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LAUREN MORE THAN

A Number An event for women FAITH

& Fitness One woman’s journey

WARREN

Milanowski A chapel at the airport

Lenhardt Her off-court victory over body image

Contents March / April 2014 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

— Hebrews 11:1

Columns 6

Maximum Health: ‘Estrogen dominance’

Features Faith and fitness:

One woman’s journey

More Than a Number:

Event for women

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Cover Story — Lauren Lenhardt:

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KTSY:

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BSU athlete’s off-court victory A broadcast ministry

Breaking Free: ‘Christ-esteem’ Outdoors with Dougherty: Sharp knives Marriage Toolbox: Weekend to Remember

Inspirational radio

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Editor Gaye Bunderson gayeb@sterlingmedialtd.com 208-639-8301

Graphic Design Denice King Contributors Dan Dougherty, Brian Raymond, Rosie Main & Leo Hellyer Distribution Specialists Doris Evans and Shauna Howard Cover Photo Boise State Student Media-The Arbiter

Departments 8

The Missionary Life: Reg Epp

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Lifelong Faith: Warren Milanowski

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Readers’ Voices: Admiration for a pastor

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Publisher Sterling Media Ltd.

Sales & Marketing Melva Bade melvab@sterlingmedialtd.com 208-501-9024

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Volume 2, Number 2

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Editor’s Intro: Faith at work

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Quotes & Scripture: Scriptures of praise

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EDITOR’S Intro

How do we ‘share faith at work’?

By Gaye Bunderson What is “sharing your faith at work” really supposed to be like? The majority of Christians work in offices, on construction sites, in retail, at schools or restaurants — in other words, the same places everyone else works.

Christians get paid to do the same things others do: keep books, drive backhoes, prepare lesson plans, etc.

I’m certain there’s nothing in anyone’s job description that’s specific to sharing God’s love at work; however, we’re called to do so.

I know there’s many former co-workers of mine who could tell stories I might prefer they didn’t but which I would be obligated to admit were true. Let’s see... There were times I swore, got angry at others, and laughed over the previous night’s episode of some sitcom. Not only did I not share my faith, I never acted as though I had any. I guess I thought it was “private,” or I just wanted to “fit in.”

Maybe there are some misperceptions about sharing your faith at work and what that actually might entail.

Boisean Warren Milanowski — known by the nickname “Ski” — represents the area chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Airline Personnel. A very personable man, Milanowski devotes himself to serving others at the Boise Airport in a small, quiet chapel in a corner of the first floor of the busy terminal.

Part of the mission of FCAP is to bring God into the workplace. Milanowski, who sends out a “Today’s Thought” email devotional, frequently quotes from FCAP materials. He also uses other sources and many times, in those brief missives, there is some sound advice for “sharing your faith at work.”

For instance, his message of Dec. 10 included a paragraph from the introduction of a book titled, “Going Public With Your Faith.”

It read: “The journey of faith consists of a multitude of small, incremental steps (many mini-decisions) regarding spiritual realities. Thus the greatest privilege in the world — being part of someone’s journey to Jesus — can begin with something as simple as having a cup of coffee with a colleague, listening compassionately when a customer shares why she’s had a rough week, or doing something beyond the call of duty for a boss or an employee who’s under stress. … Small actions and simple attempts to serve others in the course of everyday life have a bigger impact than the ‘spiritual interruptions’ we sometimes seek to orchestrate out of a sense of guilt.” www.boisechristianliving.com

“Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.”

— St. Francis of Assisi Ski then followed up that paragraph with a reference to Scripture, specifically an example from John 4: “Consider Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. It began with a simple request: ‘Give me a drink.’”

A “Thought for the Day … from FCAP” on Oct. 13 read: “The words we use can be powerful. They can bring peace and healing to the hearts of our co-workers and calmness to situations. However, they can also be like gasoline that ignites the sparks of conflict. At times we can say the correct things but in the wrong way.

There is a prayer in Psalm 143 that asks, ‘Lord, put a guard over my mouth, and keep watch over the door of my lips.’ For the Christian, knowing the truth is important, but equally important is saying it in the right and appropriate way. We are told that God’s wisdom is pure, peaceable, gentle, reasonable, and full of mercy, and we are encouraged to sow this wisdom in a peaceful way (James 3:17-18). Maybe we should think more about sowing our words in the right way, instead of speaking our mind. Consider: ‘Let your gentleness be known to everyone’ (Philippians 4:5).”

And speaking of Warren Milanowski, a story about that kind man is featured in this edition of Christian Living. Check it out, along with our other features and columns.

We hope your next workday goes well! n Gaye Bunderson, Editor gayeb@sterlingmedialtd.com

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FAITH And Fitness

My spiritual journey to get in shape

By Rebecca Maxwell When I looked in the mirror last year, I didn’t like who I was — several pounds overweight, struggling with finding my self-worth, and extremely unhappy.

Moreover, my spiritual life was nonexistent. As a Christian, I had stopped feeding my spirit by neglecting church, prayer, and Bible reading for a variety of reasons. In short, I was miserable. Little did I know that in the next few months I would discover just how much getting in shape would affect my spiritual life and vice versa.

Oddly enough, everything began to change last spring when I won free sessions at my gym with a personal trainer. With her help, I began to eat better with a meal plan and to exercise smarter. My trainer, Bri, kept me motivated to lose weight when it was tough, and I dropped 10 pounds in the first month.

In turn, it was that weight loss journey that motivated me to get back on track in my spiritual journey and find my self-worth in God. After a couple of months of losing weight, I spent most of my run one day complaining about being exhausted and hungry all the time. All of the sudden, I came to the realization that I had been doing the same thing spiritually, starving myself but still expecting to make it through life without God. I believe He spoke to me that day to encourage me to take care of both my body and my spirit.

As I continued to work towards my goal of losing 30 pounds, I began to nourish my spirit too. Just like training for a competition or a race, I started out slowly.

I read the Bible daily with the help of a devotional. I noticed that workouts

Maxwell works out on a leg press at Idaho Athletic Club with her personal trainer, Brianna Boland. (Photo by Gaye Bunderson)

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Rebecca Maxwell went from being overweight to competing in a triathlon. She says her journey to better physical well-being improved her spiritual life as well.

