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Obama, Mile High Stadium and Hilliard
By
Robert Gelinas
Is this the promised land or are we still wandering in the desert? Those were the questions that went through my mind as I attended Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Mile High Stadium. I wasn't planning on being there but a last minute phone call from a new found friend landed me with a parking…
Pro-Life and Partyless…
By
Robert Gelinas
I'm pro-life and without a party. I'm a one issue voter and I can't find a party with a platform that fully addresses the sacredness of life in all of its complexity. So I'm pro-life and partyless! Usually the Democrats are thought of as pro-choice and the Republicans as pro-life; therefore, most think that the…
He was our first adoption…
By
Robert Gelinas
Barbara and I had barely been married a year when we took a trip down to local Dumb Friends League in search of a dog. It was heart wrenching seeing the various signs announcing the "expiration date" of each animal. We eventually settled on a Lab/Akita mix, originally named Tanner, renamed by us: Shelby. Shelby…
3 more children…
By
Robert Gelinas
Last November Barbara and I sensed the Lord was up to something in our lives. We currently have six children (5 adopted) but in separate times of prayer God gave us a vision (and desire) for more children. A sibling set. There are so many children who enter the foster care system with their siblings…
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