This is the fifty-ninth update for the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief fund for the Lake Pontchartrain North Shore. This includes the Covington, Abita Springs, Mandeville, Slidell, and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Pastor Sprague has sent another e-mail with a plea for financial assistance to help in the ministry of Trinity Evangelical Free Church of Covington, LA and hurricane relief.

A Financial Request and More Stories of Grace

I have never been a fundraiser and perhaps never will be. I don't know that I ever want to be a fundraiser. I am simply a pastor of a local church, in the middle of the finest movement of the Spirit of God that I have ever seen. One of my dear friends, and now colleagues in ministry, is raising support to provide for his family to continue to help lead the work of outreach here in the Gulf Region. I am referring to (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

I haven't written much politically for a while, so I thought I would do something creative to try and get back into the swing of things.

Hugh Hewitt has written a new book, Painting the Map Red , and I have entered the contest at Radio Blogger to try to come up with the most creative graphic to promote it.

The following is my entry:

So go. Buy the book. Read it, and help Spread Freedom Throughout the Land.

This is the fifty-eighth update for the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief fund for the Lake Pontchartrain North Shore. This includes the Covington, Abita Springs, Mandeville, Slidell, and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Pastor Sprague has sent another e-mail update concerning the ministry of Trinity Evangelical Free Church of Covington, LA and hurricane relief.

Lessons I’m Learning 6 Months After the Storm

One of my earliest set of reflections on Katrina six months ago was entitled "What I Learned Today." I haven’t forgotten those early lessons of surrender and faith. Now after a half-year I can say that Jesus continues to teach me lessons in the arena of faith. The scripture and my own journey reveal Gods ways:

I. An Initial Call

God is in the business of giving out assignments, tasks, adventures, partnerships, or whatever you want to label them. It is simply His calling. The call came to Abraham, Moses, Joshua, (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

This is the fifty-seventh update for the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief fund for the Lake Pontchartrain North Shore. This includes the Covington, Abita Springs, Mandeville, Slidell, and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Grace Community Chapel of St. Peters, MO, and Chatham Bible Church of St. Louis, MO, combined to make up what we have called Grace Team 4. Grace Team 4 served with the EFCA/Compassion Ministry , and Trinity Church of Covington, LA, January 12 – 14, 2006. The video you are about to see was taken during that time of service in New Orleans. This is only half of the team. I hope to have a picture slide show up soon, showing what the other half of the team 4 accomplished. Click on the more button to read below the fold.

This is the fifty-sixth update for the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief fund for the Lake Pontchartrain North Shore. This includes the Covington, Abita Springs, Mandeville, Slidell, and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Pastor Sprague has sent another e-mail asking for prayer for the ministry of Trinity Evangelical Free Church of Covington, LA and hurricane relief.

Important Prayer Requests for New Orleans

This morning I had the distinct privilege of attending a prayer meeting and luncheon with Billy Graham and his son, Franklin, in preparation for this weekend’s "Celebration of Hope" crusade in the New Orleans basketball arena. It was inspiring watching a courageous, yet feeble warrior come to the pulpit using his walker and aided by his son. With an exceptionally keen mind, he communicated a message of hope. Billy Graham said, "I’m devastated by what I have felt and seen." He said he hadn’t called his wife because as of (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

This is the fifty-fifth update for the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief fund for the Lake Pontchartrain North Shore. This includes the Covington, Abita Springs, Mandeville, Slidell, and New Orleans, Louisiana.

The following is another message from Pastor Sprague concerning the ministry of Trinity Evangelical Free Church of Covington, LA and hurricane relief.

Death of the Church is Greatly Exaggerated

Those of you who know me well know that I am a reader. Over the years, I have profited from and enjoyed the writings of Christian pollster, George Barna. He has brought a great body of research and insight to the body of Christ. This is not true, I believe, in his latest work entitled, Revolution.

In his new bestseller, he expresses great passion for the capital "C" church, the universal group of believers in Jesus, but misses completely the biblical doctrine of ecclesiology or practically put, the vital importance (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

It is hard to believe that a whole year has gone by since I began writing on this blog. You can check the archives on your left, and see that on February 20th, 2005, I wrote my first real article, so I am marking today as the anniversiary of one year of blogging.

I have strayed from the original purpose of writing political commentary, and opinion in recent months to help out a worthy cause as you have read since September 1st, 2005. I do not regret for a minute the space and time devoted to that effort. Helping Trinity Church and Hurricane Katrina relief has been the most rewarding expierence I have had in recent years.

In the last few months, I have had the pleasure of introducing some other people and organizations to this new medium of disseminating news and opinion, and (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)