Frankly Speaking

JULY/2008

Christian and I decided to try out his new bike today.  We rode all the way to the pier and drove out on the wooden planks amidst all of the crowds of summer.  Different languages were overheard in every direction and I thought at times we were in a foreign country due to the lack of English being spoken.  We stopped for some popcorn and candy in Christian’s favorite candy store, fed some pigeons and every hungry seagull and jumped on our bikes for home.

I tried to make it a fun game, to take our minds off the pedaling. I asked Christian what would God want him to do if we took the video games out of his bedroom.  Let’s try and listen and see what God says.  Christian got quiet and said “invention, high flying, planes, yellow and paint”.  Hmm, not sure what all that was.  But a good practice to listen to God.  “Oh ya mom.  At surf camp a few weeks ago Jacob told us to listen to God and see what He wanted to tell us and God said ‘I will be returning my child and it will be very soon’”.   Of course to Christian, that was just another day with God and he didn’t know why God would tell him that.  I’m thinking I’m a little freaked.  Did God really say that?  Why would he tell Christian that?  Did someone tell Christian that and he just thought it sounded cool?  Why do I always doubt Christian really hears the things he does from God?  It makes sense that God would talk to Christian.  He doesn’t have all these unbelief systems in place like mine that take forever to process anything I hear because I think I really didn’t hear God…..I want to be like a child!  Like Christian!

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Have you ever wondered where that word came from?  Well, for those of you that don’t know, listen up.

I was looking down at Christian’s head last night, trying to see what in the world was causing so much itching and I saw some red spots!  What in the world, and suddenly, it came screeching into my mind.  Lice!  Yes, there was some kind of memo sent home from school.  A few weeks ago, I had checked Christian’s head, all was good, and I threw it away,  Now what was it that it said?  What were the signs?  What should I do?  Something about shampoo… Read more »

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Jubilee Church

Pastor Steve & Cammy Dittmar established Jubilee Church in September 1984 with the vision of being a house of prayer, a family church, a new wineskin that would facilitate ministries, and a sending church to the entire world.

Aslan’s Place

Aslan’s Place has been a forerunner in bringing spiritual discernment to individuals and ministries throughout the world. Now that the time is ripe for a global spiritual outpouring, Aslan’s Place is uniquely positioned to equip believers for ministry in these crucial days. Located in Southern California, Aslan’s Place Healing Center reaches out through allied ministry friends and training opportunities to believers throughout the world.

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Habitat For Humanity

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Encouraging marketplace people:

A few years ago Mike asked God “Who do you say I am?” God answered, “I’ve made you to be a guide.” That was a turning point in both Mike and Robbie’s life. They started a consulting business (Frank consulting) focused on providing “frank” advice to primarily Christian marketplace leaders and organizations.

Mike has always been a student of high performing individuals and companies. He loves to discover why some succeed and others don’t. From those learnings he shares with others the formulas for success. This sharing can happen in many ways. Sometimes he provides executive coaching to a leader. Other times he becomes a consultant to the business or an advisor as a board member.

Recently Mike and Robbie have taken this passion and started sharing by speaking to Christian/faith based entities and combining their love for Jesus and His kingdom with the marketplace success message and brought vision, encouragement and empowerment to marketplace leaders and “Kings”.

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