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Last week I went to lunch with an old friend. He seemed out of sorts and said he feels weak lately. In fact, a few weeks ago, he passed out for reasons yet to be determined. As the server put his iced tea down on the table, he grabbed the Splenda. Splenda is an artificial sweetener. I asked him why he was using it and he said he wants to lose some weight. He seemed really nervous about his...

So, I was wondering yesterday why my eyebrows, by the end of a day, have dust in them? And, then I began to wonder why we even have them. I mean, I understand why we have eyelashes. Aren’t they there to keep the dust out of our eyes? The eyebrows seem too far ‘north’ to really make a difference, don’t they? But, then I figured out the answer because when you see someone withOUT...

For the Obama Inaugural address http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inauguration_obama_text . The world looks on and we now have our 44th President in a country that is considerably younger than the rest of the world. Yet, we are still the brave, the strong, the freedom loving people with dreams and goals, visions and hopes still waiting to be fulfilled. What should we be doing...

I don’t feel 40. Not even close, actually. At least I didn’t until February 22, 2010. That is a date that will live in infamy for me. I did something that day that many would just shrug off. Some might even say, “I think you’re losing it, Mike.” Maybe I am. I did something that day that I once told myself I would never do. I COULD NEVER do. I’ve even mocked those who have done it...

This is about Aliahna Lemmon, the little girl in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, who was murdered and dismembered by a man her mother trusted. Poor Tarah Souders. I feel terrible about what happened to her family and I’m not going to question what type of parent she is. In other words, I’m sure she loves her children more than anything in the world, but soon after her father became ill with emphysema,...

The Yoke's On You: Slavery to Sin or Freedom in Christ By Aaron Welch, LMHC, NCCGod has really been speaking to me lately. Yes, really. Amazing as it sounds for a man who has been a Christian for 31 years, I am just now learning that God still speaks to us, if we will only listen. For years, I don’t think I fully believed this…..that we could really hear the Lord’s voice. I just thought...