Summer Clearance
October 17, 2024 by Gina Stinson
Filed under Daily Devotions, Life Topics
It’s that time of year. Stores are calling your name with signs that yell “Summer Clearance, Summer Markdowns, Summer Savings.” But in reality, the message they are sending is “Summer’s Over.” School starts in just a matter of days and routine will replace lazy days of summer. It’s a fact.
We love summer because it gives us a change of pace. Kids run wild, we vacation, we plan fun events…it’s a virtual party with spend-the-night guests and late nights. The variety makes it fun and come February we are literally salivating on it’s memory.
Looks Can Be Deceiving
September 14, 2024 by admin
Filed under Life Topics
Have you ever met someone who made a really lousy first impression? Have you ever been introduced and immediately you wrote them off and stereotyped them as common, ordinary, average—only to find out later that they were terribly gifted in some area?
Bad for Our Bodies Good for Our Souls
September 5, 2024 by admin
Filed under Life Topics
The recent elections in Iran have fomented a burgeoning revolution of people standing up against government corruption. On the political level, it is a power play over who’s in control. On the popular level, Iran is crossing a threshold of what people there are willing to put up with, and the implications for the whole Middle East, and indirectly for all of us, could be huge.
How to Lose Weight in all the Right Places
August 25, 2024 by admin
Filed under Life Topics
“Weight Loss Tips” is the 42nd top keyword searched online today, and it stays in the top 500 most of the time. Why? Because almost everyone is concerned about their weight. Some worry about how they look and how their clothes fit. Others want to lose weight to improve health. Some lose weight to please others—some to please self. And sadly, most of us know more about HOW to lose weight than we actually DO lose weight.
White Flag Surrender
August 17, 2024 by admin
Filed under Life Topics
In our world today surrender is rarely a sign of anything good. In a stormy economy homes are being surrendered, in the Middle East our troops avoid surrender, in dieting—dieters surrender chocolate, fried foods and cheese. Surrender. It's uncomfortable, unnatural, and sometimes personally challenging. Simply put: it's hard.
