tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661Wed, 30 May 2012 01:10:08 +0000Tax DollarsGuest WriterMarriageResearchWomens IssuesParentingNews In God We TrustHeroesMemorialHomosexualMiraclesBeth MoorePoliticsNews "In God We Trust"Just4FunChilean MinersEditorialWarningBibleAbortionFox NewsVideoEncouragementHealthNewsSchoolSpiritual GrowthAbuseIslamBook ReviewQuotesRedemptionVenturaVeterans DayHolidayCaliforniaEntertainmentProp 8Life-Saving BooksPoemDivorceAnnouncementsSupreme CourtChristian RadioPeopleLoveScamsAnniversaryRecipesClimategateAuthor April Lorier shares Christian perspective on news, books, poems, child abuse, divorce, issues for women, psychology, counseling, ministries, and her journey with God.http://www.aprillorier.com/noreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)Blogger1219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-7332566358148670074Wed, 30 May 2012 00:59:00 +00002012-05-29T18:10:08.872-07:00VideoHeroesEncouragementMy late father-in-law served in London with The Salvation Army. Dad played the trumpet in the Salvationists' Band. He told me stories I will never forget. 'Serving Others' was the point of The Army. I thank God for the Salvation Army that William Booth started with the poor in London. His vision for ministry has impacted my own family, and one thing I have heard stands high above the rest. http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/others-wm-booth-video-with-phil-keaggy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-8155852947749053115Sat, 26 May 2012 22:30:00 +00002012-05-26T15:35:48.601-07:00HolidayHeroesEditorialThis Memorial Day we remember those brave men and women who gave their lives in defense of our most precious freedoms. And we would do well to pray for the members of our armed forces who are placing their lives on the line even as I speak. They long to accomplish their mission and return home to their loved ones. Above all, they yearn for peace. So do wehttp://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/memorial-day-peace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-7888743252729390253Sat, 26 May 2012 19:25:00 +00002012-05-26T12:25:07.571-07:00VideoHolidayWhat was Memorial Day originally called? It was originally known as 'Decoration Day' because it was a time set aside to honor the nation's Civil War dead by decorating their graves. Although many don't really stop to consider the reason for this holiday, the fact remains that the cherished freedoms we enjoy in this country were not free, but came at the price of lives laid down. It's our http://www.aprillorier.com/2011/05/name-memorial-day-originally-called.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-597214073368537179Fri, 25 May 2012 21:40:00 +00002012-05-25T14:41:24.818-07:00VideoHolidayEntertainmentJohn Lennon wanted him as the "Fifth Beatle", but Paul countered that it was 'bad enough with four'. It seems everyone wanted Billy Preston from the time he was just a child. William Everett Preston was born on September 2, 1946 in Houston, Texas. At the age of three, the family moved to Los Angeles where Preston began playing piano while sitting on his mother Robbie's lap. Noted as a child http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/billy-preston-video-celebration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-7163402957191296287Thu, 24 May 2012 20:30:00 +00002012-05-24T13:30:47.859-07:00RedemptionLoveEncouragementGuest WriterHis desperate need to find God—any god—landed him in a local mosque. Even some vivid dreams from Jesus failed to stop his surrender to Islam, but the power of God's Word finally won his heart."I was the product of a one-night stand," says Antonio Santana, who never knew his biological father. He and his four brothers and sisters grew up with minimal family structure and he always felt http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/miracle-of-antonio.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-6937253980723286367Wed, 23 May 2012 14:13:00 +00002012-05-23T07:13:45.687-07:00Entertainment Superbowl champion Donald Driver can now add ‘Dancing with the Stars’ champion to his resume. He and his partner Peta Murgatroyd have been crowned winners of the ballroom dancing show’s 2012 spring season.Though Driver has been a top contender throughout the competition, it was not until his final dance Monday night that he earned a perfect score. He earned another perfect score for a cha cha http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/donald-driver-wins-dancing-with-stars.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-5189861941503926019Tue, 22 May 2012 22:28:00 +00002012-05-22T15:31:10.712-07:00PeopleSchoolLife-Saving BooksSpiritual GrowthHeroesBook ReviewEncouragementWho is Donald Miller? He's a new 'favorite author' of mine, after reading Blue Like Jazz. Donald grew up fatherless in Houston, so he had no concept of what a loving father would feel like. Oh, he was vaguely familiar with a distant God. But when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the Christian life with great zeal - perhaps too much zeal and not enough discipleship. Within a few years he http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/i-discovered-donald-millers-blue-like.