Shining Light into the Darkness
Many Americans will try almost any new thing to lose weight. The problem is fad diets NEVER work . . . at least not in the long term. Any diet can help you lose water and even muscle weight in a very short period of time. But in order to maintain the loss, you have …
There is no disputing that as a nation we are becoming more obese each year. The CDC has an interesting graphic showing the dramatic increase in obesity over the last 20 years http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html. Right now, the even healthiest state in the union, Colorado, has an obesity rate of over a 20% with the unhealthiest states …
I honestly don’t know where I came across this little essay below, probably it was an email that circulated years ago. It had no author’s name attached but the wisdom contained in it was both simple and profound, so I kept it for future reference. After some small, inconsequential edits, I share it now with …
Every good writer writes with an audience in mind. It doesn’t matter whether you’re writing in a business setting creating emails, press releases, sales letters, newsletters and text messages, or if you’re writing for publication in a newspaper, magazine, or book, a good writer writes with a specific audience in mind. Target audience So, who …
When hiking on Cougar Mountain outside of Seattle, I found a tree growing out of an old, decaying, moss-covered cedar stump. I dubbed it the Resurrection Tree. The new tree was not a cedar but some other kind of pine whose seed had dropped into the decaying mass to create a tenacious, determined new life. It …
We are in one of the holiest times in the Christian calendar. We are being invited yet again to ponder the mystery of God made flesh, God who would walk among the people and instruct them in the ways of love. In honor of a God who loves us so, in thanksgiving for a God …