I believe in God, Jesus Christ, the Gospels, baptism, and redemption.
I believe that human life begins at conception. We cannot judge the value of life by any human scale of measurement. Every life is precious regardless of the circumstances surrounding its beginning.
I do not believe in the death penalty. What God has created, no government or society has the right to take away, even for evil acts. Evildoers should be imprisoned for the safety of others, but God will determine their ultimate punishment. However, I believe in the right to defend one's self, family and community against violence. I support the individual right to bear arms as guaranteed in the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.
I believe in the humane treatment of animals. God granted us dominion over all the earth, but with that comes great responsibility. Although I choose not to consume the flesh of any creature with fins, feathers, or fur, I do not bear ill toward those who do. But if one must slaughter and eat fish, fowl, and/or those who bear fur, let them be treated humanely and their lives ended swiftly and painlessly. I strongly believe that if one choses to have an animal as a companion or pet, they must be treated with the love and respect one would bestow on a beloved family member and must not be mistreated, abused, abandoned, or discarded.
There is a great deal more, which I will share when I have time. Some of you who have known me for a long time may see that many of my beliefs have changed from those I expoused in my youth. This is due to my life experiences, a new sense of spirituality, an appreciation of the world around me, and finally, surrendering my pride, anger, and mistrust. Dealing with those last three items is a daily struggle, but I can no longer live with them nor expect anyone I love to put up with me if I hold onto them.
People I have known or met over the past 45+ years:
DARLA ABERNATHY (BOGART) VIRGINIA MARIA ABLES STEPHANIE ANGLIN (JUNKERMEIER) BETTY BABE GERALD BALL MELINDA LEE BARBER (CLARK) GAYLE BARRETT DAVID BELL DARLENE BELTRAN JOSE BELTRAN SHARI BENOIT
SHERRY BISHOP JANE BLACKWOOD
JERRY BLACKWOOD GREG BLUE BUTCH BOOKOUT MARY BOOKOUT (CHAPMAN) LEE BOYD RICHARD J. CATLIN BETH CARLSON SCOTT CARTER MITCH CARTWRIGHT
ALENE CASE LEONARD KYLE CHAMBERLAIN
COLBY CHAMBERLAIN
KYLEE GRACE CHAMBERLAIN
MELISSA CHAMBERLAIN PEYTON CHAMBERLAIN
PRESLEE CHAMBERLAIN
LEE ANN CHAMBERS EARL CHAMBLEE MICHAEL CLEAVELAND KENNETH COLBERT BEULAH COOK deceased BRICE COOK CODY JAMES COOK DELORES DIANNE COOK (RHODEN, MALONE) DICK DUANE COOK deceased GERALD COOK deceased GERALD COOK, JR. deceased JACK COOK deceased JACKIE COOK JENNY COOK KATRINA COOK LEA COOK NANCY COOK PATRICK DANIEL COOK PATRICK DANIEL COOK, JR. RANDY COOK ROX-ANNA COOK SABRINA ANN COOK SONJA MARIE COOK
STEVEN CRIDER EVAN CROWE SCOTT CROWNS
LAURA ANN CZARNY
JULIE DATER DOROTHY DAUB PHYLLIS DAVENPORT BRENT DAVIS TRACY DAVIS
SARAH DAWSON LAWRENCE DIAZ ELAINE DIPPEL LES DIXON DAVID ARNOLD DOUBLEDAY DAVID DOUBLEDAY, JR. JOETTE LYNN DOUBLEDAY KRISTOPHER DOUBLEDAY NICHOLLE DOUBLEDAY AUBINE DRAKE deceased VANCE DURRINGTON DIANE DYLEWSKI BRAD EILTS MARY EMERSON DUANE FANT VINCE FARHA LINDA FINDLEY THERESA FINDLEY BARRY FORD FRANK FORD DINAH FORSHEE CYNTHIA LEE FOSTER MARTY FRAZIER CHARLES FUTRAL RITA MARIE GALL PETER T. GALLAGHER JOE GANT JAMES GANTER MARINA GANTER AMY GEORGE PATRICK GEORGE RONNIE GEORGE VICTORIA GESENHUES CONNIE GIBSON (HUBBARD) TEDD W. GIBSON TERRY GIRE deceased MICHELLE GLISSENDORF LANELL GLOVER
ROBERT GONZALEZ LISA GORDINIER (RIEL) GALEN GOSE KENT GOSE MARJORIE GOSE SHARON GAIL GOSE MINDY GROSSARTH
