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Relationships… A New American Revolution! By: Susan McKenzie Happy 4th of July! Independence Day in America… and many Americans are finding true independence with the birth of a new economy. What do you hear about the economy today? While the news media capitalizes on the chaos and shaking happening all around us, there are people […]
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Secret Heroes – Do You Have One in Your Life? By: White Dove Loaded down with nearly all my worldly goods, including the rocking chair my mother cuddled me to sleep in as a baby, an old iron bell that she used to call us children home for dinner with, and heaps of boxes, my […]
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The Last Swim By: Susan McKenzie The golden sun had sunk deeply into the pink horizon, casting a shimmering glow on the rippled mineral pool. A family with three children played joyfully in the cooler end of the hot healing waters, taking turns riding on their daddy's shoulders. I settled into my perch on the stairs […]
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A Handful of Dandelions By: David Grant As I’ve been deconstructing my entire Christian experience over the past several months I have been plagued with one idea. I couldn’t shake it even though I had sincerely repented of ever having been a full time, paid minister. The thought was that I had cost my family […]
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What Did Your Parents Teach You About Marriage? By: Ronke Alao Our parents are usually our first teachers. They teach us to talk, eat, walk and brush our teeth. Some of these things, we learned not because they organized a class and taught us how to walk. We learned mostly by watching them. If you […]
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My Pioneering Family By: Victoria Gazeley I’m not a pioneer woman. I’m not even really a homesteader. Not in the historical sense of the word, anyway. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the pioneering women in my lineage. It goes without saying that my homesteading journey is different than that of the pioneer women […]
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She Touched Tomorrow with Her Prayers Next Chapter: When the Sorrow is Too Much to Bear Deena's Story – written by Susan Schiller following a life story interview Trigger Warning: This is a "pushing back the darkness story" – one of the "True Love Prevails: 100 Stories". There is a mature theme, but if you […]
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Discovering the Source of My Passion by denny hagel Growing up my family always seemed to be a bit different than everyone else’s. Not in a bad way, actually in a very good way. It was different in a way that I couldn’t define in a brief explanation nor could I sufficiently describe […]
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My Journey to Wellness By: Terressa Cortez Two years ago my health was at its all-time worst. I was overweight and feeling it’s effects throughout my body. I was tired, my joints were stiff when I stood up it was painful to get moving. The doctor, after endless tests and visits, diagnosed […]
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Tiger Mother the Book and My Tiger Mother By Claudia Looi Jane When I met Jane, she was ten years old. A straight A student. She speaks English and Mandarin fluently. She was only allowed to speak English in school and Mandarin at home. After school, she did her homework, than the extra Math homework. […]
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How do you go from homeless, broke, and feigning cocaine to making millions? By: Susan McKenzie Does it get any worse? You decide… Dani Johnson's life story starts out with heavy doses of poverty: Sexual abuse, physical abuse, daily emotional torment, spiritual rejection, betrayal and abandonment. Parents addicted to drugs. Growing up on welfare. Teenage […]
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Dani Johnson will turn your world upside down… Marriage… Family… Financial Freedom… True Friendships… & More … If you let her! By: Susan Schiller Dani knows what it's like to struggle… but more importantly, how to break free! Dani grew up on Welfare… Her parents were drug addicts and the Church rejected her… She worked […]
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Creating a Living Family Legacy Series: Time Management Welcome to Our Guest Blogger, Gary F. Patton! By: Gary F. Patton Have you noticed that when a big crisis hits, poor time utilizers always seem to manage to make time to deal with it? Why is that do you think? Maybe it's because the problem that […]
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Love is a Potent Immune Booster! By: Susan McKenzie Hundreds of movies and books are filled with stories of "love potions", tales of "true love" and even miracles that happen when people perform extraordinary deeds – all for love. What if you could bottle up a "love potion" and preserve an unending […]
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If Your Success Was Guaranteed, Provided You Didn't Quit, What Would You Do? By: Susan Deborah Schiller Would you write that book? Travel to your dream destination? Where would you live? What occupation would you be involved in? Which friends would you surround yourself with? What did you dream about as a young child, or […]
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A New Family Legacy – Self-Sufficiency and Independence! By: Susan McKenzie In the midst of my life story, many years ago, I recorded a promise I wrote to God and myself, written in the margin of my Bible: "Whatever it takes, I'm making a decision to end poverty in my own life and in the […]
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Be Careful What You Pray For! Previous Chapter: Ground Zero: Church Quake By: Susan Deborah Schiller It was one of those days when the world, like a carousel with its power plug pulled, slowly spun to a stop. My carefully folded bulletins fluttered to the seat next to me and I sank like a collapsed […]
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The Gift of "Love Letters" in Your Life Story Book By: Susan McKenzie It's Christmas Eve and my printer is rolling out glossy full-color "Christmas Blessings" (love letters) to my children and grandchildren! As I select photos to add to their letters my heart swells with gratitude for every year I've had with them. Through […]
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A New Family Legacy – Prosperity in Tough Times! By: Susan McKenzie Today, one out of seven Americans is on food stamps! In the midst of my life story, many years ago, I recorded a promise I wrote to God and myself, written in the margin of my Bible: "Whatever it takes, I'm making a […]
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