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Book Review: Navigating Your Change Mazes
Tom Lutz says that many people want "better sameness" which insulates us from any kind of change and leaves us ill-prepared for positive changes. Better sameness is simply a different face on the "status quo," or you could call it "the same pig with lipstick." Because...
When an Angel Speaks, Her Child Is Healed
Rev. Cynthia Palmer hosted two Christian radio programs in Zeeland, Michigan for two years. She focused on the news and interviewed extraordinary women. Cynthia is now an associate pastor at Grand Rapids First, a mega-church in Wyoming, Michigan. Twenty-nine years...
The Miracle of the Pipes
The following is an excerpt from my book, God Is in the Crazy (with astounding miracles and reflections on the peaceful life): Katrina Ward has seen Heaven burst into her ordinary life on several occasions. Katrina is a licensed clinical social worker who I’ve known...
Bullet Ridden Sgt. Carney said, “Boys, the old flag never touched the ground.”
A friend of mine handed me an internet article on Sgt. William Carney. I’d never heard of Sgt. Carney and my friend didn’t know that I'm working on an inspirational book. Once a slave, his father escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad and then helped...
High Flight
This poem, "High Flight," was written by a WWII Spitfire pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force who was dog fighting along with the British over the North Sea. Because of battle fatigue against the Nazi invaders, he had contemplated aiming his plane straight toward...
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Book Review: Navigating Your Change Mazes
Tom Lutz says that many people want "better sameness" which insulates us from any kind of change and leaves us ill-prepared for positive changes. Better sameness is simply a different face on the "status quo," or you could call it "the same pig with lipstick." Because...
When an Angel Speaks, Her Child Is Healed
Rev. Cynthia Palmer hosted two Christian radio programs in Zeeland, Michigan for two years. She focused on the news and interviewed extraordinary women. Cynthia is now an associate pastor at Grand Rapids First, a mega-church in Wyoming, Michigan. Twenty-nine years...
The Miracle of the Pipes
The following is an excerpt from my book, God Is in the Crazy (with astounding miracles and reflections on the peaceful life): Katrina Ward has seen Heaven burst into her ordinary life on several occasions. Katrina is a licensed clinical social worker who I’ve known...
Bullet Ridden Sgt. Carney said, “Boys, the old flag never touched the ground.”
A friend of mine handed me an internet article on Sgt. William Carney. I’d never heard of Sgt. Carney and my friend didn’t know that I'm working on an inspirational book. Once a slave, his father escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad and then helped...
High Flight
This poem, "High Flight," was written by a WWII Spitfire pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force who was dog fighting along with the British over the North Sea. Because of battle fatigue against the Nazi invaders, he had contemplated aiming his plane straight toward...
The Butterfly Effect
Could a butterfly flap its wings and start a hurricane on the other side of the earth? Preposterous! But this is exactly what Edward Lorenz proposed in 1963 to the New York Academy of Science: “A butterfly could flap its wings and set molecules of air in motion,...
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