Sow a seed… Give a donation… Drop a free-will offering… These seem to be the only phrases I hear echoing on every program broadcast, on every Christian television network or organization. They always seem to be desperately in need of financial help. To make matters worse, they always beg for ...
Read More »Kingdom-building with Pet Therapy
A life-time pet owner, the value of animals in our lives resonates in my heart. From childhood lessons of caretaking and responsibility to the comfort of unconditional love, pets have blessed me over the years. Expanding on that potential with purposeful planning excites me! Blending Christian faith and values with ...
Read More »The Longest Living People – Secrets Revealed
Centenarians are very rare. Living a hundred years should be considered a miraculous event in this era. With the junk food, cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, and hands-free everything that this world is offering, we’re a heart attack away from our graves. But living long isn’t a far-fetched fantasy; it’s possible. ...
Read More »Could Maine Have the Answer to Welfare Reform?
Earlier this week the US Herald reported that there has been a significant drop in food-stamp enrollments since Maine began requiring welfare recipients to complete work, volunteer, or job-training hours before being eligible for assistance. The article reported that at the end of 2014 there were 12,500 adults enrolled in ...
Read More »Currency of Kindness: Paying it Forward
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” – Matthew 7:12 This famous verse and mandate from Jesus in the Gospels, is one of the most famous lines in the entire Bible. Most people, even non-Christians, ...
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