(Photo by Jim Larson Photography)

were the best times for prayer. Soon enough, I reached a healthy weight and began to drop body fat. I looked amazing, and as my body transformed, so did my spirit.

I felt physically and spiritually whole and happy again.

That journey led me to train for and sign up for my first triathlon. I participated in the YMCA’s Fall Sprint Triathlon in October of 2013, and with God’s grace, finished and set my own personal record in the run. I am still proud of myself for even doing it. Since then, I have continued to train for things I never imagined I could do, like running a 10K in December, with plans to keep competing this year.

Over the last few months, I’ve learned that faith and taking care of my body with diet and exercise are interconnected. If I don’t find my worth and value in God, it leads to abusing my body with food or other harmful substances. When I look to God for my identity as His child, it is much easier to take care of my body, and my faith motivates me to keep exercising and pushing myself physically. Faith and fitness go hand-in-hand. n Rebecca Maxwell is a professional freelance writer, dedicated runner, and triathlete. She has a strong passion for health and fitness and currently writes about these topics for AKA Mom Magazine.

You may contact Rebecca through her website at http://rebeccasmaxwell.blogspot.com. www.boisechristianliving.com

QUOTES & Scripture

Offering praise to a worthy God God allows — even encourages — us to come to Him with our needs. But He does ask us to offer up our requests with praise and thanksgiving. In many passages of the Bible where God is praised, His character or His acts are acclaimed, while other passages are just pure worship. Below are some examples of both.

The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

— Exodus 15:2 I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.

— 2 Samuel 22:4 The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!

— 2 Samuel 22:47 Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses…

— 1 Kings 8:56

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MAXIMUM Health

Factors causing ‘estrogen dominance’

By Rosie Main Estrogen and progesterone are the primary sex hormones that women produce. They are very opposite in their roles and function. When their levels are in natural balance, they work in synchrony, which allows for a state of harmony. The lifestyle patterns of our modern society have shifted this balance in the direction of “estrogen dominance,” which is a leading cause of many health problems.

Both estrogen and progesterone decline naturally through the aging process. From the age of 35 to 50 years of age, there is a 75 percent reduction in the production of progesterone in the body. During that same age range, estrogen only drops by about 35 percent. So by menopause, the body maintains about half the amount of estrogen but has around a quarter the amount of progesterone it once had. This reduction in progesterone creates a hormonal imbalance and a state of estrogen dominance. This is the common condition for women in peri-menopause (mid-40s) and menopause.

Estrogen and progesterone balance each other —

Estrogen is produced by the ovaries, where it regulates the menstrual cycle and promotes cell growth. It lifts a woman’s mood and gives her a feeling of well-being. Progesterone balances out the growth effect of estrogen by halting further ovulation in the second half of the menstrual cycle and creating a thick mucus that prevents sperm from passing into the womb.

Estrogen promotes cell division and growth and fat accumulation, while progesterone stimulates fat burning and slows cell division.

Estrogen enhances salt and water retention, while progesterone is a diuretic. Elevated estrogen contributes to breast and endometrial cancer cell growth, while progesterone slows cancer cell growth. Studies have indicated that progesterone deficiency in pre-menopausal women increases the risk of breast cancer by 5.4 times.

One of the world’s leading hormone experts, Dr. John Lee, believes the right ratio is 200:1 progesterone to estrogen. The two major times

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Rosie Main is a chiropractor, USA team doctor and a Maximized Living doctor. She owns Main Health Solutions at 2300 W. Everest Lane, Suite 175, in Meridian. She may be reached at (208) 859-6170 or rjmaindc@yahoo.com. For more information, visit MaximizedLivingDrMain.com.

that progesterone is low are during puberty and at peri-menopause.

However, chronic lifestyle stress and an accumulation of environmental toxins can swing these ratios and lead to estrogen dominance.

Environmental causes of estrogen dominance —

1) Poor diet: A diet loaded with chemicals from commercially raised meat, pesticides and herbicideladen produce and processed foods massively increases the levels of xenoestrogenic molecules and puts the body into an estrogen dominant state.

2) Obesity: Fat cells have an enzyme that converts adrenal steroid hormones into estrogen. The greater the percentage of body fat one has, the more this conversion takes place.

3) Physical nerve stress: Damage and interference to the spine and nervous system leads to elevated cortisol levels. Elevated cortisol steals pregnenolone, which leads to lowered progesterone levels. See a wellness chiropractor to remove subluxations and help you improve your posture. www.boisechristianliving.com

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4) Heavy metal accumulation: Heavy metals like mercury, lead and aluminum block up the liver and lead to poor toxin filtration and increased estrogenic molecules. Remove the source of heavy metals (natural amalgam filling removal), aluminum cans, processed foods, etc.

5) Liver problems: The liver filters out xenoestrogenic molecules and helps neutralize them. When the liver is hampered, it is unable to lower estrogen levels effectively.

6) Blood sugar imbalances: Poor blood sugar control leads to elevated insulin and cortisol. These factors encourage estrogen release and lead to deficiencies in key nutrients like magnesium, vitamin C and B6, which neutralize bad estrogen metabolites in the liver.

7) Industrial chemicals: These can come from plastics, household cleaners, personal hygiene products, makeup and many other environmental sources, such as pesticides.

8) Hormone replacement therapy: This is synthetic estrogen without any progesterone to balance it out. The synthetic estrogen is toxic in the body and damages DNA, leading to increased risk for breast and endometrial cancer.

9) Chronic stress and poor sleep: Both of these increase stress hormone release and lead to adrenal burn-out.

10) Caffeine consumption: Caffeine increases estrogen secretion and leads to depletion of key nutrients like magnesium, vitamin C and B — vitamins that are necessary for the process of neutralizing bad estrogen metabolites in the liver. n

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THE Missionary Life

Plane mechanic uses his skills for God

Reg Epp works as an airplane mechanic for Missionary Aviation Fellowship and is currently serving as a missionary in Indonesia. (Courtesy photo)

By Reg Epp You are like me if you want to serve God in a quiet way.

