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About Freedom?

Posted on April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 by Pam

This may sound like a political post but it has to do with freedom, including religious freedom. That is a commodity that is scarce in too many places. North Korea is the worst expression of the removal of religious freedom. I think the US is becoming a challenge by conforming to the world more than God’s word. Our roots are referred to as Christian but post-Christian is a label we can attach to many places. It is not only sad but frightening. So I have noticed a few things in the last few days. I am referencing media outlets so check the facts on your own if anything I write is concerning. I wish we could debunk debanking and let attorneys work for any client they choose. It is reported that a conservative lawyer has been disbarred in CA and another in WA DC for working with Trump. Three other attorneys in Georgia face disciplinary action for representing conservatives. The ‘gestapo’ is watching – but since when does our judicial system target and reinforce obvious discrimination? We also have Bank of America on the docket using a vague policy allowing it to cancel accounts of conservative organizations. These are arbitrary decisions. Mostly illegal but that is not stopping anyone! We are allowed to choose our vote. We can still own a business. We can worship where we want. but there are a million examples of incremental changes in the world. Before Biden there was the Obama controversy mobilizing the IRS targeting conservative-Republican groups. Some radical groups were also under review but not nearly at the same rate. No criminal lawsuits were filed in this ‘enemy hunting’ scheme. Do you read these things and dismiss? Do we just share Jesus and give these irregularities a pass or ask hard questions? I don’t know the answer to that. I write editorial pieces on occasion when I feel wound up. Do we give up on people doing what we hope or stir it up? There is now also a thing called a social credit score. I hope I fail that test. Make me a target but I know we are not charged with saving the world…but STAND UP if you can and think it will help our real cause. God saves people not causes.

"Thoughts from a genuinely evaluative mind."

Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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