October 2021
By Seth Halpern/Editor We love choices. I know I don’t like to be limited to small (or no) selection of items on a menu or in a grocery store. I’m not looking for just tortillas. I’m looking for Mission Tortillas and not the regular ones- only the Carb Balance Flour Soft Taco sized tortillas! How about you? Do you like to have a selection so that you can make YOUR Choice? A friend of ours who lived in Kazakhstan noted that the grocery stores had what she needed but there was no choice- only 1 kind of whatever she needed- eggs, bread, mayo. I’m not sure that they even had tortillas in Kazakhstan but I’m willing to bet that they didn’t have Mission Carb Balance Soft Taco Flour tortillas!
Yes, we American’s love our choices whether it’s tortillas or milk or clothing or anything else. We also love our rights. Rights and choices are very closely related. It’s about Freedom, which is an extremely high value among Americans. We want (and fight for) the right to parent our children the way we see fit. We want the right to
October is Pastor Appreciation Month. Remember to honor your pastor for the calling and hard work they do for us and for the Kingdom of God. Check out the “Pastor Appreciation” notes throughout this issue. what we eat and drink as well as How we eat and drink it- (think fast food, soda and straws). After all, we are adults. We can vote, we can serve in
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the military. We should be able to live our lives the way we want without rules on our personal lives mandated by the government. Of course, there are some things that should not be ok, such as crimes or abuse against another person (or animal). That’s why even though we want our rights, we usually agree that it must not hurt another. This is where we
get into the sticky issue of abortion. If you don’t believe that a growing baby in the womb is “another” person, you may want your “right” to do as you
please with your body. However, with modern science, it’s hard to dispute the fact that “another person” is growing in the pregnant woman’s body. At any rate, the term “pro-choice” comes from that same desire for rights and choices for our lives. Now we have “vaccine mandates” being thrust upon us. For many, their livelihood may be hanging in the balance. Some say this is a good thing in order to protect the masses. Many, many others are pushing back as a violation of our rights. They can’t take away my choice to NOT vaccinate, right? This is seen as a government power grab and over-reach. The issue
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