My father and his four brothers were pastors. My brother was also a pastor. From an early age, I wanted to serve God in some way, but I didn’t see how God could use me when I felt like I was not created to teach or preach.

Since my father was a pastor, we would host many missionaries in our home as I was growing up. I would meet men and women who were serving God overseas and in our home country as pastors, teachers, Bible translators and church planters. Then I met a man who was raising funds and prayer support as he had felt called to be a missionary mechanic.

“A person who could serve God with his hands?” I asked. I felt I had at last found my area of service.

The longtime dream became reality when my wife Mary and I joined Mission Aviation Fellowship as a pilot/mechanic family and were assigned to serve in Botswana, Africa in 1985. My job for 13 years in Botswana was flying missionaries, development workers, medical teams and many sick and injured patients to and from remote areas of the Kalahari Desert. I also maintained those airplanes I flew there.

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Mary found many opportunities for ministry, reaching even outside our immediate family needs. Her love for many years has been reaching out to children with the gospel message.

Our lives were rich in Botswana as we loved serving the people there in a tangible way, exercising our Godgiven gifts, encouraged by churches and friends “back home” in America.

When our son Jason was diagnosed with a brain tumor, we were not able to return to Africa, but remained in the U.S., working at our MAF headquarters, first in Redlands, Calif. and then moving to Nampa in 2006.

We are very thankful to God that Jason is a cancer survivor! That difficult illness required three brain surgeries, radiation treatments and more than a year of chemotherapy.

In 2011 we felt God leading us to Indonesia. I no longer fly airplanes, but continue using my hands in something I love: keeping the airplanes flying as a part of our ground maintenance crew. Our five airplanes here in Tarakan, Kalimantan, Indonesia make daily flights into very remote areas in the eastern section of this island of Borneo. We are blessed to be able to help meet the spiritual and physical needs of many far away communities in the name of Jesus. www.boisechristianliving.com

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Reg and Mary Epp serve as missionaries for Mission Aviation Fellowship in Tarakan, Kalimantan, Indonesia. (Courtesy photo)

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Some of the other hard things about serving overseas include the home break-ins we’ve experienced, as well as the constant noise.

Or how about the fact that we are always standing out in a crowd? Can we ever blend in and become anonymous? No, we are always the “Westerners,” and even if we don’t want to bring attention to ourselves, we can become the central attraction in any outing.

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MORE Than a Number

A special message for women

By Gaye Bunderson

“Male and female created he them.”

Women as well as men were created by God, and the organizers of an upcoming event called More Than a Number want women to know it’s more than a mere passage of Scripture. They hope anyone who attends More Than a Number will come to the understanding they are loved by God, just the way they are.

“It’s a day for women to celebrate,” Megan Osborne, event sponsor in the Boise area, said.

More Than a Number will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 5, at Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 4950 N. Bradley St., Garden City. Single tickets are $15 or $10 for two or more. (Visit www.morethaMegan Osborne nanumberidaho.com for more information.)

Lauren Lenhardt “All women 12 and up are welcome,” said Osborne, who owns Shaped with Love Ministries and works as a licensed clinical Christian counselor specializing in eating disorders at Eagle Creek Family Medicine in Eagle.

The focus of the event is to let women know they’re more than the number on the bathroom scales, more than a certain number of years marked on a calendar, more than how many numerals are on their paychecks...

God doesn’t care about any of those things.

“We’re more than a number because we’re made by God; that’s our identity,” Osborne said.

Osborne will be an event speaker on the topic of “Loving the Body God Gave You TODAY!” Other speakers — and a singer — include: • Constance Rhodes, founder and CEO of FINDINGbalance, a Christian resource for help with eating Constance Rhodes and body image issues, who will speak on the topic Holly Starr marriages, and our ability “More Than a Number.” to fully engage in God’s • Lauren Lenhardt, a former Boise State University kingdom work,” Rhodes said via email. “I can’t wait to be All Star basketball player, who will speak on “Beyond the in a room full of women in Boise and talk about how we Numbers.” can change the world together as we learn to embrace our • Holly Starr, a 21-year-old Christian singer from Quincy, Wash., who has toured the country performing pop God-given identity.

“Expect honest stories, practical solutions and an expesongs and hymns and playing the guitar and tambourine. rience that will lift your soul and give you hope for a life “This is an entire Treasure Valley experience, with more defined not by rules, but by freedom through grace.” than five different churches making it their big women’s There will be treatment center and counseling resources at ministries event for the year,” according to Ruth Howard, event manager. the event for anyone who needs them.

Osborne said there are not only multiple churches Body image is a central theme in women’s lives, and the throughout the valley participating, but members of womweight loss industry in the U.S. is big business, racking up en’s fellowships from Magic Valley to McCall also plan to billions of dollars annually, Osborne said. attend.

“We’ve gotten away from the idea that we were created by “We’re hoping to have a great crowd of women,” she said. God. Our world and our culture tell us we’re not worthy,” “For too long, women have been distracted and even she said. silenced by their private negative feelings about their bodies More Than a Number will seek to help women reconnect and their value. Negative self-image impacts our kids, our with their Creator and His original design for them. n

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COVER STORY

Lauren Lenhardt: Standout

Lauren Lenhardt was able to hide an eating disorder from fans, coaches and teammates during her years as a record-setting basketball player at Boise State. (Courtesy photo)

“I felt I wasn’t fit enough or skinny enough,” she said.

“In athletics, lots of people are encouraging you to be Editor’s note: Lauren Lenhardt will share her testimony on how very aware about your body and intentional about how God helped her love herself just the way she is at the More Than fit you are.” a Number event to be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April As an Eagle High School graduate on a scholarship 5, at Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Garden City. A former to BSU, the sports star knew that, for her, basketball Boise State basketball standout, she will speak on the topic “Bewasn’t just a game. “Basketball was essentially my job, yond the Numbers.” Below, in part, is her story. my source of income. My body was essential to my performance,” she said.

