Teddy Roosevelt

Who are the four presidents on Mt. Rushmore? George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Which one was the first famous environmentalist? From 1901 to 1909, he designated 150 National Forests, five National Parks and other conservation projects. Before he thought about and cared for the environment, there were few protections. This Republican, Teddy Roosevelt, is rarely given credit for his work. He was like a teddy bear to his constituents, but he helped the real bears and all wildlife as well as the people.
Who was the youngest president? At the age of 42, he became president, younger than JFK. Which one busted big companies who were trying to control certain industries like the Sugar industry and Oil industry? Teddy was a trustbuster. Who helped millions to earn a living wage with the Square Deal? Who built up the Navy establishing America as a major world power? Who began the Panama Canal? Who won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the end to the Russo-Japanese War? He was the first American in 1906 to win any Nobel Prize too. Who reduced the national debt by over $90,000,000? Who secured the passage of regulation of the railroads? Who promoted the Inspection Act to have meat inspections? Who secured consumer protection with the Pure Food and Drug Act? Theodore Roosevelt. These were done when he was president. He had other accomplishments as New York governor and a private citizen who founded National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Just as Abraham Lincoln advocated freedom for slaves this Republican believed in women's rights. As the leader of the Progressive or Bull Moose Party, he welcomed women into leadership positions as no major party had before. The party advocated women's rights including voting. He said, "Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly." in An Autobiography, 1913. And "Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly gone down to the brink of the chasm of darkness to bring back the children in whose hands rests the future of the years. "
He had many famous quotes like: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." And "Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally—I do not mean figuratively, but literally—impossible for us to figure what that loss would be if these teachings were removed. We would lose all the standards by which we now judge both public and private morals; all the standards towards which we, with more or less resolution, strive to raise ourselves."
Born October 27, 1838, he is often overlooked because of his niece Eleanor Roosevelt who was First Lady during a war. Most of the more promoted presidents were vanguards of our nation like the other three men on Mt. Rushmore.

Book review on Deanna Klingel's book

Book Review by Jan Parys
Avery’s Battlefield
By Deanna K. Klingel
Avery’s Battlefield is the story of a boy, a dog and their search for peace in the first years of the Civil War. This historical fiction book is for young adults but its facts and insights in the novel will be interesting to adults as well. Author Deanna Klingel has “notes” at the end of the book about “What’s True and What Isn’t” that shows her research delved even into the weather. Weather played an important role in the fourteen year old man’s travel from Kanawha Valley to Alexandria by foot. The battles, towns and events are true history and even some of the names such as the photographer, Matthew Brady, are real.
The Kanawha Valley became West Virginia and the Quakers who lived in it were the main characters in the story. The story told by Avery Bennett’s viewpoint makes it almost neutral. Avery and his dog, Gunner, are truly amazing and have knowledge and skill far above the average boy and dog. The book is about the years 1861-1862 and falls on the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. In September Ms. Klingel second book in the series, Avery’s Crossroad, will be available and may be bought from Amazon just as this book now can be. The adventures in this book are quite astounding and their solutions are very clever. The book is ideal for any young man to learn about history and natural health.
The people and subplots make the story move quickly and are educational at the same time. The educational aspect is slipped in among the story so the reader will learn and not even realize it is like a textbook. So many people don’t have fond memories of school and history so they don’t think they like history. Enjoyable books like Avery’s Battlefield help make history interesting and even exciting. The story is available on Kindle also for $2.99.

A Great Conference save the date

Announcing Write2Ignite! 2012 at North Greenville University in Tigerville, SC, March 16-17, 2012. Mark your calendars and spread the word.
Dedicated and helpful teachers and speakers. These Christians practice God's love and inspire attendees. Plan now to go.

Winners Never Quit

Consider these people: Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor for lack of ideas. Walt Disney also went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland.
Thomas Edison’s teachers said he was too stupid to learn anything.
Henry Ford failed and went broke five times before he finally succeeded.
Babe Ruth, considered by sports historians to be the greatest athlete of all time and famous for setting the home run record, also holds the record for strikeouts.
Winston Churchill failed 6th grade. He did not become Prime Minister of England until he was 62, and then only after a lifetime of defeats and setbacks. His greatest contributions came when he was a senior citizen.
Eighteen publishers turned down Richard Bach’s 10,000 word story about a “soaring” seagull, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, before Macmillan finally published it in 1970 . By 1975 it had sold more than 7 million copies in the U.S. alone.
Richard Hooker worked for seven years on his humorous war novel, M*A*S*H, only to have it rejected by 21 publishers before Morrow decided to publish it. It became a runaway bestseller, spawning a blockbusting movie and a highly successful television series.

Otway Burns was an American Hero in War of 1812

As a privateer, Otway Burns plundered British shipping without being considered a pirate. Burns plundered British shipping between Nova Scotia and South America. The Snapdragon, of Newbern, N. C., captured a brig with a cargo, mainly dry goods, worth half a million dollars, and got safely into port with her. Burns captured cargo worth more than $2,000,000 on one trip alone. In the 1800’s this is equivalent to more than two billion dollars today. He “created such grief" for the British in both hemispheres that the British put a hefty $50,000 reward for his capture. (They never caught him.)How did he manage to be so successful?

Religious Persecution

Christians suffer much more persecution than Muslims. A report last week by "Aid to the Church in Need" showed that 75% of religious persecution is currently being carried out against Christians. The report states: "For millions of Christians around the world, persecution, violent discrimination and suffering are a way of life as they live out their faith."


67 Christians killed in Bagdad Oct. 2010 and New Years, 2011, 21 Coptic Christians killed in Egypt.

Devotion from christiandevotions.us

God protects us.
Not a Statistic
by Phoebe Leggett

...He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully... Luke 4: 10 NIV

Many times I could have been a statistic, but I wasn't. I could have been killed over and over again, but I'm still alive. The number of times God has rescued me from impending disaster, only heaven will reveal.

Before I became a Christian I was unaware of angels in my life. But when I learned to trust in God, he began to reveal that truth to me. Looking back over my life I realize angels have saved me many times from serious accidents.

When I was six-years-old, an elderly friend of the family drove my brother and me to see a group of goats living close to his home. They were feeding on tall grasses growing near the spillway of a reservoir. Needless to say, my brother and I were thrilled with this excursion.

But on our return trip home, the dirt road we were traveling wasn't wide enough for two cars to safely pass, and we were hit head-on by another car.

At that moment, visuals of my short life flashed before me as though watching a fast-paced movie. I thought my young life was over, but it wasn't. With only minor bumps and scratches, we all survived to tell about our accident.

How comforting to know angels are among us, protecting us every minute of every day. God is with us every moment of our lives--watching carefully. And yes, that's a promise from God we can depend on.