For many people, the final day of the year is a time to gather with friends to await the beginning of the New Year. In Canada, people attend large celebrations with concerts, sporting events, and ...
What do you picture when I say outlaw?
Maybe it’s an Old West character, someone Sherrif Matt Dillon would pursue.
Or you see Jesse James, gun in hand, taking from anyone with money to their ...
“You’ve got this!”
Oh, yeah, we think. We’ve got this, right. Creditors are on the phone, my spouse sleeps in the spare room, and my bank account? What bank account? It’s like a black hole ...
In America we have raised a fatherless generation. Nearly 50% of U.S. children live without a father in the home. That 50% makes up 90% of homeless youth and runaway children, and 63% of youth ...
Much of modern life is built on envy.
You know what I mean:
Jealously – Why do they drive a fancier car than I have?
Greed – So what if my bank account is chock full? I earned it.
Desire – ...
We are human.
We will stumble and sin, yet God says our weaknesses are his opportunity to provide us his strength and guidance.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NIV) is his promise of divine grace and ...
Weed a garden someday. Then go back in three weeks, and see if the weeds are all gone.
The trick is to get the roots. If not, the garden looks nicely weeded, but the weeds will return, more ...
Impressions count, especially first impressions.
Meeting someone new? Clean clothes and freshly combed hair go a long way.
Strangers form an opinion of us with a glance, and while most of those ...
In 1906, a great calamity struck the city of San Francisco. The most devastating earthquake in the city’s history brought the Paris of the West tumbling to the ground. The majority of the ...
Loosey-goosey. What does that mean to you?
It’s slang, so maybe it’s not part of your regular vocabulary, so let’s look at what Dictionary.com has to say.
First, we need to know that this is ...
What’s the worst that could happen? we ask.
Is the sky going to fall in?
Do we think we’re going to arrive, and our home won’t be there?
Do we seriously think anyone would actually break in ...
Describe how you start each morning.
Not aloud, just in your thoughts. This is just for you.
Then imagine those words floating in the air above your head.
Would they serve as a warning … keep ...
In 1911, Roald Amunsen led the first expedition to reach the South Pole. He successfully made his conquest on December 14th of that year.
Two years earlier, Frederick Cook and Robert Peary both ...