Lauren Lenhardt knows a A death in the family just prior to lot about numbers. During the “The source of light coming her freshman year, combined with four years from 2009 to 2013 the high expectations and competiback to me was God. The that she played basketball as tive environment of college sports, healing process is just God’s a forward for Boise State, her threw her life out of control, she jersey bore the number 44. At grace.” said. “What I ate was the one thing 6-feet 2-inches tall, she racked ~Lauren Lenhardt I could control.” up a slate of sports records: She developed an eating disorder. most points in a single game, “It starts small, progresses to overwhelming, and takes six-time Mountain West Player of the Week, and threeyou over,” she said. time All-Conference Team player.

She was never diagnosed by a doctor, she said, and Unbelievably, beneath the veneer of athleticism lay doesn’t label herself as having been anorexic or boa troubled young woman, uncomfortable in her own lemic, but she was plagued by severe body image issues. body.

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athlete with a secret “There’s a common perception that with athletes there’s no way they have these (body image) issues. They have prime bodies, top level, they’re living the dream.” ~Lauren Lenhardt Though she was able to hide her troubles from the view of coaches, teammates and fans, she said her family and close friends detected a change in her demeanor.

Lenhardt grew up in Oregon in a Christian family and refers to her parents as “examples of faith.” As a child, she cared little for athletic endeavors, but the lessons sports offered in teamwork and discipline were encouraged by her parents; participation in sports was pretty much mandatory.

“I wanted nothing to do with sports, but my mom said, ‘You will pick a sport,’” Lenhardt said. “I played soccer, and I wasn’t horrible.”

Reaching 6-feet tall in the sixth grade, she was eventually approached by coaches and asked to play basketball. “I didn’t enjoy it at first. I was scared and shy,” she said. “But in about the ninth grade, I began to like it.”

And she got better and better at it. Her triumphs on the court were photographed and chronicled in the sports pages of local publications. She seemed to have everything going for her.

“There’s a common perception that with athletes there’s no way they have these (body image) issues.

They have prime bodies, top level, they’re living the dream,” Lenhardt said.

As her eating disorder worsened and she spiraled deeper into an emotional black hole, her relationship with her mother offered a first step toward stability.

“I approached my mom and said, ‘I think I need help.

I don’t know where I’m headed, but I don’t like it.’ I knew she would do anything to help me,” Lenhardt said. “I’m extremely independent, so for me to ask for help, she knew it was serious.”

With her mother’s assistance, Lenhardt, who was about 20 at the time, began looking for a counselor. “I tried two of them and it didn’t turn out well. I didn’t even go back for a second visit with one of them,” she said.

She doesn’t recall how they found Christian counselor Megan Osborne — perhaps it was through church — but that connection set her on the road to recovery, even though Lenhardt was at first a beaten-down skeptic and somewhat lapsed Christian. www.boisechristianliving.com

“I was a believer, but I had fallen away and lost hope.

There was no light at the end of the tunnel. … When there is something internal going on with you, it drains you of life. Megan said, ‘There IS a light at the end of the tunnel,’ and I was, ‘Oh sure, if you say so,’” Lenhardt said.

She visited Osborne once a week for a year, and at some point in the process, the old Lauren started to return.

“The light came back. I was overwhelmed with gratitude. Megan said, ‘Don’t thank me; it’s not my doing.

Your Heavenly Father is the only one who can pull you through something like this.’ The source of light coming back to me was God. The healing process is just God’s grace,” said Lenhardt.

She does say that, though she experienced healing from her eating disorder, she does occasionally have reoccurrences of the old issues, but this time with God in her corner. “The battles come back. The enemy knows what your trigger points are. But God is never going to fail you. He’s faithful all the time. I’m not strong enough myself to take care of it.”

Now 23, she is married, and at the time of this interview was soon to give birth to a son.

She said she’s both excited and a little scared to be making her first public speaking presentation at More Than a Number. This will also be the first time that many who knew her during her basketball days will hear of the inner turmoil she experienced at the time, so it’s a kind of coming out for her as well.

The former BSU forward who won so often on the basketball court but couldn’t overcome an eating disorder on her own said: “I’ve been set free from the bondage I was in. It doesn’t mean all the struggles are gone, but I’m equipped to handle it. I’m not alone. I have God on my side. I’ll win every time.” n Christian Living | March / April 2014 13

LIFELONG Faith

A change in direction at a stoplight

Warren Milanowski, now 70, has worked at airports since the age of 19. (Courtesy photo)

By Gaye Bunderson Warren Milanowski started working in the airline industry at age 19, first as a baggage handler and later, after 9/11, in security with the Transportation Security Administration. Like many airport employees, he frequently worked odd hours; it was one night, while driving to work in the dark, that he braked at a stoplight and had a sudden thought: “You’re still working at the airport but not just for a paycheck.”

Milanowski, who goes by the nickname Ski, believed the thought came from Someone who had new plans for his life: a vocation still within the flight industry but with a different focus. He felt called to open a chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Airline Personnel in Boise.

FCAP started in 1971, was incorporated in 1973 and, according to an FCAP brochure, 50 people from eight different airlines in the U.S. and Canada “met to consider how God wanted them to serve Christ in and through the airline industry.”

It has since become an international organization, and Milanowski makes it clear it isn’t a club and nobody pays a fee to belong. It is a fellowship with the primary purpose of turning the work that people do every day into fields of ministry, endeavors not just undertaken for paychecks but also for beyond-the-ordinary service to God and others.

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In the wake of his stoplight inspiration to start a local FCAP chapter, “I started trying to get people together,” Milanowski said.

For a while he held a Bible study with fellow Christians at the Boise Airport, but people’s schedules changed and the study group disbanded. Then in 2002, Milanowski attended an FCAP training session in Atlanta.

“It was more like church than church,” he said, explaining that though he respects the practice of churchgoing and holds a Sunday service in the airport chapel each week, he feels that too frequently churches fail to teach congregants how to live their faith every day beyond church walls and out into their workplaces.

“Work can be a spiritual harvest field,” he said.

He began to get the picture of how everyday activities can be used for God’s glory.

“The training really stirred the pot,” he said.

