I want to startoff today by asking all of you to pray for a friend of mine.  His name is Jonathan Markham, he’s the Pastor of New Life Christian Fellowship in Pacifica, CA.  I got to know Jonathan through my good friend Maggie when she married him!  And believe me, anyone who could make her as happy as he has is quite a guy!

They’ve just learned that Jonathan has melanoma cancer and it’s in the third stage. Oddly enough they first found it on his heel!  It has entered the lymph nodes, and on November 30th they’ll be taking out all the lymph nodes in his leg, and then starting him on further treatment.

Would you please pray for this man of God?  He is truly a godly person, as is his wife, and I hope you’ll pray for God to do a marvelous work and a wonder in his life through all this.

Short Rounds #138

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News of Note:

Vanished Persian Army Found – Amazing story.

Great Interview & New CD from Stephen Curtis Chapman, in the shadow of his child’s death – Read this one.

Dobson To Leave Focus On The Family Radio Show – end of an era.

Blog Posts Of Note:

Transition from Pastor to “Real World” – I don’t agree with everything here, but he makes some very good points that we ought to pay attention too!

Is Your Church a Religious Cushion? – Good stuff!

Letting Go of What People Think - you just gotta do it!

I Told You So – and so he did!

Five Questions Leaders Should Ask – good ones too!

Whose Approval Am I After? - Nuff said?

Four Random Questions I Wrestle With - If the step over toe hold if all else fails go for the Stinger Splash!

Volunteer Expectations – Oh, these are just so very good! I love them!