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-6960340907453442160Tue, 22 May 2012 02:55:00 +00002012-05-21T19:55:53.577-07:00VideoMemorialNews In God We TrustGuest Writer Did You Know that FDR Prayed with the entire country on the day that Allies invaded Normandy, France? I wasn't born yet, so I did not know that. On June 6th, 1944, 156,000 American, British and Canadian troops invaded German-occupied France at Normandy. It would turn the tide of the war, and marked the beginning of the end of Nazi tyranny in Europe. Back in the United States, on the day of http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/memorial-prayer-project-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-1550017722952084293Fri, 18 May 2012 19:27:00 +00002012-05-18T12:27:42.323-07:00PoliticsBook ReviewEditorialI am in the process of digesting a can't-put-down book by bestseller author Edward Klein—a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, former foreign editor of Newsweek, and former editor-in-chief of the New York Times Magazine. Klein pulls back the curtain on one of the most secretive White Houses in history. Klein reveals a callow, thin-skinned, arrogant president with messianic dreams of grandeur, http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/oprah-michelle-cat-fight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-8436982242921811703Thu, 17 May 2012 21:01:00 +00002012-05-17T14:01:40.777-07:00ParentingLife-Saving BooksVideoHeroesHe is called 'The Greatest Athlete in the World' for a reason. But an anger problem almost derailed the career of this Olympic athlete. What turned him around? A mother's prayers! Thank God for the praying mother of Brian Clay! His book, Redemption, tells the story of Bryan Clay, winner of the 2008 Olympic gold medal and the 2004 Olympic silver medal in the decathlon. By the grace of God, http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/greatest-athlete-in-world-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-4041119827245277334Wed, 16 May 2012 21:19:00 +00002012-05-16T14:19:44.854-07:00HeroesMemorialAnnouncements Who is Leslie Sabo? An American hero. But for 42 years, only one man knew what a hero Sabo was! The Army admits the reason the award is being given four decades later is because Sabo's story "more or less fell through the cracks." Really?If it wasn't for Alton Mabb, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War who discovered Sabo's story 30 years after it happened, there probably wouldn't have been any http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/hero-fell-through-cracks-for-42-years.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-3814979872154167528Fri, 11 May 2012 17:34:00 +00002012-05-11T10:46:29.022-07:00NewsWarningHomosexualGuest WriterMay 10, 2012 - CHARLOTTE, NC—Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s statement in support of same-sex marriage. “On Tuesday my state of North Carolina became the 31st state to approve a constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. While the move to pass http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/franklin-grahams-response-to-presidents.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-8634575033369645921Thu, 10 May 2012 23:06:00 +00002012-05-10T16:06:39.359-07:00VideoCaliforniaChristian RadioHeroesMemorial For as long as I have lived in So. California, I have been a Rich Buhler fan. He pioneered the 'spiritual talk' format which I enjoyed every afternoon on KBRT ("K-Brite") Radio.  His show was called "Talk From the Heart". Rich is with Jesus now, reaping his reward at the earthly age of 65. He had pancreatic cancer. His funeral is planned for May 19 at Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Anaheim http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/well-done-rich-buhler-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-6856905759366371879Wed, 09 May 2012 22:43:00 +00002012-05-09T15:43:20.534-07:00 In yet another incident of 'speaking out of both sides of your face', President Barak Obama officially affirmed his support for gay marriage Wednesday.   I can't help but wonder if he forgets that we live in the world of technology where everything he has said is on tape.During an exclusive interview with ABC News' Robin Roberts to air Thursday, Obama said he's now fully "evolved" to support http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/obama-reverses-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-753434713720252789Tue, 08 May 2012 22:35:00 +00002012-05-08T15:35:50.753-07:00PeopleParentingMiraclesHeroesWomens IssuesLove"I've always been very religious in my beliefs, but now my faith is even more because I know that a true miracle has happened." -Gina Walker (San Antonio, TX)—Mother of five, Gina Walker, appeared on the Today show recently to share her ordeal after needing 35 gallons of blood during a complicated birth. http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/miracle-of-35-gallons-of-blood-for-mom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-6872347634646465594Tue, 08 May 2012 17:41:00 +00002012-05-08T15:30:43.851-07:00ParentingPoemMy mom has gone to a better place - a place where I will go some day. And oh, what a day that will be!After I see The King, I will find my mom and she will talk my ear off, just like she did here on earth. We will play the piano together, walk through the gardens and meet my other relatives who knew The Lord.It will be the family reunion of all reunions!But for now, I hold precious memories in myhttp://www.aprillorier.com/2011/05/mamas-still-in-my-heart-poem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-929930029122920311Mon, 07 May 2012 18:33:00 +00002012-05-07T11:33:04.553-07:00VideoEditorial Keep the sound up. You'll need it for the soldiers' reaction to our present President. Soldiers React to Two Different Presidents  Hoorah! April Lorier Perspective  http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/soldiers-reaction-to-two-different.