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Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” ~ John 5:8 NIV~ About fifteen years ago, I suffered an injury that kept me down for about two months. If you know me, you know that I don’t like not being able to do things for myself. I don’t like being sick,…
Raising children has never been an easy task. But today, we seem to be facing many challenges that our culture simply wasn’t prepared to face. With the rise in the rate of depression and anxiety cases among children as a result of last year’s COVID lockdowns and mandates, we should be very concerned about the…
Was it the enticement of free donuts, free beer, gift cards, work incentives, or maybe even the threat of losing one's job? Was it the constant bombardment by the media and social media of all of the wonderful reasons why we must all stand together and take the shot? Please tell me you weren't mesmerized by John Legend's heartfelt virtue signaling in his recent Walgreen's commercials. I hope those things weren't all you needed to convince you to step into the lion's den.
As an author, I often wonder how long we will be able to share our thoughts freely and at what point the powers-that-be will decide that free speech is simply not something they want to allow. Lately, I’m noticing that we seem to have reached a point where that freedom has been slowly and somewhat…
If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? ~James 2:3-4 NIV~ So, is it right to beat…
The devil rules this world. That’s not the superstitious ranting of a Bible-thumping weirdo; that’s the harsh realization of woman who doesn’t even recognize the world she’s living in. I grew up poor, for the most part. My family went through periods of extreme poverty even though my parents always worked very hard to provide…
I’m a big fan of parables. Jesus used these to help emphasize the points He was trying to make with His followers and I believe there is probably no better way to get a point across than to present it as a story. Big surprise there, right? In any case, I’ve been thinking for a…
God bless the poor salesperson who ends up with me on the other end of the line when they are making their sales calls. I’m probably one of the most obnoxiously practical people in the world when it comes to deflecting the “hard sell” and that’s not just when I’m running low on resources. This…
It’s almost impossible to have an intelligent discourse with someone these days when it comes to politics, religion, or any other matter of substance. It’s really not even a simple thing to debate mundane matters if you think about it. But, lately I’ve been compelled to weigh in on some things which have made me…
No, this isn’t a post about cats. But hopefully, it will be as therapeutic for you as petting a cute kitten. Okay, well, that’s a stretch. Especially for this topic. There’s nothing cuddly about anxiety and depression. We’ve probably all dealt with some level of one or the other at some point during our lives.…
