It's a football dynasty, a sports powerhouse, the largest public college in the United States and my home for the next four years. I just moved in, I'm here, it's time, I'm a student at The Ohio State University. Not much to say right now aside from saying stay tuned to both of my websites. Some good stuff is to come.

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I haven't talked about it much, but I've been struggling with faith for years now. I left the church I was attending several years ago, finding myself wondering why people that praise God with such fervor don't seem to live it, including myself. I prayed seldomly, weeks apart maybe, though I still found myself singing worship music. Sinning all the while, I lectured others on their walk with Him, and my own slipped away. That has changed.

This summer, a good friend of mine introduced me to an amazing church filled with people to learn from, people anointed to affect my life. I've learned about how absolutely unworthy I am of the love of God, my Saviour, my King, my Lord. This church is different though. Most Christians could fill in the blanks in this Bible verse: "For all have sinned and...". We know we fall short of the glory of God. What's sad is I knew that verse, but never emphasized the next part:

23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

How powerful is that? How powerful is it that I am unworthy but the blood of Jesus not only redeems me, but justifies me. My sin is not only washed away but I am innocent in the eyes of my Lord. Still, I found myself wrapped in my guilt, even as I worshipped. It goes against my earthly values to accept something I haven't earned, freedom that I have abused. Then, last night, at an amazing worship service, it hit me. We worship because we're unworthy. We worship Him because his love is undeserved but needed. God bless my readers, I hope you find hope in Him if you have none.

I know my posting here has been light as of light, and the following video is sort of "light" also. In the midst of Sarah Palin's amazing speech last night, several moments were shining examples of just how normal her family is. The beaming smiles on her children's faces as they saw their mother in the spotlight, the proud husband, and this:

An Open Letter to Speaker Pelosi

On Friday August 1, 2008, at 11:23 a.m., your Democrat majority in the House of Representatives adjourned the House for five full weeks.

House Republicans believe that Congress should not go on vacation until we take action to lower gas and energy prices for struggling American families.

For the last two months we and our House Republican colleagues have used every tool at our disposal to try and get you and your Democrat majority to vote on legislation to lower gas and energy prices by expanding environmentally sound domestic production of oil and natural gas, improving energy efficiency, and encouraging the development of alternative energy technologies.

Many of the proposals we have asked you and your Democrat majority to allow us to vote on are bipartisan proposals that we believe would enjoy the support of a majority of the Members of the Congress. Yet because you and your Democrat Leadership personally oppose these proposals, you are not allowing them to come up for a vote. This past Sunday, you even told George Stephanopoulos that you will never allow this vote to occur ….

In protest of you and your Democrat majority not allowing an up or down vote on producing more American energy, we and our House Republican colleagues were prepared to take to the floor on Friday, August 1, 2008, and speak to the nation. Rather than allowing that to happen you and your Democrat majority adjourned the House, turned off the television cameras, shut off the microphones and turned out the lights. Nearly 50 House Republicans remained on the floor of the House in defiance speaking to those citizens gathered in the galleries and to the media.

Today we have again returned to the Capitol to continue speaking to the thousands of Americans from all across our country who are visiting the Capitol. We would have preferred if instead we were joined by our colleagues to have a true debate on this issue that ended in an up or down vote.

We think it is unconscionable that Congress has gone on vacation before we have addressed the high gas prices that are crippling our economy and hurting millions of families. We are asking that you reconvene the House from your five-week vacation and schedule a vote on legislation to increase American energy production. Let us be clear, we are not asking for a guaranteed outcome, just the chance to vote.

Signed by: John Boehner, Republican Leader; Roy Blunt, Republican Whip; Adam Putnam, Republican Conference Chairman; Eric Cantor, Chief Deputy Whip; and Members of the House Republican Conference