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-838301506667622949Sun, 06 May 2012 23:58:00 +00002012-05-06T16:58:21.841-07:00PeopleVideoMemorialEntertainmentGeorge Lindsey (Goober) wasn't the dummy he portrayed on "The Andy Griffith Show". He had a Bachelor of Bioscience Degree. Surprised? He is gone today, at the age of 83. George Lindsey was born in Fairfield in Jefferson County, Alabama, and reared in the small town of Jasper, Alabama. Lindsey graduated from Walker High School in 1946 and then attended Kemper Military School in Boonville, http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/goober-was-no-dummy-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-1537011125976104891Sun, 06 May 2012 20:16:00 +00002012-05-06T16:05:26.751-07:00Womens IssuesOne of the greatest thrills of my life is being called “Mom” by my three wonderful children, and now of course, “Mimi” by our 11 grandchildren. As any busy mother will tell you, the years fly by from those first days peering over the baby’s cradle, to the time when they leave home.Mothers have a memory bank filled with special moments of loving hugs and lullabies, bumps and bruises made “all http://www.aprillorier.com/2009/05/no-other-name-like-mom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-5539012734710906499Fri, 04 May 2012 23:39:00 +00002012-05-04T16:39:22.430-07:00Guest Writer This letter was  sent to Mr. Rand who is the Executive Director of AARP.THIS LADY NOT ONLY  HAS A GRASP OF 'THE SITUATION' BUT AN INCREDIBLE COMMAND  OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!Dear Mr. Rand, Recently you sent us a letter encouraging us to renew our lapsed membership in AARP by the requested date. This isn't what you were looking for, but it's is the most honest response I can give you. Our http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/aarps-fall-from-grace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-9126524159856558781Thu, 03 May 2012 18:36:00 +00002012-05-03T11:39:07.794-07:00Announcements "America is desperately in need of a spiritual renewal; may it start with us." -Dr. David Jeremiah Every year the National Day of Prayer is important. However, it seems lately, like the need for prayer in and for America is becoming urgent. In a promotional video, Dr. David Jeremiah, Honorary Chairman for this year's National Day of Prayer Task Force, notes that the theme for this year—"One http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/today-is-national-day-of-prayer-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-5906149635879129912Tue, 01 May 2012 22:21:00 +00002012-05-01T15:21:03.345-07:00AbortionAnnouncementsThe boycott is over. We can drink Pepsi again! Children of God for Life announced recently, the stunning news that PepsiCo will not use aborted fetal cell line HEK-293 (human embryonic kidney) in their contractual agreement with Senomyx to develop flavor enhancers for their beverages.Children of God for Life's Executive Director, Debi Vinnedge, hailed PepsiCo's decision as a major breakthrough http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/05/we-can-drink-pepsi-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-5574779650115600301Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:47:00 +00002012-04-28T17:47:56.751-07:00CaliforniaNewsPoliticsMemorialReligious freedom advocates won a momentous victory this week, when a federal judge signed a settlement allowing a contested cross to stand on a one-acre spit of land in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Californians are very happy over this week's settlement. The court battle over the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial, first erected in the 1930s, has been going on for 11 years. Atheists, http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/04/mohave-cross-going-no-where.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-1823031117501605793Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:30:00 +00002012-04-27T15:31:10.365-07:00Guest Writer(South Daytona, FL)—As I read the FOX News story about the 60-year-lost postcard, I couldn't help but be reminded of some of the parables Jesus told about lost things being found, and the happiness it can cause. Obviously, Jesus was referring to the spiritual picture; but I would imagine this postcard—originally written to a little boy by his mother while she and his father were on a trip—could http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/04/60-years-later-postcard-arrives.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1190945203500128661.post-8365289764205382400Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:02:00 +00002012-04-24T19:02:48.598-07:00I have been going to Old Folks' Homes to play the piano and sing for the residents since I was 10 years old. I have seen these often-forgotten people light up as soon as I started playing songs from their era. I wrote a post about it a few years ago. No one could ever convince me that music does NOT have restorative and regenerative powers! Music is my second-favorite GIFT given by Almighty God. http://www.aprillorier.com/2012/04/regenerative-power-of-music-video-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (April Lorier)