Learning to Live with Less
August 30, 2024 by Khristy Hullet
Filed under Family Focus
By Khristy Hullett
Recently Oprah based a show on learning to live with less. Two families on the show were immersed in their technology. Oprah took away all their gadgets—TVs, phones, computers, and video games—to see how they would fare. One of the families owned 5 TVs, 4 IPODS, and 4 cell phones. Before Oprah’s challenge, they often found themselves watching the same shows in different rooms. The mother frequently texted her daughter while they were in the same house. The families in question were shocked at the results of Oprah’s challenge. They began doing things together as a family again—eating dinner, going for walks, taking cooking lessons. http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090506-tows-live-without
Setting Realistic Goals for the Journey
August 29, 2024 by admin
Filed under Health and Fitness
By Don Otis
What is on your “bucket list?” If you saw the film starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, you know what I mean. What do you want to accomplish in life? What habits do you want to change? As the old saying goes, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.” In fitness, as in any area of our lives, spiritual, intellectual, emotional, change must be intentional.
Making a Treat a Treat
August 26, 2024 by admin
Filed under Health and Fitness
By Cami Checketts
When did a treat become the sixth food group? Or in my middle son’s case, the second food group, right after Fruity Pebbles and Pop Tarts. Oh, wait, those are treats also.
We recently returned from a wonderful vacation to southern California with extended family. After each ample meal, we would have dessert and then we would start passing treats around. The only word I can think of to describe myself is glutinous. As Christians, we want to take care of our bodies and not become glutinous pigs (like me). I remember as a child that a treat was a special thing reserved for holidays or something fun. Here are some ideas to help us make a treat a treat again:
Words Mean Things
By Ed Crumley
When our mothers said, “If you do that again, I’ll . . .”, did we believe her? I guess it depended on whether or not she followed up on the threat to do whatever it was she said she would do. Some of us knew her words were true, while others knew they might be true after a time of repeated threats but not when they were first uttered.
Life Waves
By Lisa Bell
The ocean waves crashed onto the beach. Small waves rushed in followed by larger ones that swelled and reached two or three feet in height. The little girl watched each wave as anticipation quivered through her body. She clung to her daddy’s hand and waited. When the wave came close, she stood still. Breathless with wonder, she waited and at the very last second before the wave engulfed her, she jumped. Then she did it all over again.
