure their cancer. Others need help fixing broken relationships. A few Hope to win the lottery. Jim Roy who retired As the centers manager sept. 30, said the volunteers done to try to convince callers to Pray for something else but instead Hope god can move the person in the right direction. A we can to be in the judgment business a Roy said. A we can to be into counselling or giving advice or proselytizing or telling our problems. We simply Pray for in one Case that meant honouring the prayer request of a woman who called every Day for two months asking god for a red jeep Cherokee. A few years later she called Back. A she said a i did no to get the new red jeep Cherokee a a Roy said. A but she said a the evangelist who led me to Christ drove up in a Brand new red jeep a a that was a Good lesson for All of for information visit upper rooms web site at . Aith amp ethics inscription could be earliest evidence of link to Jesus Michael Kilian Knight Ridder to Bune Washington a dramatic find that experts say could be the earliest archaeological evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ was announced monday by the prestigious biblical archaeology review and the discovery Channel television network. The find is a 20-Inch-Long Limestone ossuary or Container for Bones which some assert May have been used for the burial of the skeletal remains of Jesus older brother jh0es�?�?ojacob�?� in hebrew and greek three decades after the crucifixion in the first Century. A amazing As it May sound a Limestone Bone Box called an ossuary has surfaced in Israel that May once have contained the Bone Tor James the brother of be v sus a Andre Lemaire a professor at Sor Bonne University in Paris and a noted expert on hebrew and aramaic Antiquity writes in next months Issue of the review. A we know this because an extraordinary inscription incised on one Side of the ossuary reads in Clear aramaic letters a James son of Joseph brother of Jesus a a Lemaire said. Other authorities on biblical archaeology were sceptical however saying the inscription could be inconclusive and possibly a forgery. Because the Box was apparently looted from a site in Israel its origin is unclear fueling the sep tics doubts. Lemaire calculated that Only about 20 of Jerusalem a men out of a population of some 40,000 males at the time of ther authorities on biblical archaeology were sceptical however saying the inscription could be inconclusive and possibly a forgery. Christ would have had a father named Joseph and a brother named Jesus. He conceded it was Odd to find the names of the father and the brother of the deceased in an ossuary carving but emphasized that James and Jesus were very Well known at the time. A when we take into account that this a James son of Joseph brother of Jesus had a brother who was by this time Well known and that the a James son of Joseph brother of Jesus had a special relationship with this brother As the Leader of the Jerusalem Church it seems very probable that this is the ossuary of James in the new testament a Lemaire said. A if so this would also mean that we have Here the first Epigraphic mention from about 63 . . A of Jesus of discovery and the review made photographs of the Box available at a news conference announcing the find but the object itself remained in the hands of the private collector in Israel who had acquired it. He did not wish to be identified or have the ossuary displayed publicly a turn to link/3c 4 a a a it Sall about you a Dimitri Caver and Jeremiah Scall Damp a gospel publishing. 70 minutes. If you dont like the opening Cut on this Sophomore cd from the group Dimitri Caver and Jeremiah s Call dont worry. There Are plenty of others�?17 tracks to choose from. But that a nothing. The Rev. Caverns first album. A hide the word a is a collection of 46 scripture memory songs for children and adults. Whew Jeremiah Scall obviously has a lot to say. Or More to the Point a lot to sing about. Whether its in the moving a psalms 136&Quot or the Faith claiming a no doubt Quot its evident that the group is trying to make a Point. The title track wonderfully tells what it is. The uplifting Ballad led by Caver and fellow Tenor Curtis Harris says that a your god is an awesome god who is a the reason for the smallest things even the breath to sing this from the sound of things it seems that Dimitri Caver and Jeremiah Scall have been Given plenty of breath to sing any song. A Selwyn Crawford a a the kiss a trin i tee 5 7 a rite music 59 minutes a the kiss delivers a big fat one right to your spiritual Cheek from the first track a Cholla a to the last an Urban remix of the same song. This is the third recording from the stylish ladies of trin i teen Adrian Anderson Chanelle Haynes Angel Taylor and they do what they do Best smoothly blending a mixture of soulful gospel with the latest ramp a into one glorious album of Praise and worship. They be got the help of famous producers such As Fred Jenkins Shep Crawford and Travon Potts. While trin i tee 5 7�?Ts Urban tinged music has left some listeners doubting the groups spiritual sincerity there a no doubt about its sound. But this cd offers More than sound. A with a kiss is a poignant and moving description of Judas Iscariot a betrayal of Jesus. the ladies do a Fine Job borrowing from ramp a crooner music on after listening to trin i tee 5 7�?Ts latest work you May find yourself wanting to a Cholla a at your friends about it. A Selwyn Crawford a a volume one a 7th element Allen amp Allen music group 52 minutes. The cd cover says 7th element. The music says take 6. No matter. The members of this new a Capella gospel group Are used to being compared to their grammy win Ning Brethren. now with the release of this debut cd they re hoping to emulate their Success. David Quot deep Glover says that he and the other Guys in 7th element take it As a compliment when people compare them to take 6. Not to these ears. that a not a bad thing. The 14 tracks on a volume one include a cheery version of the negro National Anthem a lift every voice and sing a As Well As a slightly up Tempo a Star spangled about the groups name 7th element has six members four of whom Are Brothers. Each of the six sings a different part. The 7th element that a none other than Jesus Christ. A Selwyn Crawford a a the satellite years a Hopes fall Trust kill records. Hopes fall is one of the premiere Christian hard Core bands. The sound of Hopes fall has improved greatly since its Humble beginning in 1998. The shift Between chaotic Rock and melodic breakdowns makes this disc a pleasant listen. It is easy to see Why this band is causing such a stir in the hard Core scene. The highlights of this cd Are its constant surprises. The song a dead in magazines is full of spacious singing that is contrasted by the passionate scream that somewhat defines Hopes fall. A Casey Loren

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