He put together a PowerPoint presentation and began showing it to people.

The Boise chapter of FCAP had launched and interest was growing, but it wasn’t until Aug. 1, 2007 that Milanowski opened a chapel at the Boise Airport.

“Over that period, I was in the process of raising funds. … It was a slow process,” he said. www.boisechristianliving.com

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The chapel is a small, cozy room huddled in a corner between car rental companies on the first floor of the airport. There is a small sign directing people to its location. It’s a place for people to come for a quiet moment with God, or to speak with Milanowski about their needs and concerns.

While still trying to build up the FCAP chapter, and prior to opening the chapel, Milanowski worked part-time for the TSA and was told by the government agency that he couldn’t proselytize. But that isn’t the purpose of FCAP anyway; it’s about fellowship and service. Later, while attempting to open the chapel, there was some minor hesitancy on the part of airport management.

“The airport was uncomfortable. It was a new thing for them. They were careful,” he said.

But overall, there was little fuss made about the chapel, and there has been no controversy about its existence since.

“They (airport management) didn’t put up any resistance. They’re hands-off, but they’ve been gracious. I appreciate the management of our airport,” Milanowski said.

Now 70, he no longer works for pay at the airport and spends three five-hour days at the chapel besides his weekly Sunday service. He will walk through the airport, unobtrusively talking with airport staff and other believers; or he will sit patiently inside the chapel in the event someone wants to talk with him. He has a prayer-request list and prays frequently on others’ behalf. He has two other volunteers — Hank Paulus and Diana Arent — who take turns “staffing” the chapel in his absence, as it is open around the clock.

The chapel is supported through donations and is used more by the public than by airport staff, according to Milanowski. When flying isn’t fun, when it’s undertaken to attend a funeral, for instance, passengers find comfort in the chapel. There is a cross, a visitor log for people to sign and leave a comment if they wish, and free Christian books they may take.

To Milanowski’s surprise, the chapel has been used on a number of occasions

by Muslim travelers, who are able to put down their prayer rugs and bow toward Mecca in accordance with their religion’s practice of praying five times a day.

“Muslims actually come in a lot. They are definitely not afraid to display their faith,” said Milanowski.

About seven times a year, the Boise chapter of FCAP hosts lunches and barbecues for employees of the Boise Airport, and the events are well attended.

Several churches in the area help support the work of FCAP financially and are pivotal in the chapel’s ministry; some pastors speak at the Sunday service.

Church support comes, or has come, from Summit Church in Boise, River Christian Church in Eagle, and Cloverdale Church of God in Boise.

Vincent Kituku, Boise motivational speaker and founder of Caring Hearts and Hands of Hope, is a visitor to and supporter of the chapel. He also flies frequently, including to and from his native Kenya.

“Ski is a tender warrior who cares and acts on heavenly convictions. He is 100 percent the reason we have a chapel at the Boise Airport,” Kituku said. “He has years of experience with travelers and airport employees and has worked hard to get a place and resources to help them heal, be encouraged and have a quiet moment with God.” Milanowski presented his first-ever golf tournament during the summer of 2013 to raise funds for the chapel and his FCAP work. Though he is an avid golfer, he is a novice fundraiser and said he needs help putting together the golf tournament in the future. (He may be contacted at fcapboi@gmail.com.)

Having now marked his 39th year of airport service (for pay and otherwise), he has been asked how long he intends to keep working there.

“I won’t be at the airport when God tells me to leave, and when someone else can take over,” Milanowski said. “I really want this chapel to stay available.” n

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KTSY 89.5

Serving people ‘like Christ did’

Travis Culver, program director and afternoon on-air talent at KTSY, speaks to listeners during a broadcast late last December. (Photo by Gaye Bunderson)

By Gaye Bunderson Christian radio station KTSY 89.5 launched in 1999 on the campus of Gem State Adventist Academy at 16115 S. Montana in Caldwell. Its offices remain there, couched between the cafeteria and the school’s administration building. While the station started out with the intention of being a hands-on learning experience for students, over the years there has been a push by its general managers to broaden the outreach, starting with longtime former GM Mike Agee.

“He asked, ‘Do you want this to have a big impact for the whole valley, or just for a small group of people?’,” Brian Yeager, current general manager, said during an interview.

KTSY branched out first as a Treasure Valley-wide Christian music station but underwent extensive expansion over the years, with stations now broadcasting from: • Baker City, Ore. — KTSY 91.9 and KTSY 93.7 • McCall — KTSY 94.5 and KTSY 88.3 • Sun Valley, The Bridge, 97.5 • Twin Falls, The Bridge, 88.1 • Rexburg, The Bridge, 90.9 16 March / April 2014 | Christian Living

The Idaho Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists owns KTSY and the other stations and operates under the name Barefoot Media Ministries.

According to Yeager, the name first of all is meant to echo God telling Moses in Exodus 3:5: “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

“It’s also a reference to children playing and getting dirty, and to getting work done,” Yeager said.

The Conference owns the license for KTSY and “partners with us,” he said. There is an operating board comprised of a pastor, laypeople and others.

“We are intentional in working with other churches in the area,” Yeager said.

The station’s format is mostly music and features nationally known contemporary Christian recording artists like Mercy Me, Michael W. Smith, Chris Tomlin, Mandisa (a former “American Idol” contestant) and Ryan Stevenson. Stevenson is an Idahoan who leads worship at Vertical Church on North 36th Street in Boise.

The station also broadcasts 60- to 90-second teaching-type programs for families.

“We intentionally target moms,” Yeager said. www.boisechristianliving.com

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The station ranks No. 2 in the Treasure Valley in Arbitron (now Nielsen Audio) ratings among women 25 to 54 years old. It ranks No. 5 among all listeners, according to the data.

Yeager said the station’s playlist is designed to have broad appeal to all potential listeners.

“Our target demographic is 35-54, and we’re strong into the 60-year-olds,” he said.

In all, 10 people work at KTSY, including air talent, the office team and production staff. Yeager has guided the station as GM for three years now and said he eventually hopes to hold a capital campaign to raise enough money to move KTSY’s offices to a more central location in the valley, as well as to a larger space to help alleviate its growing pains.

