I don’t like asking for help. Yup, I’d much rather offer assistance than receive it. Our culture celebrates ability, competence, and independence. Dependence is discouraged. Needy people are dismissed as a burden. Disability is denigrated. And then, just when our...
In celebration of Easter, enjoy this video and photo! The Good-O-Meter Easter...it's not about the bunny! Happy Easter!
Catch Us if You CAN: Spring Scavenger Hunt! STOP #22, Ava Pennington's Blog Here are the CAN Hunt’s official guidelines: WELCOME to the Catch Us if You CAN: Spring Scavenger Hunt! We hope you enjoy meeting Christian Author Network members as you chase down clues...
Quick – what’s the last earworm you experienced? If you don’t know what an earworm is, it’s a catchy tune or song that continually repeats itself in your mind long after you last heard it. Music has a powerful influence, doesn’t it? It can calm or excite us. Evoke...
We want love. We need love. More than one thousand song titles contain the word love. Books have been written about it. Poems recited. We chase it and sing about it and fall for imitations. And no matter what we do, we can’t get enough. Maybe that’s because we don’t...
They say cleanliness is next to godliness. Whether it’s next to godliness or not, cleanliness is certainly healthier for us. Partially due to a lack of hand-washing, increasing numbers of patients are contracting infections in the one place they should expect to get...
I grew up hearing adults say all kinds of wise things. At least they sounded wise…and biblical. Just the sort of statements God would include in the Bible, especially in books like Proverbs. You’re probably familiar with most of them. So how about a little quiz? How...
If a picture is worth a thousand words (as the saying goes), then what does a selfie say about us? In case you’ve been out of touch for the past year or two or three, a selfie is a photo you take of yourself, usually with a smartphone. It’s then posted to a social...
“Big” is relative. The smaller we are, the larger everything else appears. A few years ago, during a visit to my childhood church, I gazed in amazement at how tiny the classrooms were. I didn’t remember them being that small when I was eight years old. Basketball nets...
The gifts are wrapped and tagged. Cookies are baked and decorated. I’ve watched Christmas made-for-TV movies until even I’ve had enough…and that’s saying something! You see, I’m one of those people. You know, the ones who play Christmas carols in July and put up their...
Feeding Hope I welcomed the end of the dry season as the rains started up again. Not yet with the regularity of...
The Christian Walk Have you ever walked with small children? Hand in hand, they keep up with you by taking two...
The Secret to True Success ’Tis the season of graduations…and graduation speeches. And almost every speech will...