As a freshman at Wheaton College, I’d heard about this church that was doing creative things to reach lost people. We attended…The service opened with a Beatles song… I don’t know of a pastor or leader in America that has not in some way been shaped by the ministry of Willow Creek. Dave Dummitt (1:…
Gab CEO Andrew Torba’s Plans for Religious Supremacy
CEO of Gab.com Andrew Torba describes his social network as a champion of free speech, individual liberty and the free flow of information online and all are welcome. Sign up, join some “trains” and gather large followings of people instantly and continually. Purchase promotional t-shirts and then “conquer the world.” Mixed between religious pictures, current…
Wagons West: Kepler, Stemple and Fransen Genealogy
By Mary Fairchild The unique stories of our ancestors open up our knowledge of history with greater detail in rich and heart-warming ways. Please enjoy my latest compilation of ancestor letters, notes, and photographs that I have been graciously supplied with. A special thanks to my sister-in-law, Kathy Nicholls, who spent countless hours making copies with me…
The Ancestors and Descendants of the Turuc and Schlacter Families
By Mary Fairchild LINK TO MANDULA & TURUC FAMILY PHOTOS HERE Peter Turuc b 14 July 1875 Romania d 28 March 1939 Gary, IN m. Mary Mandula b. ABT 1880 Romania. They had three children: Vasil b. ABT 1900 Romania. Vasil was sponsored by his grandmother, Maria Mandula, and immigrated to Gary, Indiana. He married, changed…
Surfing Baja’s Pacific Coast
By Mary Fairchild Although it is possible to ride storm surf, tidal bores, and swell, what provides us with ‘the finest waves to ride’ is swell arriving on a suitable beach. Nigel Foster (1) During the first week of April, I was fortunate to be a part of Gini Callahan’s first sea kayak surf camp…
Taqiyya and the American Mosque
By Mary Fairchild IMAMI Mosque, Streamwood, Illinois. The Islamic tradition of taqiyya stretches back to the sixth-century AD when, following disputes over succession after the Prophet Mohammed’s death, the minority Shiites developed taqiyya, or “holy deception”, to conceal their “true” beliefs from the Sunni majority and to maintain operational security for their jihad/ terrorist missions…