Some people prefer online while others prefer hands-on. Whether it’s making a purchase or reading the Bible, technology has presented new options for doing old tasks. Even if you’re not a shopaholic, you have to admit that shopping is an essential part of life—so is reading the Bible. (It’s okay ...
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Basketball Team Puts A Stop To Bullying
What is one way to stop bullying? You get an entire basketball team behind you. This was the case at Lincoln Middle School in Kenosha, Wisconsin. At a recent game some bullies in the stands were saying derogatory things to a cheerleader. Desiree Andrews has Downs Syndrome. Three of the ...
Read More »New Lease on Life At A Yard Sale
“Christ has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.” 1 John 4:21 (NIV) I love yard sales! There is no telling what treasures one may find among another person’s junk. But one man found something quite unexpected–a new lease on life. Don Herbert is a ...
Read More »Three Miles Can Change a Life
Jake is a 10-year-old boy who lives in the orphanage with his 11-year-old brother. They have been in and out of foster care since they were taken from a drug-addicted and negligent single mother. Marie is a developmentally and mentally disabled 12-year-old girl, who has been with the orphanage for ...
Read More »Teens: Set Eternity In Your Hearts
The BMW’s speedometer read 180 kilometers per hour as we raced along the Autobahn. Mentally I tried to configure this to miles, and knew we were going well over a hundred. My German boyfriend had a fondness for going to dealerships and doing “test drives” on sports cars. I’d watch ...
Read More »The Madness of March
Official brackets are being updated as recent scores are recorded. Live streaming of not to be missed games are slowing down the Internet. Even a “Boss Button” has been made to conceal the action taking place. Adding all of the above components, one can only come to the same conclusion-it ...
Read More »Challenges To Good Relationships
In my previous article, I touched on the subject of relationships—that we are made to have value in our relationships with each other. We have great value to God, and we can only fulfill our purpose on earth through rich communion with Him. He sent Jesus to make this possible, ...
Read More »Child, I’ll Take Care of the Monster
Dear Jesus, There’s a monster in my room. But it’s not under my bed. It’s neither in my closet nor in my head. He’s very real and very ugly, too. The monster comes out at night, when everyone is asleep. When the house is quite and the lights are off, ...
Read More »Is Anger Sinful
Violence, abuse, neglect … could the underlying cause be anger? And if it is, does that make anger sinful? Does anger always cause bad behavior? We’ve all felt it: your heart rate quickens, your blood starts boiling, your face flushes, your teeth bear down hard, and your eyes grow wide ...
Read More »Telomeres and the Aging Process – Part I
Most of us have heard of DNA and chromosomes. But have you heard of telomeres? Here’s a quick biology review: (1) Each cell in our body contains a nucleus. Within that nucleus are chromosomes. (2) Chromosomes contain DNA. Telomeres are lengths of DNA on the ends of chromosomes. (3) The ...
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