Man, look at what I got myself into! For five days, you can find me living @ the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Riverside Blvd and Owens Center Road. I’m taking over the store in an effort to raise $5,000 for Habitat for Humanity…

Mary Gallagher is a 25-year-old single mother is raising three children, one of whom is disabled, and her 16-year-old sister.

Gallagher works her shift job putting together circuit boards and lived in a cramped home that didn’t adequately house her and her four family members. To afford rent, she had taken on three roommates, and roaches also occupied the home. All eight people shared a two-bedroom apartment.

Now Mary and her family live in a new Habitat house in a Habitat community that college students helped build.

“Habitat has truly healed my family, as it has so many others,” says Gallagher. “Not only has Habitat helped me gain a beautiful new home, but also a brighter, healthier future for my children. Thank you so much for your kind and loving hearts. Without people like you, my family would still be lost in the crowd.”

Mary Gallagher isn’t much older than I am. I can’t imagine living the lif e that she lived. Each night, I come home to a warm, inviting home. I plop on the couch, turn on my satellite, and relax. Whenever I want, I can walk down the hall and do some laundry or clean the dishes in the dish washer. The only bugs that invade my home are the occasional tiny spiders.

Habitat for Humanity is improving lives. They’re giving young children a better upbringing. If you’re close to me, you know that I’m a strong opponent to public housing and government social welfare projects. In some ways, Habitat for Humanity is in agreement with me. It’s their desire to abolish the whole “housing projects” system in our nation.

Will you support families right here in the Rock River Valley? There’s great need here in Rockford. Work with 101QFL and support Habitat for Humanity. 5 Days for $5,000. December 15th – 20th @ the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Owens Center Road and Riverside. I’ll be there. Will you?

Here’s *NBC’s Midseason Schedule as of January 2: *(new series in italics)

*Mondays*: Surface, Las Vegas, Medium
*Tuesdays*: Fear Factor, Scrubs, Scrubs, L&O: SVU
*Wednesdays*: E-Ring, Biggest Loser: Special Edition (new title), L&O
*Thursdays*: Will & Grace, /Four Kings/, My Name is Earl, The
Office, ER
*Fridays*: /Most Outrageous TV Moments/, Dateline NBC,
/Book of Daniel/
*Saturdays*: Movies and stuff
*Sundays*: Dateline NBC, West Wing, L&O: CI, Crossing Jordan

Note that “Three Wishes” is not on the schedule, and “Book of Daniel”
(which is about a drug-addicted priest played by Aidan Quinn) is. “Fear Factor” also returns. I’m afraid NBC is determined to be done with Amy…no matter how many fans the show has.

You might not know this…but I’m a closet fan of Amy Grant. I’m sure if word got out…I’d be publicly humiliated! Regardless of whether or not you’re a fan of her music I thought it would be important to point out that her TV show, Three Wishes has been cancelled. Here’s the bulletin from AmyGrant.com…

We are sorry to tell you that, as reported in today’s issue of Variety, NBC has rescinded its earlier order for six more episodes of THREE WISHES. Cited, as the main reason, was a tightening budget at NBC that could not justify the large cost of producing this show to the standard that was acceptable to all involved.

The last two remaining shows of the 2005 season are scheduled to air on December 2nd and 9th 9/8c. We would, of course, ask for your support of these final two shows and would love, with a high rating, to remind NBC that there are many people out there who support this type of programming that is safe for the whole family.

We have great respect and appreciation for our many friends at NBC and at Glassman Media who made it possible for Amy to be a part of something very rare – a network television show that literally changed the lives of some very deserving people. For that we will always be grateful.

If you are disappointed in this news and believe that a quality show like Three Wishes belongs on the air, please write or email NBC and voice your support for the show.

The email address is: threewishes@nbcuni.com

The mailing address is: NBC 3000 West Alameda Ave. Burbank, CA 91523 attn: THREE WISHES

This is totally unrelated to the topic of my latest post. However, I must ask…Are you a biSOXual?

Baptisms are such a common ordinance of the church, right? I’d imagine that it’s become routine for many pastors that they don’t even think twice about the dangers of holding a baptism service.

I recently took a class over at North Central University about the Assemblies of God doctrine. I must say, I laughed pretty hard when I read through the materials pertaining to my churches views on the audiences of Baptism and Communion. Read More