Deeper Still

This is how I spent last weekend....the Deeper Still conference in Atlanta, GA. It was awesome. God was all over that place.


DeeperStill - Atlanta from Rich Kalonick on Vimeo.

Big News!

I hate it when I look at the date on the last post I've written and realize it's been more than a week since I posted last! I think of tons of things I could write on the blog, but then don't know how to put it into words. So, sorry about the week-long silence.

Ok, so on to my big news....The Mr. and I have decided to adopt a child!! We are thrilled at what's to come!! I'll keep you posted on the progress.

Studying James

My Bible Study Girlfriends and I are embarking on a New Testament book, having just finished the book of Nehemiah. Oh my, I learned alot of history from that book! Anyway, as I began to study James, I looked at who he was, his audience, etc. and thought I'd share some tid-bits about James you may or may not know.

*The author of James is somewhat uncertain. James is one of potentially five different men by the name of James. The one most likely to be considered the author is James, the half-brother of Jesus.

*James was highly esteemed by the early Christian community and considered first among three pillars of the church (Galatians 2:9). Acts 15 names him leader and chief spokesman of the apostilic council.

*Historians have it that James was thrown from the roof of the temple by the priests when he proclaimed Jesus as the Son of God.

*James's goal was to encourage his readers who were not only scattered (Acts 11:19), but also largely poor and oppressed. (James 2:6, 5:1-6)

Know any more tidbits about James that you might want to share?

Who Will Care for These Children?

Christian Persecution Still Happens: Who will care for their children?


In the summer of 1999, a twenty one year old college student named Michael Job was killed in India by fanatical Hindus. His father was well known evangelist and Christian worker, Dr. P.P. Job. The fanatics did not like Dr. Job or his Christian message, so they killed his son.

Dr. Job was devastated--but not broken. He responded to the hatred by starting an orphanage unlike any other in India.

This orphanage is only for girls ... strange enough in a culture that doesn't value girls. And even more unusual--this orphanage is only for girls of persecuted and martyred Christians. Today the Michael Job Center for Orphan Girls is a dynamic refuge for hundreds of girls of persecuted families from all over the Indian sub-continent.

Each child that comes to The Michael Job Center is a vision of hope for the future--a hope that is born out of sorrow and strengthened with love.

But more children are waiting! Sponsor an orphan girl for just $25 per month and you will prepare the way for more girls of persecuted Christians to be rescued from a life of poverty and hopelessness.

Cardboard Testimonies

Turn up your volume. This will encourage you.

Wanna Help An Orphan This Summer?

My friend and her family are hosting an orphan from Latvia this summer, but his plane ticket from Washington D.C. to Atlanta, where they live, fell through. There are also a number of other needs including medical and clothing for the boy. If you'd like to help this family financially be able to host this young man, email me at consideritjoy@yahoo.com.

Thanks so much!

Infants Who Speak

As the Mr. and I were looking over various fulfilled prophecies throughout scripture, he casually mentioned one I'd never noticed before.

Psalm 8:2 says, " From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease. ."

The prophecy was fulfilled in Matthew 21:15-16 "But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant
and said to Him, "Do You hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, `OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF'?"
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Ok, picture this. Jesus is standing in the temple healing people and the chief priests and scribes see what he's doing. All of the sudden the nursing infants(I mean, we are talking babies here, not just bigger kids) start saying "Hosanna to the son of David!" Can you imagine seeing your nursing infant sit up and declare Jesus the son of David? How wild is that?? Of course this infuriated the scribes and priests.

I tell ya, amazing things happen when Jesus is involved!!