I Want To Be The Message

I want to be the message of heartfelt Love and Peace.

I want to be the message, an epistle that men can see—

A message not hidden by misery, nor envy and strife,

A gem that shines with brightness and covers darkness with light.

I want to be the message of love and total surrender,

A vessel filled with kindness, tempered with gentleness so tender.

I want to be the message of meekness and unshakeable conviction,

A message that draws men to the Savior, in endless benediction.

I want to be the message of Prayer, On Christ depending,

Rejoicing in truth, enduring in faith, believing with hope unending.

I want to be the message of a sinner eternally set free

To live a life of unconditional love, as the
Message lives in ME.

—O. Virginia Phillips
March 14, 2004
Welcome
to the Extended Family Connection Network

O. Virginia Phillips’ God given mission is to build bridges—in families, communities and churches—between people of different nationalities and cultures and to lead to freedom those bound by racial hatred and intolerance. A long time child and family advocate, Dr. Phillips started the Extended Family Connection Network to strengthen and support families through reconciliation and restoration.

Dr. Phillips’ teaching includes:
   • how to bond with adopted children;
   • how to succeed as a trans-racial family;
   • how husbands and wives can lay the foundations of a healthy family;
   • how to stabilize families for high-risk adolescents; and
   • how to use family as a model for solving interpersonal and organizational problems in any organization, including the church, the workplace, and the community.

The heart of her message is LOVE. She loves her neighbors as herself because she loves herself as God created her. She looks not at the outside of a person as her compass, but she looks into the heart, guided by the Holy Spirit.

Dr. Phillips’ life journey has been one of learning and, by the grace of God, applying to her life daily what she has learned so that she becomes the message and not just the messenger.

Here she offers books and resources to help you on your journey toward freedom and healing. Here also you may contact her to arrange a speaking engagement or consult on a specific matter.