The station’s operational funding comes from area businesses through an Impact Partners program, with help from individuals raised through on-air fundraising campaigns.

“Listeners understand there’s no other way to pay the bills,” he said.

Its listeners are committed to KTSY, and Yeager said he hears regularly from people who have been blessed or saved by its music ministry. He gets letters from inmates telling him how KTSY brightens their day; he also heard from a woman who was abandoned in a campground by her abusive husband but learned of the Lord’s love for her while tuning into KTSY. Yeager said he doesn’t want the station to merely create a subculture of Christians not relevant to the world.

He wants KTSY to touch both believers and non-believers and move them to make a commitment beyond themselves.

“Our mission is to lead them into an experience with God,” he said. “Christian or non-Christian, we’re pushing them into the world with the goal of making a difference. Get out of your comfort zone and engage with society.

“Sometimes Christians can sound antagonistic, but we seek to love and serve people like Christ did. People can’t argue with that.” n

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READERS’ Voices

A pastor unafraid of truth

By Angela Hayes Editor’s note: From time to time, Christian Living will publish brief articles on topics that are ‘near and dear’ to our readers’ hearts. In the following article, Angela Hayes praises her pastor for standing firm on his convictions.

When asked the difficult question, Why remain so consistent with God’s word when by far you’d be more popular preaching what the people “want to hear?”

Pastor Steve Moore smiles as his eyes twinkle just a little.

As he clasps his hands together in front of his emerald green, nicely pressed shirt and leans forward in my direction, he begins to answer my question with simply one word: Truth.

With that simple yet profound answer, he further explains that truth involves living a life that not only is spoken with our words but includes our actions and how we choose to live each day. As he cites a part of Galatians 5:22-23: Giving of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control…he is apparent in his answer that to simply speak the truth in love is pertinent to those who are followers of Christ and those who are in need of Him as well.

On any given Sunday, as senior minister at Ten Mile Christian, Moore lights up his church with God’s message. The delivery of his messages has similarities to a Mozart composition. The crescendo comes first, followed by a staccato inserted here and there with a touch of forte’, finally followed by a decrescendo.

His arms may even flail up, down, and side-to-side, and on a real good day, his notes may even fly off of his podium and into the crowd.

Pastor Moore will touch on the ever-so-stinging concept that just because you’re human, that alone doesn’t get you into heaven. Just because you believe in Jesus Christ

doesn’t give you a front row seat to the pearly gates with bonus backstage passes. And he even states that he himself, a pastor, isn’t guaranteed a spot next to the Main Man, just by being a pastor alone.

He will embrace issues that we humans don’t want to face, don’t want to look at, and certainly don’t want to be guilty of, but are. Abortion, addiction to pornography, abandoning the concept of marriage for heterosexual promiscuity, homosexual unions, violent and self-centered acts, materialism, promoting gambling to fund our schools, and the sale of mind-altering drugs…just to name a few. These Steve Moore is pastor at Ten Mile Christian aren’t topics that are popular, well Church. (Courtesy photo) liked, and sought after, but Pastor Moore doesn’t care if we want to ad- tough question for some of us to dress them. What he does care about have to answer. And although he is is getting the truth out, whether it’s far from political in his sermons, he popular or not. stresses his messages with love, God’s He won’t deny the fact that growing truth from the Bible, a better underup in Portland, Ore. some 44 years standing of what God’s wishes are ago, before turning his life over to for His people, and a deliverance that Christ, that he too was a sinner. He’s grabs your attention and leaves you not afraid to let the people know, us- with a feeling of promise and hope as ing stories of his own sin — past and a believer. present — to illustrate his points.

Steve Moore isn’t concerned with He’ll ultimately tell you it’s God’s being popular or well liked for his truth, along with living a life of words to the people sitting in front compassion, grace, mercy and love, of him each week. His purpose is to that will be the ultimate home run, get God’s Word out to those willing game-winning traits as a Christian. to listen (over pop psychology any This is what Pastor Moore tries to day), even if that means he sits in the drive home weekly for his church back of the class when it comes to his that will ultimately get you to your popularity. His conviction will be the final destination of front row passes truth over the status quo. He actually and, yes, even backstage passes too. doesn’t mind sitting in the back; he’ll But it’s how he does it that sets him tell you the view is far better from apart from the others. there. n In the closing minutes of his sermon, his arms become relaxed at his You can visit Ten Mile Christian side, his eyes are focused behind the Church’s website at www.tenglasses he wears, and you better listen milecc.com to learn more about closely, because his voice is almost at service times (the church has five a whisper at this point. Pastor Moore Sunday services to choose from, calmly, gently, and with the utmost two of which are in the evening passion for Christ’s message, asks his and offer dinner for $1), classes congregation the choice they’re going offered (preschool through senior to make. Is it going to be the “popucitizens), and the current events lar” choice or God’s choice — a very happening weekly.

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curately and thoroughly discover who we are, we need the Lord Himself to tell us. God fully addresses these issues in His Word. The encouraging, instructive, and faith-building message of who we are in Christ should lead not to selfesteem but rather to Christ-esteem.

(This is Part 1 of a two-part series regarding self-esteem versus Christ-esteem. In the next edition I will further explore the difference of these two types of esteem and our old identity in Adam versus our being a new creation in Christ.) n

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Many of these books teach us how to build a shed, wire our house, decorate a cake, discipline our unruly children and so on. One of the primary subjects you will stumble upon in the area of self-help is how to “become a better YOU.” In his 1943 paper titled, “A Theory of Human Motivation,” Abraham Maslow (an American founder of humanistic psychology) theorized his Hierarchy of Needs. For the purpose of this article I would like to focus on one piece of Maslow’s Hierarchy: Esteem (Self-Esteem), which then leads to Self-Actualization (in Maslow’s opinion this is the highest level of need).

According to Maslow, the highest level of esteem is contingent on concepts like confidence, competence and achievement. By obtaining a high level of esteem, via confidence, competence and achievement, the individual only needs him or herself, and everyone else is inconsequential to one’s own success.

