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At the age of 12, Rosana came to faith in Christ, through the work of the Holy Spirit and the preaching of the Gospel by a youth organization called Christian Endeavor. While her parents were not believers they had readily sent her to the nearby Presbyterian Church from the age of five on. The teachers, youth leaders and "Rev." were her spiritual parents. In 1970, she attended Berkshire Christian College and graduated in 1974 with a BA in Bible and Theology. Rosana is also certified in elementary education, pre-kindergarten through grade eight. Upon graduating college, Rosana worked as head teacher in local daycares, and the ran her own home daycare business for a number of years. Currently, she is a homeschooling mom, She and her husband have two children. In 1978, Rosana married ‘Skip’ Mawson. They had known each other through the church youth group. Skip, a graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary (’78), worked for a time in a church but later felt called to work for the youth organization, Christian Endeavor, both in the field and in office administration. At present, Skip works for an insurance company in computer support. Rosana and her family are currently members of the Sovereign Grace Church. "My first exposure to Francis Schaeffer was at a youth retreat in 1970 where we studied Escape from Reason. Throughout the years, I’ve also read True Spirituality, How Should We Then Live, The God Who is There, The Mark of the Christian, Edith Schaeffer’s, Tapestry, and saw the film series ‘Whatever Happened to the Human Race?" When I first came to what is now the Chalet List several years ago, I was trying to reconcile God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility. I was sure that these two truths came together somehow. At that time, a debate was raging on the list about this very topic and what was said helped me immensely. After studying scripture, prayer, reading (FAS & others), and trying to think things through I learned that these were two parallel truths. In the end, I concluded that either God is Lord of all things or lord of no thing. If He is Sovereign, that means that all the created world is under His rule. It also means that if He is to accomplish His purpose then He is the Lord of history. Nothing is outside of Him or beyond His control. At the same time, man is responsible and the choices he makes are valid. Man is responsible before a Holy God for his sins and responsible to believe and reach up with the empty hands of faith to receive God’s free gift accomplished through Christ’s finished work on the cross. True Spirituality by Dr. Schaeffer helped me to refocus on the centrality of the cross to all of life. Through it I discovered afresh God’s great love and truly amazing grace to us. This ministry is a community where hard questions are sometimes asked and honest answers are given. It is a place where people strive to show the mark of the Christian before a watching world. You may contact me by writing to cworkers@yahoogroups.com.
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