September 2019

Florence Chadwick had a goal of being the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coastline. In 1952 she attempted that 26 mile swim, escorted by friends in small boats. A thick fog set in. And after about 15 hours of swimming, Florence became tired, disoriented, and discouraged. Unable to see the coastline, she finally gave up and asked to be taken into one of the boats. Sadly, she found out she had stopped swimming just one mile short of her destination. Thankfully the story doesn’t e[...]

The price of oil determines how much we pay for gasoline, affects the price of food, and even impacts global economy.Just as the sticker value of oil dramatically affects our world—so also the worth we place on ourselves—affects every area of our lives.We need a clear image of our worth. For we live out our lives as we see ourselves to be. When we see our worth, everything else shifts—automatically. There is a story in the Bible about a child, who walked away from home, and then spent all of his inhe[...]

If the battle is either won or lost in the mind, so also the quality of life is either confirmed or cancelled by our speech.What we say is important—to ourselves. We are the most important running commentary. True, others may be more versed on many subjects, but what we say about what they said—will be what affects our lives the very most. My husband Garry has a white GMC truck that we both really enjoy. However, it has one feature that is really annoying. Anytime we get near an entrance to a toll road, a[...]

He was fourteen, plagued with dyslexia and a stutter—living with music locked inside his heart. The song flowed freely in his mind, but on paper, there appeared only childish scribble in an attempt to communicate the words. The sheet contained drawings that looked more like haystacks than a melody, and was soon crumpled and left to die in the wastebasket. That song, along with many others, may have never survived if the boy’s sister hadn’t pulled it out of the trash can to help bring it to life. His si[...]

Life is not to be lived for some distant there—or top. All around us, each new and normal day is pregnant with a new aspect of life begging to be realized.Life is a flow. These hills and valleys are the natural flow of life.Quit striving so much. Know that you don’t have to make it all happen! There is a rhythm, a niche, a groove that allows you to experience your flow of life.C.S. Lewis said, “The first job each morning consists in shoving (all other voices) all back; in listening to that other voic[...]