My family is not health conscious by nature. My husband was involved with sports like soccer and rugby in school, and loves to hike, but I’m much more of a couch potato as far as my lifestyle habits are concerned. My kids follow my example! Sigh. As I began training for my marathon last year – going from couch potato to marathoner in about 3 months!...

I’m going to briefly “interrupt” our series on “The Spirit of Poverty” to share with you a lesson that God has me working on right now in my life. I’m one of those people who doesn’t live life in a straight line. I tend to meander. I am a pioneer by nature, and love to discover new things. I love to try my hand at different...

Ok, so I’ve decided I really need to slow down on appointments with friends/family/others and stay home if I’m going to make this weight loss thing work! LOL! A full social calendar wreaks havoc on weight loss plans – just FYI! Here are this week’s results: I’m happy I’ve not gained more weight. This week I was on a...

Well, how are the resolutions coming?  Have you broken them all already? Did you try to do the “drop 40 pounds in a month” diet, along with the latest “Best Abs/Butt/Thighs in only 3 minutes a week” fitness plan, on top of the decision to improve your housekeeping, love your kids more, spend less money, pay off your debts, and dress complete...

Today I want to continue in our lessons on The Spirit of Poverty. Last week we looked at greed as a cause of spiritual poverty, and today we will be looking at the areas of criticism and judgmentalism. When we criticize and judge others, we are bringing that same judgment upon ourselves, which will hold us in a place of spiritual poverty. Here’s what Bill...