Have you ever heard the story of Henny Penny and her bread? She wanted to make some bread, so she asked everyone she knew if they would help her sow the field, plant the wheat seeds, weed the field, care for the crops, harvest the stalks, ground the wheat and make the bread. Along the way, she asked for help and each time, every step of the way, everyone turned her down. NO ONE wanted to DO the work necessary to actually make the bread. But you can only imagine how willing they were to help eat it when they smelled the bread as it was rising and baking in Henny's oven.
Were you aware that human trafficking still exists in the world? What is human trafficking? It is slavery, plain and simple.
I’d like to say as a Clinical Psychologist and man “of a certain age,” that my wife and I never fight. But, that would be untrue. I’d like to say that each and every time we begin to fight, we’re able to put on the brakes, call a time out, and pull out of the downward spiral. That also would be untrue.
We are not alone. Of the thousands of emails I receive, a majority concern couples who fight and quarrel, and can’t seem to get over it. They plunge quickly into a downward spiral, unable to stop the freefall.
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Israeli soldiers in Gaza are now engaged in perhaps the most dangerous and difficult kind of fighting, urban warfare.
Two surveys by the Barna group show that the number of churches and adherents to Pentecostal perspectives and practices has actually grown significantly in the past two decades.
It's probably too soon to write him off completely, but Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who has enjoyed stratospheric approval ratings of as high as 85%, can expect to see his popularity and power crash along with the oil prices that have sent Russia's post-Soviet economy into the tank (again).
Just weeks ago, many Chinese Americans were extremely disheartened by Obama's appointment of Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary, but as it turns out, launching a full-scale protest against Richardson won't be necessary. Richardson has withdrawn his nomination.
Bill Richardson wanted to President. No dice. He wanted to be Secretary of State. No dice. Instead Obama chose him to be his Commerce Secretary. Guess what? No dice on that too.