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I attended the CU GOP event The War on Terror tonight. I organized a Freep on Feb. 15th and then invited Ward Churchill to attend on February 25th.
Here is the sign I made for the Freep. Jenny Hatch holding the Ward Churchill sign.
Republican Freeper Men!
Mike served in Iraq as a Marine – he used the UN flag to put out a cigarette!
CUGOP men – THE FUTURE
Manning the Ticket counter!
Dinesh D’Souza speaking at the CU GOP event
Michelle Makin Speaking at the CU event
Ian Vanbuskirk moderating the event
I was very grateful to attend this event, and was NOT surprised when Ward Churchill decided not to attend.
Jenny Hatch
Author Jenny Marie Hatch
I just invited Ward Churchill to our Freep for Michelle Malkin
Here is the link at Free Republic…
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Praying to our Heavenly Father – Sunday School Lesson
Sunday School Lesson – Praying to our Heavenly Father
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When I started blogging my lessons for the Gospel Essentials class I teach a few weeks ago, I was not sure if anyone would be interested in reading them. But as I have checked the traffic, they seem to be some of the most popular of the whole Blog.
So I will continue posting. Here is the lesson I am going to teach this morning. I did not have a chance to prepare my lesson before today, because I directed our Wards Road Show this past week. (When I upload the pictures, I’ll make a blog entry on the Show. We had a really fun time putting it together and I was so pleased with the efforts of the youth in our ward. They are simply a great group of people. And it was pure joy to share my love of musical theatre with them during an intense “play in a day” format.
I am going to be the Musical Director for my childrens schools production of Kiss Me Kate. This show is the Cole Porter musical based on Shakespeares Taming of the Shrew. We had auditions last week, and I was completely overwhelmed by the level of talent and enthusiasm for the show at the school. I am very much looking forward to helping produce this show. Our first rehearsal is a week from monday!
Jenny Hatch
Praying to Our Heavenly Father
Chapter 8
31110, Gospel Principles, Unit Three: Communication between God and Man, 8: Praying to Our Heavenly Father, 41
Jesus taught, “Ye must always pray unto the Father in my name” (3 Nephi 18:19).
Prayer is one of the greatest blessings we have while we are here on earth. Through prayer we can communicate with our Heavenly Father and seek his guidance daily.
What Is Prayer?
Prayer is a sincere, heartfelt talk with our Heavenly Father. We should pray to God and to no one else. We do not pray to any other being or to anything made by man or God (see Exodus 20:3–5).
Why Do We Pray?
Prayer has been an important part of the gospel from the beginning of the world. An angel of the Lord commanded Adam and Eve to repent and call upon God in the name of the Son (see Moses 5:8). This commandment has never been taken away. Nothing will help us draw closer to God than prayer. All of our thoughts, our words, and our actions are influenced by our prayers.
We should pray for strength to resist the temptations of Satan and his followers (see 3 Nephi 18:15; D&C 10:5). We should pray to confess our sins to God and ask him to forgive us (see Alma 38:14).
We should pray for the Lord’s guidance and help in our daily lives. We need to pray for our families and friends, our neighbors, our crops and our animals, our daily work, and our other activities. We should pray for protection from our enemies. (See Alma 34:17–25.)
We should pray to express love to our Heavenly Father and to feel closer to him. We should pray to our Father to thank him for our welfare and comfort and for all things he gives us each day (see 1 Thessalonians 5:18). We need to pray to ask our Heavenly Father for strength to live the gospel.
We should pray so we can keep on the straight and narrow path that leads to eternal life. We must pray to God, the author of all righteousness, so we may be righteous in our thoughts, words, and actions.
Discussion
• How has prayer helped you grow closer to our Heavenly Father?
• Tell the story of Daniel to the class (see Daniel 6:1–23).
• How did Daniel pray?
• How important was prayer to Daniel?
When Should We Pray?
We can pray whenever we feel the need to communicate with our Heavenly Father, whether silently or vocally. Sometimes we need to be alone where we can pour out our souls to him (see Matthew 6:6). In addition, we can pray during our daily activities. We can pray while we are in a Church meeting, in our house, walking down a path or street, working, preparing a meal, or wherever we may be and whatever we may be doing. We can pray any time of the day or night. We can pray when we are alone or when we are with other people. We can keep our Heavenly Father in our thoughts at all times (see Alma 34:27).
At times we may not feel like praying. We may be angry or discouraged or upset. At these times we should make a special effort to pray.
We should each pray privately at least every night and every morning. The scriptures speak of praying morning, midday, and evening (see Alma 34:21).
We are commanded to have family prayers so that our families may be blessed (see 3 Nephi 18:21). Our Church leaders have counseled us to pray as families each morning and night.
We also have the privilege of praying to give thanks and ask a blessing on the food before each meal.
We open and close all of our Church meetings with prayer. We thank the Lord for his blessings and ask for his help so we may worship in a manner that pleases him.
Discussion
• Ask someone to read the story of Enos (see Enos 1:1–12).
• What words did Enos use to describe how he prayed?
