This past weekend I was blessed to be able to attend and be ministered to, greatly by some very anointed men of God. It was a Men’s Conference called Brother’s Keeper and was held at the Bishop Connare Center in Greensburg, PA by Pastor, Ray Lankford of Oasis Ministries and his Church of McKeepsort, PA.

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I’ve been to many of men’s conference’s in the past (though not of late) but can still honestly say that like the freshness of the Word Of God, you will always get something more for your life than you had or experienced before, when God shows up!

The focus of this weekend retreat was for the men of God to come clean, and deal with anything and everything that may be hindering our walk with the Lord. As a witness to Jesus the Christ and as the “Men-Of-God” He has called us to be in front of a lost and dying world.

This Past Friday I watched a great movie called: "The Book Of Eli" starring Denzel Washington. Itz a post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Yeah, er, well… that sacred book he’s protecting just happens to be the "Bible" so I found it very exciting to say the least.

It isn’t very often these days that when Hollywood makes a movie concerning the Bible that it isn’t mocking it or taking some major liberties for the sake of entertainment or by being doctrine-friendly to all religions. For this movie I’m very happy to say that I didn’t see any of that.

This story stayed pretty reverent as to what most Believers feel the meaning and purpose of the Bible towards mankind really is, as the main focus was on Eli’s journey/mission to deliver the book rather than on God Himself. It is obvious that the voice Eli says has given him the mission was God if in no other way than the giving of thanks over the meals as well as his final prayer at the conclusion of the movie.

Of course they do not mention the name of Jesus (outside of cursing) which would have been nice since He represents the entire New Testament of the Bible.

However, it’s the ending and exactly HOW Eli finally delivers the book to it’s appointed destination that got me excited. An awesome two thumbs-up and a must see no matter what your faith is.

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They say: "You can never go back" and I guess to a large extent, that is true. Physically. But Spiritually and Mentally it is entirely possible. Such was the case just this past Saturday when I attended the wedding of my youngest daughter’s best friend, Jeanne Kifus Shaffer.

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Other than the fact that it was just a wedding from my old neighborhood and being held at my old family church, St Thomas Church in Footedale, PA I expected it to be just another wedding to attend.

Never mind that it was the same church that I grew up in and that my grandparent’s raised me and their children in, and that most of my cousins grew up in this same church as well. Or, that it was also the same church that Peggy and I were married in and spent half of our children’s lives attending.

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