Many of you know that in years past, for vacation, my family would go up to my parent's cabin in Wisconsin. It's just this side of a shack but now has indoor plumbing and running water - and sometimes even hot water... It's way up North of Green Bay out in the woods. Years back, before Erin and...
Vitamins and minerals are considered essential nutrients. They work together to perform hundreds of roles in the body. They help strengthen bones, heal wounds, bolster your immune system, convert food into energy, and repair cellular damage. Sounds pretty essential to me, if you want to live.
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'Polytheism' is the belief in many 'gods'. We see this in our world with many different religious faiths. And it's always been that way as different people groups throughout history have worshipped their own cultural 'gods' - Greek 'gods', Roman 'gods', Norse 'gods'... But then along came the Jewish nation claiming that The God of the Universe,...
Every culture throughout history has sought to worship 'something' higher than themselves. Even scientists debate whether or not we are biologically 'hard wired' to seek God. There's even a new scientific discipline called 'neurotheology'. 'Neurotheologians' argue that the structure and function of the human brain may predispose or enable us...
I have a confession to make. I - believe - in vampires. I think all of the legends are completely true! Now, do I still go out after sundown? Yes... Have I stockpiled wooden stakes or garlic? Nope. Do I carry 'holy water' around with me? No, I do not. Does my belief ...
I had a friend on Facebook recently put up a rather controversial question. He asked, "What's the right order - sock, sock, shoe, shoe - OR sock, shoe, sock, shoe?" The order doesn't really matter unless you try 'shoe, shoe, sock, sock' - then there might be a problem. But we do know there are some things in which the ...
When I was a teenager, my father was an idiot. He had all sorts of rules and he didn't seem overly nice. Now that I'm an adult, he's amazingly wiser and he's also much nicer. I think it has something to do with the fact that in truth – I was the idiot. The relationship, and my ...
I read an article this past week that I had to share, because I think many people believe what the author was suggesting about her personal beliefs about God. And I'm not trying to share this as a judgment because I believe the author probably had good intentions - and there were some good points. But most of what she shared ...
When you look around, when you think about the wars, the shootings and crime, all the bad things in the world - would you say things are going good? So what's the answer? How do we turn things around? Is the answer more laws? Can the government stop the fighting and conflict? What if we found a new...
