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REBECCA HOLLOWAY: One year later

By Rebecca Holloway When I awakened this morning, Evan and Zach were lying on the couch - one on one end, one on the other. I picked Evan up to take him to the table for breakfast, and he pressed his cheek up against mine, which is how he shows love. We ate breakfast and laughed and talked the whole time. We discussed our trip to South Dakota this summer and how we would be traveling through several states before getting there. Zach excitedly showed me the map of South Dakota in his atlas, pointing out we would be traversing the whole bottom of the state. After breakfast, I dressed Evan as always and brushed his teeth. While we were doing that, I gave him extra kisses and played with him. It was a totally normal morning. Mundane, even. I was dreading picking up my phone this morning. Dreading what the memory for today would be. There was a picture taken a year ago today that still haunts my nightmares. March 20, 2017 was one of the most horrific days of my life. It was the day we almost lost our Evan. I still can't talk about that day without tearing up and crying. In fact, several weeks ago Stewart took me with him as he visited a church member who was in the same ER where Evan had been. Walking down … [Read more...]

Flags are grim reminder of the unborn lost

  By Message Staff PINEVILLE – Nearly 500 flags covered a section of the Louisiana College quad as a memorial to the unborn Tuesday, March 20. Each flag represented five lives aborted daily. Chaz Morgan, president of the Louisiana College Students for Life, told the Baptist Message the Cemetery for the Innocent served as a visual picture of the battle those who value life face daily. “We’re out here to create awareness about the pro-life issue,” Morgan said. “We wanted to students to be aware of how serious this issue is in our nation today. We’re showing people there are pro-life people out there who stand for what they believe in.” This is the second year the organization has hosted the Cemetery for the Innocent. Last year, more than 600 flags were scattered throughout the quad according to 2016-17 campus Students for Life President Hannah Terrebonne in a March 9, 2017 article that appeared on baptistmessage.com. The Cemetery for the Innocent is one of several pro-life events the student organization has sponsored. Last month, they teamed up with other organizations for the third annual Louisiana Life March in CENLA, which drew more than 5,600 participants who marched for life from the campus to the … [Read more...]

The joy of a fresh start

By Greg Laurie For me it’s always a great thing to start something fresh. I love it when Daylight Saving Time begins and we spring forward an hour. It’s like getting a whole new part of the day. I also love the first day of spring. I like the way everything looks after it rains. And as an artist, I love a blank sheet of paper. Another thing that’s great is when you come to the end of a great difficulty or failure and can have a fresh start, a new beginning. Moses, the world changer, changed the world for the captives of Egypt, the nation Israel. He led them to a new beginning in a new land. And the way he did it all was by faith. But before this happened, Moses himself needed a new beginning. You probably know the story. He killed an Egyptian and went into exile for 40 years. But the Lord spoke to him and recommissioned him to service. Moses had crashed and burned, but God gave him a second chance. God gave him, and ultimately the Israelites, a new beginning. It comes down to this: When you’ve been changed, you want to see others changed as well. Or to turn that around, if you don’t want to see others changed, then how have you really been changed? Jesus said, “But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little” … [Read more...]