Abraham Maslow was a noted atheist and therefore there was no room in his theory for any dependency on anyone, let alone the God of the Bible.

Maslow’s theory led to further humanistic psychologists expanding his theory.

Carl Rogers, founder of the clientcentered approach to psychotherapy, asserted: “Every human being, with no exception, for the mere fact to be it, is worthy of unconditional respect of everybody else; he deserves to esteem himself and to be esteemed.” Rogers was also a devout atheist.

I emphasize the fact that the current focus on self and self-esteem in our culture was founded by psychoanalysts who were avowed atheists. With no inherent belief in God, the focus became self and taking care of one’s self as opposed to dependency on God and sufficiency through Him. The first known example we have of an entity demanding to have “unconditional respect” and “deserving to esteem himself and to be esteemed”

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INSPIRATIONAL Family

Schafers survive ‘perfect storm’

Beth Schafer and her son and daughter run Inspirational Family Radio. Beth and her late husband Lee founded the company in 1983. (Photo by Gaye Bunderson)

By Gaye Bunderson Beth Schafer feels her husband Lee was born to be a broadcaster. If that was indeed his predetermined path in life, he walked it well.

The Schafers founded Inspirational Family Radio in 1983 and under that umbrella, they owned and operated three radio stations: • KSPD 790AM — purchased in 1983 • KBXL 94.1FM — purchased in 1989 • KDZY 98.3FM — purchased in 2001 KSPD and KBXL are Christian talk-radio stations in the Treasure Valley; KDZY is a country station in McCall.

Lee Schafer passed away in 2008; now, Beth and her son and daughter carry on the legacy — but the transition was not easy.

“It was a perfect storm. The economy tanked. Lee was our president, CEO and best salesperson,” Beth said. “But God supplied our every need. … It was a huge challenge. We cut back a little bit, but God provided amazingly.”

Beth was retired from teaching but felt the ministry of Inspirational Family Radio needed to carry on. She had always been involved in the business; after her husband’s passing, she realized God had been preparing her to take over the reins in Lee’s place.

A family enterprise, her son David and her daughter Leigh Ann possess their parents’ dedication to biblically founded broadcasting. David’s strength is technology, while Leigh Ann’s is creativity.

“David is good at technology; David is good at a lot of things,” said his mother. “Leigh Ann comes up with promotions and commercials that are out of this world.”

The family bought a fourth station in 2011: KRTK 1490AM, a Christian talk-radio station based in Pocatello.

All the stations operate 24/7/365.

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week, and Beth refers to them as “very loyal.”

“We try not to change programming as long as it’s working; we provide consistency as much as possible,” she said. “It’s a combination of ‘who’s who’ in Christian radio — people who are really well known — but we love to have local people on too.”

Some of the bigger, nationally famous names include Billy Graham and James Dobson. But broadcasters known only locally include such people as Mike and Linda Sasso, pastors at Calvary Church in Eagle. Their program is called “Look Up” and airs Monday through Friday from 2:30 pm. to 3 p.m. on KBXL. The Sassos specialize in marriage counseling but are open to taking other questions from call-ins or by email.

“We’ve done marriage counseling for 25 years, and I’ve been ministering for more than 30 years — my wife with me — and we’re not trying to field tough theology questions but questions related to everyday life,” Mike Sasso said. “We want to be the radio pastor and his wife. If you have a question or need prayer, you can call in anonymously without us knowing who you are and we’ll minister to you.”

On being part of the KBXL broadcast team, he said: “It’s rewarding to work with the Schafers. They’re real people. It’s fun working with a Christian family that’s serious about the Lord, where it’s not just a business but a ministry.”

Though the business marked its 30th year in 2013, Beth preferred to let the occasion pass quietly. “We had a big celebration on the anniversary of our 25th year; I wanted to let the 30th go under the radar,” she said.

She likes to quote — or at least paraphrase — Isaiah 55:10-11. “God’s Word will not return void,” she said.

“On our stations, God’s Word goes out every day.”

She gets feedback from unexpected places, too.

“I get letters from inmates in prison,” she said. Listening to the Schafers’ Inspirational Family Radio, the inmates write, they have come to know the Lord. “They say, ‘I couldn’t live a day without this.’ They say we encourage them and give them hope. They write long letters in their own handwriting and tell us their stories.

They ask us for prayer.”

Beth said she occasionally gets mail from elderly shutins as well.

Asked if she feels competitive toward other Christian radio stations in the area, such as KTSY, she answered: “We all serve a niche in God’s mission. Our focus is on broadcasting the Word of God.” Though acting as president and general manager of four radio stations that literally never go off the air can be a lot of work, the letters and other rewards of being part of God’s mission on earth keep Beth going.

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By Dan Dougherty Hunting and fishing are endeavors that require a wide assortment of equipment and gear tailored to the task at hand. This can vary greatly depending on the species and time of year. One essential item always necessary, especially in the quest for table fare, is a good, sharp knife.

The absence of such a proper cutting tool could be a subconscious declaration in your confidence of eventual success, or just a plain oversight from trying to throw everything together at the last minute.

Whatever the reason, it can lead to problems as you try to properly take care of your game, exposing your Dan Dougherty taught school in the Treasure Valley hunting companions to a burst of for 40 years and retired last May. He now has plenty of time to enjoy the outdoors whenever he wants. colorful language like “dah gone” and “dag nab bit.”

Last year at his annual Sportsman’s I can remember one such inciBanquet, he had Chuck Buck, dent. My son Jim and I had gone CEO of Buck Knives, as his special up above Paddy Flat early one speaker. Chuck was scheduled for October morning to hunt. Jim was the previous year but heart surgery in the process of taking gun safety had prevented his coming. His lessons and did not yet have his grandson Josh accompanied him license. We took the Blazer. My on this occasion, doing the driving wife and son David were coming from Post Falls. It was uplifting to up later with the pickup and horse see the special bond they shared. trailer. On reaching our hunting Chuck gave us a history of the spot, I quickly realized I had left my Buck Knife Company founded by good hunting knife in the pickup. In his father and grandfather. Besides the Blazer’s console I found an old being a knife maker, his father was fillet knife that would have to get also a pastor.

