Exercise – Don’t Be a Pew Potato

“22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.  Do what it says. 23Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 24and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25But […]

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The Perfect Spiritual Diet – Biggest Loser Part V

Each component of the support system is important.  Don’t leave any out; they are the keys to your success.  Forget to educate yourself, and you might be misguided…forget to celebrate, and you might lose heart. P – Prayer E – Education R – Repetition F – Focus E – Exercise C – Celebrate T – […]

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Developing Spiritually Healthy Habits – The Biggest Loser Part III

Both physically and spiritually, we will become exhausted trying to use our own willpower to overcome our natural impulses.  Habits are like old boyfriends/girlfriends who won’t take a hint and leave.  The only way you can get rid of them is with a new person in the picture.  When they see the new boyfriend hanging […]

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Avoiding Poor Choices – The Biggest Loser Part II

Do any of these sound familiar?  When time’s running short, and the kids need dinner, we pull up to the drive through.  We are tired, the day was stressful, and we just order pizza.  We were going to order the healthy salad at the restaurant, but then your friend orders the juicy hamburger… How about […]

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The Biggest Loser – A Spiritual Weight Loss Program

This year, our youth group’s camp theme is The Biggest Loser.   We are going to be focusing on losing the extra weight that drags us down, changing our eating and  exercising habits, and overall becoming healthy Christians.  Of course – this is all from a spiritual perspective.  As Christians, we have become spiritually overweight.  We […]

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Ripples in the Sin Pool

Joshua 7:12b-13 says “I will not remain with you any longer unless you destroy the things among you that were set apart for destruction. Get up! Command the people to purify themselves in preparation for tomorrow. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Hidden among you, O Israel, are things set […]

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Navel-Gazing

My Merriam-Webster’s word of the day was navel-gazing. The word begged for further investigation. Navel-gazing means “useless or excessive self-contemplation.” According to Merriam-Webster, mystics throughout the centuries have used the deep meditative practice of “omphaloskepsis.” However, if you are not mediating for serious reasons, and you are just absorbed in yourself, you are a navel-gazing. […]

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A World without Masks

Last year, I developed cellulitus over my right eye, causing one side of my face to swell. My son said I looked like Quasimodo, or one of those before and after face shots from a TV commercial. I couldn’t disguise the deformity; no amount of clever bang arrangement, wide brim hat or makeup could disguise […]

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Fall Leaves

Today has finally dawned full of sunshine. For the past few weeks we have been deluged with rain. It went from a drizzle to a pour, then back to a drizzle. Don’t get me wrong, I love the rain. Rainy days are a time to cuddle up under your favorite blanket in front of the […]

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The Dark Paths of our Needs

My writing prompt for today was…What do you need? An idea has been tickling the back of my mind regarding this subject. What are the needs that drive us? The need to feel accepted, the need to feel loved, the need to be noticed/appreciated. Whatever the need is, it is our weak spot – the […]

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