By Heidi McLaughlin – “I could never wear someone else’s shoes” a friend of mine retorted when I suggested she try shopping for shoes at a Consignment Store. She turned up her nose and grimaced as she finished with: “That just grosses me out”. Ok each to their own, but
By Amy Layne Litzelman – “Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.” Luke 12:6 What gives you your sense
By Janet Denison – I just finished reading a CNN editorial about the American Medical Association’s decision to label obesity as a disease. It was an interesting, well researched article but it made me wonder – what is the appropriate Christian response to the issue? Should we even speak of
By Jesi Steiber— “Do you want Nana to pick you up?” My words were in response to my granddaughter’s displeasure at her mother’s scolding. She was on the verge of throwing a fit. The whine in her voice slowly escalated and she scrunched her face, tears on the edge of
You are being watched. The government has a secret system, a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. These lines open the CBS Thursday night show “Person of Interest.” I don’t know anything about a secret government machine, but you are being watched. Every hour of every
By Joel Boggess – In the first phase of her relationship, she did the lion’s share of the heavy lifting: paid the bills; made the mortgage and kept up with appearances and responsibilities. While she was doing what she knew had to be done, like a butterfly lost in the
By Carolyn Henderson – This may be hard to believe, but sometimes I go weeks without thinking about the big toe on my left foot. And then one day, a wrenching pain will originate at the toe and shoot its way up nerve pathways to my brain, and everything with
By Janet Uszynski – It’s important to know that if we are in any type of service industry, seek volunteers or sell any type of product that we don’t burn bridges if a situation doesn’t turn out the way we wanted or expected. What is a bridge as it
After my diagnosis of pneumonia, I received lots of advice. I was told to rest. To relax. To sleep. To eat nourishing food. And above all, to be patient! I’m still being patient—full recovery seems a bit far away, but I’m definitely better than I was. If there are basic
Giving and receiving feedback is a fundamental way we communicate with each other. Whether it’s between colleagues, leadership and teams, parent and child, spouses, or neighbors, the give and take of feedback is an essential way that we share our needs and ideas with one another. We’ve all been at
By Sandra Glahn – A Gallup Poll revealed last September that “Americans’ distrust in the media hit a new high this year.” A full 60% of us have “little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly.” Mostly, it’s conservatives (47%) thinking the media is too
Someone said, “My idea of hell is the thought that I have to live in the world you seem itching to put together.” “We have become increasingly an audience waiting to be entertained. Never before have we been able to live in a world with so many forms of unreality.”
By Rita Schulte – Stop for a moment and take a good hard look at your life. It’s a hot mess. You’re over-committed, overwhelmed, you don’t know how to say no, you have way too much stuff, too little time and no idea how to organize all the things that
By Carol Doyel – I’m a busy woman, like many women I know, we have full lives! I love it and I’m not complaining but I have more things on my list then there seems to be time for in the day. I’m an eternal optimist and I’ve always thought that
By Kathy Howard – During wartime, soldiers and sailors have to carefully watch what they say. Sometimes what they think are harmless, casual remarks can give the enemy information to use against them. For instance, sailors on shore leave can get too chatty and accidentally spill facts that lead to
By Cheri Cowell— We first hear of Eunice during Paul’s second missionary journey. We don’t learn about her directly, but indirectly through Paul and her famous son, Timothy. In Scripture we read that a young man named Timothy “who was the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but
“Poppy, I’m sorry to tell you this,” said my doctor, “but our tests show you’re no longer considered glucose intolerant. You’re officially a diabetic. This means you need to pay attention to your diet. You absolutely must exercise, watch your stress, and get adequate rest. And, by the way, watch
By Diane Gage Lofgren and Margaret Bhola – Just before New Year’s Eve, Jeanice, 61, picked up a book on her nightstand that Leanne, her friend from her dance studio in Orlando, Florida, had given her for Christmas. Jeanice read the intro and the first chapter of Women I Want
By Amy Layne Litzelman – (Excerpt from This Beloved Road: A Journey of Revelation and Worship) “Sing, O barren one, you who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child! For the [spiritual] children of the desolate one will be more
By Cheri Cowell— Phoebe is only mentioned once in the Bible. It is believed that Phoebe was entrusted with the task of hand-delivering Paul’s Letter to the Romans. In Romans 16:1-2 Paul recommends that the leaders of the Roman church receive Phoebe with the respect accorded a minister of the church.
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