The website I'm about to tell you about is extremely important. I've talked about abortion before, and it's even the topic of one of my critical posts. But this time it's a little different, and much more extreme.

The website is Abort73.com, and they are basically reaching out, primarily to teens, to educate about the violence and horror of abortion.

I can't sum up their site in a sentence or two, other than just to say you should view it. If you're against abortion, viewing their videos and reading their literature will only strengthen your courage to take a stronger stand against abortion. If you're "pro-choice," you simply have to watch their videos. If you're still "pro-choice" after viewing them, then you have no heart and are morally bankrupt. Sorry to be blunt, but it's the truth.

Abortion is simply the extension of America's propensity for violence. Not violence around the world, but violence against our own members. Those who have the least legal status get the most brutal treatment. And it continues today, all under the banner of "choice."

Take some time at Abort73. Most of all, if you look at one thing, view the video at The Case Against Abortion. WARNING: it is extremely graphic. But if you've never seen anything like it before, then all of your opinions about abortion are based on ignorance. It's take to take responsibility and understand what it is that America is willingly turning a blind eye to.

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I want to thank everyone who called, e-mailed, or commented notes of support and congratulations. We're simply thrilled about Kyla! Now we're just looking forward to when we can get some real sleep again! I've uploaded a few more pictures of Kyla's first couple of days. Enjoy!

Kyla's Birth - September 7, 2007

If you're interested, be sure to subscribe to my Picasa's RSS feed, because I'll be doing my best to keep up with pictures over the next couple of months. I've also nearly finished uploading all my old albums up to Picasa, and then I'm going to get the last year or so worth of pictures uploaded.

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It's a girl! Join us in welcoming Kyla Elizabeth Mooney into our family. Kyla and Amy are doing great. Kyla was born at 4:02 pm and weighed 9 lbs 6 oz.

The nurses checked Amy at abouut 3:00 and declared her "complete," ready to go. The rest was just waiting for the doctor to get here! Pushing took about 15 minutes, and it was over!

She is absolutely as beautiful as her brother and sister were when they were born. Thank you all for your prayers and support!

Of course, the story would not be complete without some pictures:

From Kyla's Birth ...

From Kyla's Birth ...

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We got here a little after 10:00 this morning. They were a little busy so they had us come in a little later than originally planned. It took awhile for them to get Amy checked in, IV set up, etc. So the real induction didn't get underway until around 12:20 this afternoon. They also broke her water shortly afterward. Amy had a few contractions before they started the medication, but within about an hour or so after the medicine, and breaking the water, the contractions picked up pretty quickly - they got to the point where they were every 2 to 3 minutes apart. They were rather short, but painful - so we went ahead and had the epidural taken care of at about 2:00.

So right now we're just hanging out watching the monitor go up and down every couple of minutes. The calm before the storm. So the final chapter of the baby watch is officially underway. Stay tuned!

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Pastor Mark Batterson, in The Elephant in the Church, asked:

What are some taboo topics we ought to be talking about? What are some confessions the church needs to make? What are those issues that everybody is thinking about but nobody is talking about?

So I couldn't help but comment.

How about:

1) We spend most of our money on ourselves. We pay lip service to the "widows and orphans" thing, but in reality we really just want better bands, more charismatic speakers, and more comfortable seats.

2) We don't really live out Christ's commandment to "love one another." We think it sounds good, but we'd rather just have our churches be REALLY good at marketing instead.

3) We don't seriously ask people to consider the cost of following Christ. We think that whole "take up your cross and follow me" thing makes sense for missionaries, and maybe some pastors and staff, but not really anybody else. We just want to have a good job, and nice house, and live comfortably. We don't really want to hear that death imagery that Jesus liked to use with His followers.

4) Church leadership is more than willing to allow the other three so they can keep money-giving members in the seats each week.

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No baby yet - we had fully expected to have had this baby by now. We hit 39 weeks yesterday. Our other two kids didn't make it to 38. I guess it just shows us how each one is different, and we always have to wait on God's timing.

We had an appointment today, and the doctor scheduled an induction for Friday. For those who don't know the "lingo," that means that we will go to the hospital, they'll hook Amy up, and start giving her a drug that will get the labor started. It's common for labor to be more intense this way. But they're concerned about letting this "little" girl get too big, so they're not going to let us get to 40 weeks.

It's a big week this week. Jeremiah had his first day of preschool today and McKenna will have her first day of kindergarten tomorrow. Our anniversary is on Thursday. We're looking forward to capping this week off with the introduction of a new family member! Please be praying for us!

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