Not everything on facebook and social media is negative. Each Friday, we share something we’ve found that’s encouraging, edifying, or enlightening.
The Heartland page “is dedicated to providing daily positive, inspirational, motivational, kindness stories.”
Here’s one about a wife whose attitude toward her husband quickly moved from annoyance, to appreciation, to love. Continue reading
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“I was the poor kid growing up,” wrote Sherry Vonderhaar-Adair on her facebook page.
“My mom used to send me to birthday parties with no present, just so I could eat. I definitely got to a point where I understood and was embarrassed as h—,” she recalls. Continue reading
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“I wish I was a better Christian,” is a refrain I’ve often heard from fellow Christians.”
Sometimes, it goes like this. “I want to be a better Christian.”
Yet, the wishes and wants don’t always translate into action and change. Continue reading
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Success in any life endeavor is almost always equated with talent.
This is often true in the sports world. However, the team with the most talent doesn’t always win. In sales and marketing, less talented individuals often out perform their more talented counterparts. Some times the person with the highest IQ underperforms and others with less innate natural ability excel in their educational and academic pursuits.
Why?
I think my facebook friend and sister in Christ, Debbie Sullins Billingsley, offered the answer in a recent post. Continue reading
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Not long ago my Canadian facebook friend, Rob DE Man, posted a quote from the renowned physicist, David Berlinski. It’s from his book “The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions.”
Berlinski, who appeared in Ben Stein’s 2008 documentary, Expelled, which exposed the silencing of educators who questioned the theory of macro evolution, has long been a fierce opponent of the Darwinian theory. Continue reading
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The Heartland facebook page “is dedicated to providing daily positive, inspirational, motivational , kindness stories.”
Recently I came across this story about “a father {who} used to say to his children when they were young: “When you all reach the age of 12 I will tell you the secret of life.”
The secret of life? That caught my attention. I hope it will you too. Here’s the secret of life. Continue reading
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I came across this piece on a church facebook page a few weeks ago. I had to chuckle because it’s a version of an old article seen in church bulletins years ago.
In fact, it’s so old that I doubt any of our younger readers have ever seen it. And for that matter, maybe even most of our older readers.
It’s supposedly a letter to the preacher from an anonymous member. Continue reading
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Not everything on social media is bad. On Friday’s we publish something we’ve found good, informative, thought provoking or challenging on facebook.
Today’s Facebook Friday is a post I found on Daily Bible Notes by Andy Sochor from Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Andy’s article on the topic of conscience spurred a few thoughts of our own. Continue reading
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The WFLA facebook page promotes today as their 15th annual Kindness Day as supported by channel 8 in the Tampa Bay area.
They encourage donating the following for these 5 charities during the holiday season. Continue reading
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Jim Rohn is an American author, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. His simple, down to earth, even folksy method of communication has inspired audiences for decades.
While Rohn’s writings and speech focus on self improvement, leadership, communication and goal setting, there’s definitely a spiritual basis and application in much of his material.
On his facebook page, Jim Rohn Daily Motivation, he offers this insightful thought. Continue reading
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