VICKIE GUESENHUES KASSIDY BROOKE HALPAIN LORI DEANNE HALPAIN (COOK) SHAWN HALPAIN DONALD HAMM deceased CHRISTINA MARIE HAMMER (RHODEN, RAY) KIRSTEN HANSSEN DAVID HARRISON HEATHER HARTMAN HAROLD HILL MARIO LERON HILL ALLEN HILLEN HELEN HINTON RALPH HIRNER GARRET HOTMAR RONALD HUBBARD PATRICIA HUML TERRI HUNT JAMES JOHNSON KATHLEEN MARIE JOHNSON CAROL JOHNSTON CURTIS JONES TITUS JOSHUA BILL JUNKERMEIER GENE JUNKERMEIER deceased LORINDA JUNKERMEIER PAT JUNKERMEIER TANYA JUNKERMEIER TASHA JUNKERMEIER REBECCA KAY KABA CHAD KALLENBACH BRENDA KELLER MICHAEL KELTING SARAH ANN KING BRIAN KNOX RADI KHOZAM TOM KRUSE KATHRYN KUBIK
ROGER (ROCKY) KUZNIK JOAN EILEEN LANGFORD (BEECH) STEVEN LANGFORD
STEVE LASTER
TINA LASTER BRAD LEDBETTER KIM LEDBETTER RANDY LEDBETTER LAVERNE CATHERINE LEHR MARSHA LIBEER JAMES MADER deceased MERRELL MAGELLI SARAH MAKINSON JACK AUVILLE MALONE deceased JACK WAYNE MALONE JAMES DAVID MALONE MICHAEL WAYNE MALONE SHERRY MALONE (WHITE) deceased NELSON MARIN WALTER MARTIN WESLEY MARQUAND MARY MAYO NANCY GRACE MCCABE KARY MCCAFFREE TERRE GENE MCCLOSKEY (DORMAN) STACY LEIGH MCKINLEY
ALEXANDER MCKINNEY
APRIL MCKINNEY TAMARA MCLEMORE (LAWRENCE)
KENNETH MEENTZ
JOSHUA MERCER STEPHANIE LEE MEYER MARTIN MICHAEL PHILLIP MILLER DAVID MITCHELL LOURDES MONTERO MICHELLE DIANE MORRIS
STEVEN MORRIS
SHAUNA MOORE LINDA MURRAY LOREN LAZELLE MURRAY (MALONE, MCCLENDON) MARVIN MUDE PAM MUDE (COOK) RANDY MUDE KATHY NORMAN DON OFFILL LEE OFFIL MICHELLE OFFILL RUTHE OFFILL TRACY OLDFIELD JENNIFER LEA OLIVAS (OLDFIELD) DORIS LEA ORGAN HESHAM OUBARI MARGARET OYLER SHEILA PARSLEY TARA CAROL PATIS CURTIS PAYNE SUSAN PENNER STACY PFANNENSTIEL BILL PIKE DANA KRISTINE PIKE (RHODEN) DUANE PIKE CHARLES TAYLOR PIKE JAMES ALEXANDER PIKE KRISTINA DIANNE PIKE TERRY MONROE PIKE JANE POOLE BRUCE PORTERFIELD GREGORY L. POTTER JEFFREY POTTER LYNDON POTTER SHARON POTTER DANIEL POTTS
HAYLEY IRENE POTTS BARBARA SUZANN QUANTZ CHERYL RAY DARREN RAY DEANNA RAY DWIGHT RAY JOHN RAYBURN JANEL RAZOOK
MARK REMINGTON KARA REYNOLDS MITZI REYNOLDS BRYON DONOVAN RHODEN DERRICK EUGENE RHODEN LEONARD DON RHODEN LIBBY LOUISE RHODEN SHAUN ERIC RHODEN STEVE ROBERTS GERALD ROGERS MICHAEL ROGERS SHERRY ANN ROGERS SHERRY SUE ROGERS (SPENCER) BILLY ROSS JAMES ROWLAND CELIA RUBALCABA STEVEN RUDD KEITH RUNYAN JAMES RUOTOLO SANDRA SAGERTY SHIRLEY SAGERTY CLIFFORD L. SALTKILL (deceased) JAMES DEAN SALTKILL JAMIE LYNNE SALTKILL VIRGINIA SALTKILL JANET SANDERS
PAUL SANDERS KARIN SANDERSON DENNIS SANGER TOM SAWYER ROMAN SCHREINER TARITA SCHULTZ MARLIN SCHRAG ANNE SHARPE C. FRED SHAW CYNTHIA LYNN SHAW PAT SHAW KANDACE SILVERNALE WILLIAM ELWOOD SIMMONS NANCY SIMMONS STACY SKINNER KRISTEN SNOW (EMMEL) TOM V. SNOW RICK SOUTH LISA MARIA SPACKMAN (DIAZ) VELMA DEE SPENCER (FINDLEY, HARRISON) JUSTIN STEVENS LESLIE STEVENS SHARON KAY STEWART D'ANDRE STINNETT FRANCINE STROTHER HAROLD STROTHER KATHY STROTHER SUSAN STROTHER STEVEN SULLIVAN JAMES STOVER NEIL SUTER KEN SWIER ANGIE LOVE SYKES (MOTES) ARTHUR SYKES, JR. BRIAN SCOTT SYKES JERETA SYKES KENT SYKES MICHELLE SYKES (MORRIS) REBECCA L. SYKES (FRIMAN) INEZ TALLEY ELLEN TARPLEY SARI ANN TATON IVAN TENBROOK CATHERINE THOMAS GARY THOMAS HAROLD THOMAS BRENDA THOMPSON SHARON THOMPSON JAMES TRACY SHIELA TROLL ROGER VAIL DAVID VAN NETTA LIA VARGAS AARON VAUGHAN ALLISON VAUGHAN DEBORAH VAUGHAN
JENNIFER VAUGHAN MARC T. VAUGHAN THELMA VAUGHN CYHTHIA WHEATON NEIL WELTY RYAN WERKHEISER ALEX DAO WHITE ALLEN DALE WHITE AUSTIN DEAN WHITE
BRENDA WHITE KETSARIN JULEE WHITE LOREN ANDREW WHITE LYNN ALLEN WHITE TONYA WHITE CHER-LYN CAROL WILLIAMS JUSTIN WILLIAMS LIBBY ANN WILLIAMS RICHARD WILLIAMS STACI ANN WILLIAMS JEFF WILSON KIMBERLY WILSON (LANGFORD) PAULA WINFREY (ARNOLD) JODI WINEINGER DALE WINTERS JOAN WINTERS SANDRA WOLF MARJAN YERUSHALMI JOYCE ELAINE YOUNACHA (OFFILL, MIDDENDORF) KATHY MARIA YOUTZ ROBIN ZIMMERMAN ALLEN ZUMWALT don@donrhoden.com