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Letter from the President & Publisher-In-Chief

We here at Fort Bend Christian Magazine hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! This issue, I decided to do something a little different in my letter from the publisher. One of our dear readers sent me a letter, and upon reading it I felt compelled to share it, along with my response, with you all.

11/15/2014Dear Mr. Menslage,

After reading your October/November 2014 magazine with the list of so-called Christians, I was surprised to see Judge Jeff McMeans, Judge of County Court at Law #2 listed with the others. Scripture tells us to judge a tree by the fruit it bears. During my assisting my daughter to get her from under the umbrella of the guardianship program, I observed many things that appeared not to be coming from a Christian. My daughter, Linda Rodgers, was in her third bout of cancer and was in the process of taking chemo therapy when this happened. Judge McMeans appointed an attorney, Alicia D. Klosowsky to our case. She came to our home twice and maybe spent five minutes each time. Linda was beginning to have frequent falls, so I put our home up for sale. The house was sold but the closing had not yet been finalized. The above mentioned attorney attached a lien to our home and the sale was canceled. I personally owed her nothing as the home was in my name, not my daughters! But the kind of Judge we have in this County Court at Law #2, Jeff McMeans, approved everything this attorney put in front of him!Sincerely,Freddie Mae Rodgers

Dear Ms. Rodgers,

I am very sorry to hear about your experience, and that your daughter has been suffering so much in her fight with cancer. However, while I personally do not know Judge McMeans, I have had the opportunity to meet many Harris County judges, and I do believe they try to make just decisions. Judges are simply humans, like you and I, and are continuously forced to make difficult choices that will gain favor with some, and lose it with others. While it’s true that sometimes judges don’t make the “right” decisions, I’m not familiar enough about your particular case to make a judgment here. I also know that most judges have a tremendous amount of cases before their bench with a limited support staff. They do not always have a lot of time to study each and every claim or fact in the case and adjudicate many cases in an ordinary week. Our sister publication, Katy Christian Magazine, has been putting out Christian Voters guides for almost 10 years, and since this is our first year to publish Fort Bend Christian Magazine, our August/September insertion contained our first one for Fort Bend County. Our magazine always tries to make the right endorsements and for the most part, I believe we have. I rely on several people that are very familiar with Fort Bend politics and not everyone we endorse is a Christian. We try to pick the best candidates that reflect our views. Two issues that are very important to us are pro-life and pro-family values. Those issues greatly narrow the field of candidates we endorse. I am sorry that I cannot address this issue any further as space permits. I hope this has helped and your family is in our prayers.

Joseph R. MenslagePresident/PublisherFort Bend Christian [email protected]

Letter From The Publisher Wow, what a blessed way to start the New Year! I am incredibly thankful for the ability to help spread God’s word, as well as the privilege to share with you all inspirational stories of faith and encouragement. It gives me great pleasure to be a part of an organization dedicated to helping Christian businesses grow. As readers, I’d like to thank you for supporting Fort Bend Christian Magazine, which brings you “family-friendly news with an eternal purpose.” Like our sister publication, Katy Christian Magazine, our mission is made possible by the

support of our Christian advertisers. Many of our readers would like to know how they can help our ministry and help us reach the community for Christ. The answer is very simple: support our advertisers. Also, please be sure to let them know how much you appreciate their advertisement with us, and mention that you saw their ad in Fort Bend Christian Magazine. Remember to support our Christian businesses and to please share your news at [email protected].

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9 Real Estate Business, The Crowning Glory Team, Shows Love of Christ to Clients

14 Spring Cleaning for Our Children

18 Jewish Roots

20 It’s Not Too Late

25 Author Spotlight: Patti Londa Greene

28 Dear Doctor

30 Healing the World From the Inside Out

38 As I See It: A Bill’s Perilous Journey

43 Local Christian School Highlights

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2. Patience 2 Peter 1:6 says, “And to knowledge self control; and to self control patience; and to patience godliness.” This is a hard one since we, too, are feeling these pressures. We want our children to do well. We want them to be their best. These are normal ‘wants’, but sometimes these ‘wants’ can get the better of us and cause us to push too hard. If we have a child who is struggling, being bullied, or has learning or other disabilities, this can really put a hamper on them and their learning, so patience is definitely a virtue. Remind your children that good things come to those who wait- as long as they try their best, their time will come.

