Can one person make a real difference in the world? I believe it can happen. I believe it has happened - many times in history.

When you think of great persons in history, you also have to think of how they changed the world right around them first then took on the rest of the world. Even the ne’er-do-wells began as an individual with an idea, then they pursued that until they met the goal.

One Person changed our calendar and our lives for eternity.

One person changed the printed word by inventing a printing press.

One person changed the masses into murderers by association under the reign of the Nazis.

One person led the Pilgrims as they entered these shores.

One person caused a court ruling to ban prayer from public schools.

One person began a movement we call Sunday School, that endures even today.

One person stood bravely against racial discrimination, and gave his life for civil rights.

Great movements in history always began with one person. Whether the changes were for good or for evil, that one person fought through the criticisms, the obstacles, and the hurdles to lead others into his or her own personal battle.

Is there today one person who will stand for good? One person who will begin a battle for rights without presumption? One person who understands the Constitution as it was written without the flavoring added by modern courts? One person who knows that “the pursuit of happiness” doesn’t necessarily mean the attainment of it?

If you want to be that “one person”, begin with those around you. Have a dream that you cling to, and push forward regardless of the nay-sayers. Take a stand for those things that are good and right. Discard compromise in these areas. There’s no room for compromise when issues are black and white. There’s no riding the fence.

It’s time for me to take a stand here and now. I am a Christian. A blood-bought, saved, baptized, Bible-believing Christian. I believe that God is not a man that He should lie. Therefore, if anything is true, it comes from God. And if it comes from God, then it is true.

I may compromise on the color of my nail polish, but I will not compromise on absolutes.

There. I’ve said it.

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Posted: May 28th, 2007 under Flights of fancy, Politics, Encouragement, Outreach.
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I know you are noticing a radical change in this blog’s theme. I got tired of trying to fix the header on the other one. I liked it a lot, but I never could get the words that rise up over the flash movie to change. So, I changed the whole theme.

I think I like this one better anyway. It’s cleaner and faster loading than the other one, and I do like a fast loading page since I’m still on dial-up.

Posted: May 28th, 2007 under Blog building.
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I’ve really done a lot of work on this blog, so instead of turning it loose I just simply renamed it to Soaring Ahead. I’ve decided to keep it just as it is and continue working on it.

Sorry if any of you have spinning heads by now. I just think it’s crazy to let it go since it’s already developed a page rank on its own and some readership.

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Posted: May 24th, 2007 under Blog building.
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I have started the new blog and you can view it and sign up for feeds or email subscriptions at Forward Thinking. Eventually this blog will be dropped since I never could get the header to work correctly. Plus, it takes a very long time for updates to show up on this host.

Posted: May 21st, 2007 under Blog building.
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I’m moving this blog to its own unique domain. I’ll be moving most of it over the next day or so, though a few posts will need to be left up because they were sponsored. Other posts and all comments will be saved and reposted on the new blog site.

I’ll let you know the exact URL so you can bookmark it if you wish or sign up for feeds from there and unsub from here.

I’m hoping that by moving to new hosting, I can see changes more quickly than I do on my current host.

Posted: May 20th, 2007 under Blog building, Tech.
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