truth B told

It's Monday and I'm trying to get back to regular life...if there is such a thing.

I've been to South Florida for a Book of Hope Celebration where fundraisers gave enough money to purchase almost 60 million copies of the the Book of Hope for youth and children around the world. What an experience to hear first-hand accounts of how God is working across this planet. I love partnering with God!

Then I got off a plane and headed to Target 05, a youth ministry leadership conference in Rockford, IL. I was deeply challenged to continue my pursuit to invest in students' lives. At 30, I feel I'm just getting started at helping teens understand what it means to have a real relationship with God. What a responsibility God has given me...to help people get connected to God. In today's world, we have to keep sharp on the presentation of an eternal message of hope and love. We want to be relevant to this culture, but maintain steadfast in preserving the message. Got ideas...let me know.

Today I was reminded that Joey Howell is leading a missions trip of college students to Rancho de sus Ninos in Mexico on his spring break. That's awesome. Joey has been with me on every trip I've put together. Now, he's leading a trip. Wow... Invest....invest....invest...

No matter who is reading this....I just feel prompted to let you know that God is real and at work in your life. I've seen, felt, and experienced Him at work in my life, many students' lives, my friends' lives and my family's lives. Just ask....He's waiting.

Well....no political commentary, no news briefings....just some random thoughts.....

still....let the truth be told......

Travis

I'm in South Florida for a Book of Hope Celebration conference. To find out more about Book of Hope, click here. BOH

To see some fun family pics and stuff....check out Travis With Travis

READ THIS: AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch children can dial phone lines to listen to recordings of fairytales like Little Red Riding Hood, but busy parents must be willing to pay about $7 a call, enough to buy the printed version of the classic tales.

"Sprookiebel" -- "dial-a-fairytale" in English -- says it is the first fairytale phone service in The Netherlands and has already had some 600 calls from children since its launch at the start of the month. Callers can choose from a selection of four fairytales, which are changed regularly, and listen to them 24 hours a day for 0.55 euro ($0.70) per minute.

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It seems society has found another way to let parents skirt their responsibility and opportunity to invest in their children. Instead of sitting down and having story time, now parents in Europe can just hand their kids a phone.

It won't be long for this to carry over to the United States. And I'm sure their are willing parents who would pay $10 not to have to tell their kids a bedtime story. But I guess with the cartoon network and DVDs, we are already there....

Parenting is more than providing food, shelter, and the essentials. Remember the other core necessities like rubbing their head, telling them stories, playing with them on the floor, and investing in their relational makeup.

Children need real parents, not a phone that will tell them about Little Red Riding Hood.

let the truth be told....

-travis

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Starting today, the Rev. Al Sharpton is joining forces with the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to urge a boycott of KFC.

"If we give our money to KFC, we're paying for a life of misery for some of God's most helpless creatures," says Mr. Sharpton in an eight-minute video that will be shown outside KFC's around the country.

Mr. Sharpton and PETA are demanding that KFC force its chicken suppliers to give chickens more room in factory barns before they are killed.

Here’s the problem with Sharpton’s partnership with PETA: He is pro-choice and supportive of a woman’s right to kill her unborn baby.

In fact, he calls it a civil right’s violation to be pro-life.

Here’s some of his direct quotes:

Q: How do you feel about abortion?
A: I think women should have the right to choose what happens to their own life, body and choices. Source: Concord Monitor / WashingtonPost.com on-line Q&A Nov 5, 2003

My religion says that abortion is wrong. And while I may believe that life begins when the sperm meets the egg, and that only God should decide whether to take a life, I will not stand in the way of a woman's right to choose. If women do not have a right to choose, then it's a civil rights violation. Source: Al On America, by Rev. Al Sharpton, p. 89 Jan 1, 2002

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I don’t understand how anyone can partner with PETA and join a campaign to improve the environment of chicken before being process for food consumption, yet turn their head and ignore abortion.

Sharpton believes these aborted babies are alive and a wonderful part of God’s creation, but allows people to kill them in the name of civil rights.

Mr. Sharpton needs to evaluate why he became a reverend. Instead of allowing his left-winged circle of influencers to tell him what to do, he needs to go back to his biblical origins.

His reference for standards has been tainted, and now babies are being killed while chickens may get more apartment space.

I think Sharpton is chicken to stand up to what he knows is right.

Let the truth be told

Travis