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.
Does it sound a little odd to you to think of a relationship like a contact sport? Yet it is very exciting to touch and be touched. Couples desire touch. They want it, crave it, and need it, but many times just don’t have it. Touch dissipates in many relationships,
By Laura Petherbridge – Father’s Day hasn’t always been an enjoyable experience for me. My parents divorced when I was 8 years old. Before they separated I was, “Daddy’s Little Girl,” but after the divorce the time with my father was limited. That, plus the addition of a new stepmother
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “Love makes the world go ’round.” But does it? Yes! Love is important in any relationship, so it makes sense that the topic of love comes up in my practice with couples. When I ask a client to define love, I know that’s not an
By Beth Havey – My two-year-old grandson held out his blanket to me: “Make me a hay barrel,” he said in a voice needing comfort. Unfamiliar with such a request, I hesitated. “A hay barrel,” he said again, attempting to wrap the thin fabric around his small hands. Gently I
Have you ever just been frustrated that the very things you WANT to do are the things that you find the least time for? Do you wonder when it’s YOUR TURN? Would you just like a break from it all, and catch up on all the things you’ve “been meaning
We all know that hard work usually pays off. In our jobs especially, we get rewarded for a job well done, maybe by a bonus, salary increase or some other kind of recognition. There is another way hard work can be a benefit. I recently returned from Greenville, South Carolina
It’s amazing how many things we just do reflexively. We operate in a numbed state of obligatory living dragging ourselves from work to unending chores. We are too tired to find joy in the little things because our fuel tank has been running on empty for too long. Many of
By Lynn Mosher – When the clouds of disappointment, heartache, and circumstances roll in to darken our day, what do we do? Whine and complain? Doubt and worry? Question God? But what does scripture tell us? “Blessed is the people knowing the joyful sound; O Jehovah, they shall walk in
By Janet Uszynski – Are the clouds keeping you from moving forward or is it the storm? Sometimes in life we either are stuck in the clouds or can’t move forward because of the big storm we feel around us. When we are in the clouds it is usually due to
By Heidi McLaughlin – There are coyotes out there dad”, said the three year old boy, “They are going to come into the house and hurt us.” The dad walked to the window, looked for a long time and then said, “OK then I better go and get my gun
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