Recent Blog Posts
Let Your Words Be Life
Posted: 9:26 am on June 06, 2013 Be the first to comment on this post
By Jason Hess
"I love you."
"You’re amazing."
"Wow, that was really good babe."
Those are words of life that my wife has said to me more times than I can count. Each time she speaks these simple words of affirmation they recharge me, my sense of worth, love, and significance. As Gary Chapman in his book The Five Love Languages says they fill my "Love Tank".
Whether or not words of affirmation are your primary love language isn’t the point of this post. The point is that the words we speak to those
Read full postCategories: Family and Relationships
Tags: Family Life, Gary Chapman, Marriage, The Five Love Languages, Words of Affirmation
Say ‘No’ or ‘Go’ Then Let It Go
Posted: 2:13 pm on April 20, 2013 Be the first to comment on this post
By Dionna Sanchez
Whenever an invite, opportunity, obligation, or something similar comes up – I go through quite the mental battle in my head if it’s something I really don’t want to do or dread doing.
You might think, “Why doesn’t she just say “no?” Well, you see…. I’m a good girl. A people pleaser. And a people pleaser doesn’t JUST SAY NO. She stresses about it instead. She stresses about the fact that she will have to participate, attend, or be involved in something she really doesn’t want to, or doesn’t
Read full postCategories: Christian Living
Tags: beauty and image, compassion, empathy, health, people pleasing, self esteem, anxiety
When Someone Can’t Control You Anymore
Posted: 5:26 am on April 18, 2013 Be the first to comment on this post
By Dionna Sanchez
Sometimes in life, there are relationships that we hold very dear to us – especially family relationships. They seem to go along smoothly and we can’t ever imagine things being different. Changing. But they do. You grow up. You change your opinions. You evolve into your own person. And things start to shift.
It’s subtle at first, but the more you find your own voice and purpose, oftentimes, the more you notice the shifting ground. Things aren’t as comfortable anymore. Differences of opinion
Read full postCategories: Family and Relationships
Tags: depression, family, family dynamics, family relationships, fear, friendships, image, relationships, self esteem, control
Is It OK for Christians to Speed?
Posted: 11:30 am on April 03, 2013 Be the first to comment on this post
By Lili Richey Willard
I have long contemplated this question. I have even developed a bit of a pet peeve out of it. Recently it seems to have exploded into my world, and has led me to examine scripture to see if it is just me, or if it is just my view.
There are many times I am tempted to speed, especially when traveling long distances on major highways and interstates. Sometimes I even do, simply so I am not run over in the mad rush with those who share the roads with me who seem to have to be the first to
Read full postCategories: Christian Living
Can God Still Reach You?
Posted: 4:30 pm on March 21, 2013 Be the first to comment on this post
By Lili Richey Willard
"There is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still." -- Corrie ten Boom
Ever feel like God is just too far away to help you? Or that your sin is so terrible, He can't, or won't, rescue you? I think we all feel this way at times. And when Christians feel that way, that's when they are in true desperation. They are in their weakest moments.
2 Corinthians 12:10 tells us that because of our troubles, persecutions, trials, when we are in our weakness, this is when we become
Read full postCategories: Christian Living
Tags: love, perfection, strength, weakness
Come to Me
Posted: 7:29 pm on March 19, 2013 Be the first to comment on this post
By Lili Richey Willard
'Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.' (Matthew 11:28)
I have made lots of mistakes in the past. I have hurt people, I have assumed things that were not true, I did not keep promises. I failed...a lot. I still do.
I am grateful that knowing Jesus has brought me through my past to where I am today. Yes, I still sometimes do all those things. Not with intent, but because I am human. I strive to be a woman who lives by Jesus' example, to be full of grace
Read full postCategories: Christian Living
Tags: burdens, comfort, forgiveness, Jesus, rest
Do You Know How to Respond to Your Neighbor’s Pain?
Posted: 9:51 pm on March 02, 2013 Be the first to comment on this post
By Amy Vogel
Engaging with someone in the middle of a trial is difficult and at best, a learned skill. It is uncomfortable when we engage in others painful lives. Not everyone has experienced difficult times, so it is hard to know what to do and what to say. We don’t always have the insight or experience needed to respond in a way that makes a difference.
In the Bible, there is a good example of what not to do. The Book of Job is not only about the question of why we suffer and where God is in all of
Read full postCategories: Christian Living
Tags: comfort, pain, suffering
We Can’t Always Be Ready
Posted: 7:19 am on February 25, 2013 Be the first to comment on this post
By Dionna Sanchez
I knew my grandpa was getting older, but I still wasn’t ready to hear that he had cancer and I would lose him in just three weeks time.
I wasn’t ready to wake up one morning and have to make the decision to put my cat to sleep due to a blood clot.
I could never be ready to watch something like the 9/11 attacks. But watch them I did.
I wasn’t ready for my child to get their heartbroken. It hurt for me too.
I wasn’t ready to teach Bible Study for the very first time.
I wasn’t ready
Read full postCategories: Christian Living
Tags: challenges, faith, inspiration, sorrow
Prayer and Fasting With Diabetes
Posted: 11:01 pm on January 31, 2013 Be the first to comment on this post
By Judy Riddle
"Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord." (Joel 1:14)
In the July issue of Today's Dietitian, we published an article titled "Prayer and Fasting With Diabetes". If you're a person of faith who has diabetes or know someone of faith with the disease, this article is a must-read.
The American Diabetes Association reports that more than 23 million children and adults in
Read full postCategories: Christian Living | Health and Fitness
Tags: diabetes, fasting, prayer
Lance Armstrong’s Downfall: A Spiritual Perspective
Posted: 12:21 pm on January 28, 2013 Be the first to comment on this post
By Judy Riddle
“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18)
“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.” (Proverbs 11:2)
“A man’s pride brings him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honor.” (Proverbs 29:23)
“Before his downfall, a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.” (Proverbs 18:12)
By now you’ve heard the story: Lance Armstrong, one of Americas greatest athletes of all time, did use performance-enhancing
Read full postTags: humility, Oprah Winfrey, pride, sin, Lance Armstrong, destruction
Older Blog Posts >>>
