Our Vanishing Heritage
By Ed Crumley
A Youtube video of Jay Leno interviewing people on the street came attached to an email sent to me by a friend. Jay asked them simple questions that anyone with a 4th or 5th grade education should know. Questions like: “Name two of the Founding Fathers. In what country would you find the Panama Canal?”, and “Who was the first man on the moon?” The answers were astonishing: “Founding fathers of what?”; “I have no clue,” and “Louis Armstrong?” The audience got good laughs out of all of the interviews, but a more thoughtful look at those answers should bring sadness or even fear to the hearts of viewers.
When God Says No
By Roberta Ley
No one likes to be told no. No one likes rejection. When it comes from someone important, it is even harder to accept. When it comes from God, it is the hardest of all things to understand. After all, He says in Luke 9:11 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened to you.” So why do you get “no” answers when you pray earnestly for “yes?”
I Can Do It Myself
July 19, 2024 by admin
Filed under Family Focus
By Jane Thornton
“That’s just weird.” My teenaged daughter scowls at a car when its driver honks at us. We are walking in shorts and strappy shirts (soaking up some sun), headed to the Rec Center to work out. “Maybe it’s someone we know.” I try to catch a glimpse through the windshield as it passes. “It was a guy, and I didn’t recognize the car.” My mind flies to my husband’s admonition to be careful. Although we live in Suburbia, USA, he gets anxious over our safety on the half-mile walk. Yet, determined, we cling to our independence. We offer reassurances: it’s broad daylight; the street’s well-traveled, etc. He concedes, we walk, and he worries. I like being self-sufficient, and I want that trait in my daughter—but not to the point of foolishness. I remember my pride, and frustration, as she reached age three. Her typical claim: “I can do it myself.”
Metabolism How to Kick It in Gear
July 16, 2024 by admin
Filed under Health and Fitness
By Cami Checketts
Metabolism is such a buzz word in the fitness industry, and for good reason. If you can get your metabolism working for you instead of against you, you’ll burn calories even when you’re sitting around reading Harry Potter. I’ve compiled a huge list of metabolism boosters to help you kick yours in gear.
The Cave
By William King
As we topped the mountain in Birmingham, It looked as though something was wrong. The whole city looked yellow. From growing up here, I knew this sky color very well. The steel mills had released sulfur into the air. The sun shining through it made it appear yellow. My fiancé remarked, “I would never live here.”