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Joshua 1:8 says, “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will

make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” The Bible teaches that devoting ourselves to seeking higher awareness in Christ is something that we must do daily in order to walk closely with God. We must remind ourselves consistently of His Words so that we will con-tinue to make good decisions as Christians. Author Patti Londa Greene’s new devotional books for adults and adolescents equip us to successfully do just that. In her book, Awaken Me: A Devotional Prayer Journal (ISBN 978-1-4627-2578-6) readers will find 365 pages, each with a Bible verse, a suggested chapter reading, a “God wants me to…” section, and journaling space to reflect their thoughts, meditations, and goals. A main component of this particular devotional jour-nal the reminder we need as believers to praise, confess and repent, forgive, pray and thank God daily. We are all different and because

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Life Changing Moment Naturally everyone wants to know about Greene accepting Christ! Many seeds had been planted along the way from her birth

in New York City. Greene begins to reflect on most memorable moment being, “one night, during October of my first year in college, a friend and I heard that there was going to be a band and a Chris-tian speaker on campus. We decided to go”. It was there that a local

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Switching Gears When God Calls Before retiring, Greene was a Certified School Library Media Specialist (Librarian) in Katy, Texas for 15 years. When Greene was asked why she retired from something she enjoyed so much she answered, “ I think that every librarian has a book inside of them just waiting to come out. So, when I prayed about what the Lord wanted me to do – I said, “Lord, how can you use me? I don’t play the piano and I don’t like hanging out at the gym.” The Lord said, “But, Patti, I have been preparing you all these years. I allowed you to grow up in a family that loved books. I surrounded you with books all the time. You have created your own library of prayer journals – 40 years worth. Now is the time to write a

book and share with others what I have let you experience.” So, with the Lord’s guidance, Awaken Me: A Devotional Prayer Journal was

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A dream, a Chinese leader and a Bible “I had a dream when I was 20-years-old that I was supposed to do something with China,” Dr. Harris said. “At the time, the only time I’d heard the word China was when my mom would say, ‘finish the food on your plate. There are starving children in China who’d love to have this food.’” His opportunity came a few years later when the then leader of China, Deng Xiaoping, an-nounced he was making a trip to the US to tour a factory. “When I heard that on the radio I was in my car and I was in front of [the factory]. When I passed the [factory] I had just finished listening to a tape of a preacher who said, ‘do something big for God.’ I got the idea that it would be a great idea to give Deng Xiaoping a Bible.” But because the Chinese leader was a communist, the mayor of Houston was refusing his visit. But, then president of the Houston Chamber of Commerce, Louie Welch, decided he would show Xiaoping around.

“My dad was a policeman for 26 years for Houston, but his last 10 years were spent as the head of security for Louis Welch, who was the former mayor. I called and shared my idea with him. He said he’d have to check with the state department.” In the meantime Harris found a Bible written in Chinese and brought it to the former mayor’s home. Welch then gave the young doc-


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and have become certified chaplains.” The warden has placed the chaplains in key positions in each cell block to influence other prisoners in a positive, Christ-centered way. After seeing this successful program in action, Harris joined other Rotary Club members and the Heart of Texas Foundation to begin implement-ing the seminary program in Texas prisons. They have started their work at the TDCJ Darrington Unit in Rosharon, TX, a maximum-security

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Calvary Episcopal Preparatory students returned recently from the Texas Association of Student Council District 13 Winter Retreat at Camp Allen in Navasota. The two day workshop gave students an opportunity to build friendships with students from diverse schools as they work on team projects, and to develop leadership skills they will need for college and beyond.

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