The use of cursive handwriting has slowly declined since the 1970’s. It is seldom taught in our schools today. Although it is no longer included in the Common Core State Standards curriculum, teachers can make a decision on a local level as to whether or not to teach their students ...

“Jesus said, ‘Do to others as you would have them do to you.’ ” Luke 6:31 (NIV) Acceptance: the act of accepting: the fact of being accepted: approval (Merriam-Webster) This word can mean many things.  Acceptance can mean you have received something and hold on to it.  It can mean you have achieved ...

Church is an emotionally loaded word for many.  For some, it pulls forth feelings of inadequacy–of not measuring up.  For others, it engenders “ought to do” feelings: the doing sometimes creates pride and other times produces failure.  Church speaks to others of “Sunday best” and plastic facades that are left ...

“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be ...

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Proverbs 17:22 My brother, sister and I grew up in a strict environment. We only had candy once a week unless we got candy from a holiday such as Halloween, Christmas or Easter–even then we ...

“Seek the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you . . . Pray to the Lord for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare” (Jeremiah 29:7). Have you considered that the town in which you live is part of your kingdom inheritance, and how you exercise ...

Kelly Johnson holds the title of Miss Colorado, 2015, and was a contestant in the recent Miss America Pageant.  For her talent, she performed an original monologue focusing on her nursing duties and a special Alzheimer’s patient named Joe. Joe was in the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s disease and was ...

The stranger listens as those around him talk, sharing their experiences. Standing at a distance, he observes their behaviors and watches as their choices play out in their lives. The pilgrim is on a journey called life—in a foreign land where he will never fully belong.  He looks forward to ...

Have you been feeling the “pinch”?  The pinch that occurs as your hard earned cash squeezes it’s way out of your dwindling savings account, staggering debit or credit card account, or your hot little hand?  You are not alone.  “Well,” you say, “what is a hard working, conscientious person to ...

A little before midnight on July 25, 2015, 700 people gathered in Detroit, Michigan. It was billed as the largest public satanic ceremony in the history of America. Along with the throng of people was a winged, horned idol with a human body and goats head. A local pastor said, ...