Call to prayer for our Nation & Video

Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have mercy on him. (Isaiah 55:6,7 see also vs.8-11)

We are, I believe, at a pivotal time in the history of the US and the world. Here in the states we are approaching a very significant presidential election, we are faced with very troubling economic issues and, with the nations of the world, face multiple serious threats to humanity.

The Christian people have the responsibility and the power of prayer to effect change. To cry out for mercy not judgment to come upon our country and the nations. We desperately need God's intervention. We need an explosion of forgiveness and grace bringing about what only He can do- change us from the inside out. Heartfelt change. Beginning with His own body, the Church, who are called to give a counter cultural witness of what it means to be fully human, fully alive, at- one-ment with our Creator and Redeemer. Not conformed to the patterns of thinking of the world systems that are opposed to the Lordship of Christ and, which tell us right about now is the time to live in fear and anxiety. Rather St. Paul tells us at times like this we are called to live in the peace of God which transcends all human understanding and to pray! See Phillipians 4:4-7

I urge you to commit to pray on behalf of our country at this time. Pray for mercy and not judgment to come upon us. Join with others to earnestly seek the Lord.

Pray for the election.

AND exercise your responsibility to vote!

Take a look at this inspiring video from CatholicVote.com Pass it on to all of your friends!

March 4 Life and Muslim Convert

Greetings from the backroom of ChristLife! I hope all that browse our blog and our Web site are encouraged in their faith in Jesus Christ and their commitment to share this wonderful gift to others!

Last week I had the great opportunity of going with some friends to the March for Life in Washington DC. A tremendous event that has drawn up to 200,000 people in previous years. Though headlines of secular news outlets say things like "thousands of anti-abortion protesters gathered in DC" or even worse "protesters on both sides of the abortion debate gathered in DC to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade" - considering there are usually about 10 pro-choice supporters to 100,000 pro-life supporters.

When we reached the Supreme Court I actually walked by two pro-choicers surrounded by a bunch of pro-lifers - engaging in "dialogue." Anyway, right as I walked past I noticed a team of network news walking over to interview the pro-choicers - to get "balanced coverage." That's unfortunate. But some perspective for myself kicks in - things could be much worse of course - we could be openly persecuted or killed for our beliefs if we were in other countries.

And beyond bad press coverage there were some really awesome things that happened during the March. The following 3 minute video from David Bereit of 40 days for Life gives a great "grassroots" view of the March and covers a really neat "sign" of hope for America - tremendous!!

And you may be wondering why the subject of this blog post includes the part about "Muslim Convert" - well that's because our most recent podcast includes a live clip of me and some friends from the Supreme Court at the March for Life - as well as a really exciting interview I had with Daniel Ali, a Muslim Convert to Jesus Christ and to the Catholic Church.

This was such a privilege! Daniel is a passionate layman and evangelist and author. He recently wrote a book about his conversion called Out of Islam: Free at Last. Here's the podcast with all this stuff in it. Click play below or listen in here.