How Should We Pray?
No matter where we are, whether we stand or kneel, whether we pray vocally or silently, whether we pray privately or in behalf of a group, we should always pray in faith, “with a sincere heart, with real intent” (Moroni 10:4).
As we pray to our Heavenly Father, we should tell him what we really feel in our hearts, confide in him, ask him for forgiveness, plead with him, thank him, express our love for him. We should not repeat meaningless words and phrases (see Matthew 6:7–8). We should always ask that his will be done, remembering that what we desire may not be best for us (see 3 Nephi 18:20). At the end of our prayer, we close in the name of Jesus Christ (see 3 Nephi 18:19).
How Are Prayers Answered?
Our sincere prayers are always answered. Sometimes the answer may be no, because what we have asked for would not be best for us. Sometimes the answer is yes, and we have a warm, comfortable feeling about what we should do (see D&C 9:8–9). Sometimes the answer is “wait a while.” Our prayers are always answered at a time and in a way that the Lord knows will help us the most.
Sometimes the Lord answers our prayers through other people. A good friend, a husband or wife, a parent or other family member, a Church leader, a missionary—any of these individuals may be inspired to perform acts that will answer our prayers. An example of this is the experience of a young mother whose baby was injured in an accident at home. She had no way to get the baby to a doctor. She was new in the neighborhood and did not know her neighbors. The young mother prayed for help. In a few minutes, a neighbor lady came to the door, saying, “I had a feeling I should come and see if you needed any help.” The neighbor helped the young mother get the baby to a doctor.
Often God gives us the power to help answer our own prayers. As we pray for help, we should do all we can to bring about the things we desire.
As we live the gospel of Jesus Christ and pray always, we will have joy and happiness. “Be thou humble; and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and give thee answer to thy prayers” (D&C 112:10).
Discussion
• Are we always given what we ask for? Why not?
• Read D&C 46:30. Why is it important to ask “according to the will of God”?
• Ask members to share experiences of when and how the Lord has answered their prayers.
• Close with your own testimony of prayer.
• Encourage prayers in the family, blessings on the food, and individual prayer.
Additional Scriptures
• James 1:5 (what to pray for)
• 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Psalm 55:17; 2 Nephi 32:9 (when to pray)
• Alma 34:26 (where to pray)
• 3 Nephi 19:6, 3 Nephi 19:24; 1 Timothy 4:15 (how to pray)
• D&C 88:63–65 (how prayers are answered)
• Moroni 10:3–5; Alma 37:37 (promises for prayer)
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We should pray individually and as families morning and night.
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Crunchy Cons – new Book on Conservative Greenies!
Love it! Can’t wait to read it…
I’ve long self identifed as a Crunchy Conservative, Granola Neo-Con, or Green Christian.
How wonderful to know that I am NOT ALONE!!!
The big identifiers that have had my liberal friends scratching their heads for years to know exactly who I am and what I believe…
Homebirth Activist
Extended Breastfeeder
Birkenstock wearer
Baby in sling – attachment parenting
Conservatively dressed for church!
I do have a perverse sense of humor though. I have long been in the habit of dressing conservative (Panty hose, pumps, long skirts, and button down preppy shirt, hair in a bun) for green events that I have attended, and I love to dress hippy (open toed birks, natural cotton pants, baby in sling attached to my breast, no makeup, hair streaming) for conservative gatherings.
Shelly and Jenny “dressed down”
Keep em wondering…
I will NOT be stereotyped.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Crunchy Conservatism!
Jenny Hatch
A Crunchy Con Manifesto
By Rod Dreher
1. We are conservatives who stand outside the conservative mainstream; therefore, we can see things that matter more clearly.
2. Modern conservatism has become too focused on money, power, and the accumulation of stuff, and insufficiently concerned with the content of our individual and social character.
3. Big business deserves as much skepticism as big government.
4. Culture is more important than politics and economics.
5. A conservatism that does not practice restraint, humility, and good stewardship—especially of the natural world—is not fundamentally conservative.
6. Small, Local, Old, and Particular are almost always better than Big, Global, New, and Abstract.
7. Beauty is more important than efficiency.
8. The relentlessness of media-driven pop culture deadens our senses to authentic truth, beauty, and wisdom.
9. We share Russell Kirk’s conviction that “the institution most essential to conserve is the family.”
10. Politics and economics won’t save us; if our culture is to be saved at all, it will be by faithfully living by the Permanent Things, conserving these ancient moral truths in the choices we make in our everyday lives.
–Rod Dreher
The Corner discusses Crunchy Conservatism at National Review Online
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Birthin’ and Readin’… NEWSFLASH: C-Section rate still climbing, Doctors puzzled
Birthin’ and Readin’ (Click on the image to read the article)
Doctors puzzled by the rise in C-setion rates???
“Public health officials are puzzling over a medical mystery — why thousands of young, healthy women facing low risk births are opting instead to deliver by Caesarean section.”
Maybe it is because no one in the Medical Profession is taking the time to teach these women the FACTS about Caesarean Delivery.
