Harbor Life Ministries

Katie, an EPS client, recently said; “My experience with EPS has been wonderful. EPS is great! EPS helped me get through my pregnancy and learn how to be a parent. The ‘Baby Bucks’ I’ve earned have provided things I couldn’t afford for my baby.”

Even though Katie has recently graduated from the program, she continues to meet with EPS staff.  She said;  “I keep on coming back to EPS because the staff is always willing to talk and listen to me.”

I have an image burned in my mind that I want to replace. Lysa is sitting on the floor of the bathroom cradling her son, trying to keep him warm while massaging his little chest. I don’t want that to be what I think about when I remember Keith and his mother Lysa.

I have set up a web page that I hope attracts some attention and giving. I hope that Keith has an impact through his memory, a memory of a loving mother who came to Harbor House to get help with her pregnancy so she could give life to her baby.

Please, if you are moved to remember Keith this way, visit my web page and make a donation. The goal is $1,000. That may be lofty in this economy, but I believe God has all the money that ministries like Harbor House need in the hands of His people. All they have to do is trust Him and let go, as He leads them to give.

Thank you. For Keith and Lysa.

Click on the “FirstGiving” button to visit the donation page…

Posted by Doug Eberle

Here’s how Justin Taylor concluded a post on his “Between Two Worlds” blog in which he commented on John Piper’s view that today’s U.S. election has a few “complicating factors”:

…I want to plead with fellow evangelicals to recognize that this is a watershed election with regard to abortion. Barack Obama has promised to make signing the Freedom of Choice Act his first order of business in the White House–and with a Democratic Congress, he will be able to make this happen.

The Knights of Columbus recently catalogued the many small successes achieved in the pro-life political process since 1973:

• The Hyde Amendment, which restricts federal funding for abortions;
• The federal law banning partial birth abortions, which was finally upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2007;
• The ?Mexico City Policy,? which has barred the use of federal taxpayers? money to pay for abortions in other countries;
• Laws in 44 states that preserve a parental role when children under 18 seek abortions;
• Laws in 40 states that restrict late-term abortions;
• Laws in 46 states that protect the right of conscience for individual health care providers;
• Laws in 27 states that protect the right of conscience for institutions;
• Laws in 38 states that ban partial birth abortions;
• Laws in 33 states that require counseling before having an abortion;
• And laws in 16 states that provide for ultrasounds before an abortion.

With a stroke of the pen, all of these would be gone.

I am under no illusions that electing John McCain will necessarily lead to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. But I do believe that McCain would be a good pro-life president, I know that McCain would veto the radical FOCA, and I know that Obama is the most extreme pro-abortion candidate to ever run for president.

I believe evangelicals should care deeply–though not idolatrously–about this election, and that they should do what they can to stop, or at least slow, the slaughter of the innocent. Voting is one of the things you can do. I encourage you to do it, and to do so with a view toward the weakest and most defenseless members of the human race–3,700 of whom are being killed every single day in the United States.

Well said.

The results of today’s U.S. Presidential election are ultimately in God’s hands by his sovereign nature. However, I pray that God’s people see the abortion issue as superseding any of the other important issues and vote accordingly. And may God continue to receive the ultimate glory no matter who is elected.

This has been a day on the road.

With having two locations, the house in Norwalk and the pregnancy center in Celina, we often have to make that 2? hour drive (one way) to the other site. We had some other things we needed to do in Celina, so we went there and got our personal stuff done, as well as all the work.

We picked up food items, clothing, files, and things for the Sharing Banquet. We only had one minor issue today with girls. Getting enough school work completed before we needed to leave today was an issue, which made us drive as quickly and directly as possible to get there.

Because of the length of the car ride it became an issue as to which girl got to sit in the front, or “ride shotgun.” I had to ask: When we don?t get our way, what is the proper attitude to have regarding riding up front? You would think with 17-, 16-, and 15-year-old girls would not have this as an issue. But they are still children, even though pregnant and about to be moms, something to keep remembering as well.

A new study released today by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the first of its kind, shows that 26% of American girls age 14-19 are infected with one of four common sexually-transmitted diseases: human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes simplex virus, and trichomoniasis.

This is not news, however, to workers at pregnancy resource centers and maternity homes.

Something else that needs to be pointed out is that the 26% figure is for all girls, whether sexually active or not.

What you don’t hear too much is that the number of sexually active teens who are infected is nearly half.

Also interesting is that both the pro-abstinence and anti-abstinence (“pro-education”) sides point to the other side as the culprit for the high number.