God was and still is me through the morning hunt. acknowledged as the company’s SeJust as the sun was about to peak nior Partner.

Chuck always includes over Jug Handle Mountain I shot a an invitation for salvation in every deer. talk he gives.

His invitation brought I quickly learned the use of a long, back memories of my own father skinny, dull-bladed knife provided who used “The Roman Road” to a distinct challenge in field dresslead many to Christ. ing a deer. An experience I never I felt a special connection with wanted to duplicate. It has kept me Chuck.

He invited me on a personal forever aware as I embark on a hunt tour of Buck Knives if I was ever in to have a sharp knife on my belt. the Post Falls area. Last spring my (Jim claims to this day I used him son David and I took him up on it. as slave labor to pull my deer down The tour was quite impressive. The the hill with my pants belt. Honemployees told us how lucky we estly, he volunteered!) were to have Chuck personally give My brother Tom is a pastor in us the tour.

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MARRIAGE Toolbox

Weekend to Remember March 28-30

By Leo Hellyer Editor’s note: In this edition, Christian Living is introducing columnist Leo Hellyer, who will write on the topic of biblical-based marriage.

As we think of marriage today, many things come to mind. There is a considerable amount of discussion concerning what marriage is and what it isn’t. There is even more thought surrounding the question, “How do I have a marriage that will last?” As we live life in 2014, we have many tools available to us to build marriages that will last and, more precisely, marriages that will last a lifetime. One of the tools that is in our Marriage Toolbox is investing in our marriage.

In our daily lives we have been taught to invest in many things: our children, our finances, our careers, and our health, to name a few. As life happens, we tend to forget to apply this wise concept of investing to our marriages. Just like in other areas of our lives, investing in our marriages entails our time, effort, energy, and finances. There are many opportunities available to us to invest in our marriages.

One very good opportunity is the Weekend to Remember Marriage Getaway. The Weekend to Remember (WTR) is a Friday night through Sunday afternoon gathering that has dynamically changed many marriages. This event has been coming to Boise for almost 30 years. This is a time for couples with great marriages, troubled marriages, new marriages or long-lasting marriages to block out all of the distractions of daily life and invest in themselves and their marriages.

Couples will examine the areas of communication, conflict management, intimacy, parenting, and leaving a legacy, all from a biblical perspective. Included in the weekend’s schedule is the opportunity for a

Leo Hellyer is a non-staff pastor with a local church and has been married to his wife Norma for 41 years.

The couple are FamilyLife Ministry Catalysts for Southern Idaho and have volunteered with FamilyLife for 19 years. They are both employed by Boise Rescue Mission Ministries, Norma at City Light Home for Women & Children and Leo at River of Life Rescue Mission. They may be reached at silverplate426@ msn.com. If you have questions about Marriage Toolbox, or need other assistance, Leo may be reached at 344-1357, ext. 4.

“Date Night.” This year the WTR will be March 28-30 at The Riverside Hotel in Boise. Couples can save $100 by registering at www. familylife.com/weekend or by calling 1-800-FL-TODAY and using the Boise Catalyst Group Code. By registering under this group code, couples can register for $99.99 per person.

Military couples have unique challenges to their marriages that are in addition to the marriage challenges that the rest of us face. With military families come the issues of deployments, temporary duty assignments, multiple directed relocations of the entire family, hazardous duty assignments, communicating over long distances, and many others.

FamilyLife thanks our military families for their dedicated service and sacrifices. This is the second year in a row that the Boise Weekend to Remember is being designated as a Military Emphasis Weekend

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to Remember. Boise is one of only five sites across the country to be designated as a Military Emphasis WTR this spring. There is a special workbook for military couples to use during the weekend that has military-specific materials for the couples to use to address their military-specific stresses and needs.

There will be special gifts and recognitions for all Active Duty, Guard and Reserve couples in attendance.

A generous donor with a heart for military couples has provided the funds to cover their registration to the Weekend to Remember, anywhere in the country. To redeem a military scholarship, call 1-800-3586329 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

CST (Central Time is one hour later than local time). The scholarships will continue as long as funds are available.

We are blessed in the Treasure Valley to have many opportunities to invest in our marriages through events such as the Weekend to Remember. We are also blessed to have a large number of churches and ministries that offer opportunities for couples to invest in their marriages. Each of us has the responsibility to take advantage of the opportunities that God provides us to make our marriages what He intended. Each husband and wife (singularly and as a couple) has the responsibility to avail ourselves of the tools that are available to us to live our lives according to God’s will and direction. Our marriages are the result of what we put into them.

There are many tools that we can put into our Marriage Toolbox. However, these tools don’t do any good if they are not used. My prayer is that we will search out the right tools to put into our Marriage Toolboxes, that we will become experts in the use of those tools, and that we will be so excited that we can’t wait to share our latest tool with our friends and families. n www.boisechristianliving.com

Quotes from scripture Continued from page 5

Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.

— 1 Chronicles 16:9

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

— Psalm 19:1

They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They were to do the same in the evening…

— 1 Chronicles 23:30

Praise be to the Lord, for he has heard my cry for mercy.

— Psalm 28:6

I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me.

— Psalm 13:6 I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.

— Psalm 16:7 Sharp knife

Continued from page 21 Being retired, I joined my wife at an Idaho Judicial Conference in Post Falls this past fall. I took my wife on the tour of Buck Knives given daily at its factory store.

Chuck was tied up at a company business meeting. Just as the tour was ending, Chuck came in. He invited us over to his house that afternoon and took us out for dinner later. In all that time, his main focus was on the things of God. He told of a recent regional speaking engagement where, after his invitation, a number of people accepted Christ. A man, who has led a world renowned company, being so excited about these conversions truly blessed the heart of this preacher’s son.

A knife is a lot like our spiritual life. For a knife to do its job adequately, it must be sharp. As it is presented with many difficult tasks it can dull with use and time.

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How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you.

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I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

— Psalm 7:17

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.

— Psalm 29:2

*Must mention this add, be registered by 4/30/14, and be a new student to ZION CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

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