“In 2004, nearly 13 percent of all C-sections in Massachusetts were performed on women under the age of 30 giving birth to their first child — considered the lowest-risk birth group.”
MMMmmmmh I wonder what is going on here. This article makes me think of recent musings on the part of certain educrats wondering why the people of America are having such a difficult time reading….All these professionals, scratching their heads wondering…why, what could be causing it? Children can’t read, and the C-Section rate is out of control….hmmmmm
“Health officials say they can’t fully explain way, but suggest a range of possible explanations, from last minute medical complications to worries about malpractice and fears of a ruptured uterus to women asking for the surgery for their own reasons.”
If you people are so worried about rupture, why do you keep giving pregnant women Cytotec to induce labor???
“There are a substantial number of women with no discernible risk having C-sections,” said Bruce Cohen, director of research and epidemiology for the Department of Public Health.
“The rise in C-sections among young, healthy women mirror an overall rise in the procedure in Massachusetts, which hit an all-time high in 2004, the most recent year for which statistics are available.”
“In the past seven years the rate of C-sections has climbed from 21 percent of births in Massachusetts to 31 percent — 7 percent higher than the national average. Of 22,892 C-sections in Massachusetts in 2004, 2,948 involved lowest risk pregnancies.”
“One reason for the rise in C-sections is malpractice insurance, according to Ronald Burkman, chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.”
“A single claim can result in a $30,000-a-year hike in insurance rates, he said.”
Boo Hoo Hoo
“Another factor is the growing acceptance that C-sections are nearly as safe as vaginal births, he said.”
WHO is fueling that acceptance???
“Twenty years ago, a woman asking for a C-section without a pressing medical reason would likely be talked out of it by her doctor, Burkman said. Today, doctors are more willing to agree”.
WHY???
“Differences in risks between C-sections and vaginal births are not huge for the first (birth) so it has become more acceptable,” he said.
Differences in Birth “NOT HUGE???” Lie.
“For some working women, the chance to schedule a delivery rather than waiting to go into labor can be reason enough for opting for a C-section, he said. There are also solid medical reasons for C-sections, including the age of the mother, size of the baby and if it is a multiple birth.”
“Mary Barger, director of the midwifery education program at the Boston University School of Public Health, credits the rise of C-sections on what she calls a “cultural shift.”
“As C-sections became safer, they also became a kind of routine default option, she said.”
“Even so, she said, the vast number of C-sections have some medical explanation.”
“I think women coming in and requesting a C-section early in pregnancy even when they are healthy are still quite rare in Massachusetts.”
“Even though C-sections are relatively safe,”
LIE, LIE, and LIE!!
CULTURAL SHIFT???
SAFER???
MEDICAL EXPLANATION???
“There are reasons to encourage women to deliver vaginally, she said. Hospitals with midwife programs tend to have lower numbers of C-sections.”
“The question is how safe is safe?” she said. “Even though death is very rare, your chance of dying from a C-section is three to six times higher than a vaginal birth.”
Yeah, and lets all keep a close eye on the maternal mortality rate….as the C-section rate goes up, so does the number of mothers who die giving birth.
“The mystery isn’t limited to Massachusetts.”
What mystery??? Birth activists have been screaming for years that this is exactly what was going to happen, the question is when are American Consumers going to say “enough is enough!!!”
“Nationally, the rate of C-sections has climbed to an all-time high, with nearly 1.2 million C-sections performed in 2004, accounting for 29.1 percent of all births that year, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. In 1970, the national rate was 5 percent.”
Yeah, and hospitals would conduct an internal inquiry if the rate went over 5% to find out why the rate was SO HIGH!!
“The C-section rate increased nationally even among healthy, first-time pregnancies with a full-term, single child — that despite a 2000 national public health goal of reducing the C-section rate for such births to 15 percent by 2010. The rate now is about 24 percent.”
LIE – it is 29% and climbing…
I don’t know who the moron is at the AP who wrote this story, but they just said the rate was 29%, and then finished the article with the lie, “the rate is about 24%. So which is it??? The Medical Profession is shaking in their boots, because THEY KNOW the 2005 stats are being compiled as we speak and that when the CDC publishes the FACT that the rate has jumped another 5 or 7% IN ONE YEAR, they know they are going to have a problem on their hands in terms of Public Relations. And so the spinning, spinning, spinning has started…
Who is going to blow this story out of the water??? Come on Bloggers, take your heads out of the sand, it is time to educate our people on the true risks of C-sections to both Mother and Baby, and start holding our medical profession accountable.
WHO has the incentive to turn things around??? Only mothers and father fed up with being railroaded into surgery.
Jenny Hatch
Read the Introduction to this Blog!
UPDATE:
OK, I read through this article again, and realized that the writer was refering to the C-section rate for healthy first time mothers when they said 24%. My apologies to the author for the name calling, however, the emotion and angst that motivated me to write this Blog post are still a part of my passion to see mothers and babies have a better start than what is currently being shoved on them by the Obstetricians.
