Building a Lasting Foundation on Joy By Annetta Dellinger How is your level of JOY? Overflowing? Dried up? Or, somewhere in between? In the world’s mind, JOY is a feeling, a good giggle, a sense of happiness. For some people happiness only happens when their happenings happen to happen the way they happen to want them to […]
How to Re-spark a Dying Flame by Robyn Vincent What happened to us? Do you still love me? Are we OK? These are very common questions asked by spouses. Although it’s hard to believe, every marriage goes through dry spells at one point or another. Many couples appear to be lost in love and still […]
Teaching Kids to Tithe By Joanne Kraft “Mom, is there any way I can NOT pay this much taxes? It sure takes a big chunk out of my weekly earnings.” I found it humorous that my teenage son was beginning to feel his first financial pinch. My baby was definitely growing up. A dear friend […]
How Can I Cope After a Loved One Chose Suicide? By Sandra P. Aldrich Who on earth came up with the saying “time heals all wounds”? Probably somebody who never had a family member or dear friend die by suicide. Oh, sure, time may help us hold back hot tears until we are alone. Time may […]
Get Out of Time Debt By Karen H Whiting If your calendar is filled weeks or months ahead, you’re in time debt. If you race from one commitment to another with out time to exercise, eat, or even sleep enough, you’re in time debt. You’ve charged the hours before they have arrived and filled your […]
When Is the Right Time to Lose Weight? By Julie Morris, R.N. “I can’t lose weight. Things are just too hard right now. Maybe later when I’m not under so much stress,” Joyce said sadly. As we sat in the office at my church where I am a lay counselor, she told me about all […]
The Top 3 Frustrations We Struggle With By Angie Welikala I recently did a survey with all my patients to see how I could best serve them and see what was really on their minds. I was shocked at their responses. The issues and challenges that most concerned them was a little different than I […]