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Martha's Laugh Lines: Gone Fishing
By Martha Bolton
When our sons were younger, my husband used to take them fishing a lot. We have scores of pictures of each with their first fish, and for one we have something more.
The Raving Redhead: FREEEEEEDOOOOOMMM!!
By Teresa Roberts Logan
I am willing to try new things ... to look like a fool ... a bigtime fool for thinking I'm funny enough to get paid for it ... and it's a freedom like no other!
Here’s a Thought: Good Theater
By Taylor Mason
The Oscars! What a night! Is there any other business that routinely congratulates itself on being itself?
The Truth Hurts: You Like Me, You Really Like Me!
By Brad Stine
So I sit in a hotel in Seward Alaska minding my own business, when suddenly it dawns on me. … I am making a movie!
Time Out: Why Don’t My Kids Want to “Friend” Me on Facebook?
By Patty Elder
When I was young, the TV had rabbit ears, the cool video game was Pong, and we talked on rotary phones. So how's a mother to raise her kids in the Digital Age?
The "P" WordOctober 01, 2008
By Sheryl Young
For nearly three decades, I suffered from a bad case of “attention-itis;” a craving for praise and recognition. See, my mom—the ultimate stage mother—put me in modeling when I was 4 years old and musical theatre at age 11. I loved it, and became very accustomed to lots of applause. But I never got tall enough for adult modeling, and soon discovered my theatrical skills had been greatly over-exaggerated by my loving family and friends! Let me put it this way—it was “don’t call us, we’ll call you” from many professional directors. This got me searching for other careers that might allow similar limelight, trying everything from motivational speaking to writing cheap romance novels. The only one that got turned on was me. By this time my involvement in church had started, and I thought, “I’ll write about God stuff. What could be wrong with that?” But soon it gave me daydreams of accepting some writing award in front of a huge audience, or making some profound Biblical point that—poof—would move every Christian into political action. Then one day, I had to eat a big scoop of humble pie. Take it from me—crow does not taste good. A church leader pointed out that I only volunteered for things that put me in some kind of limelight. Boy, did he nail it. The ugly “P” word—PRIDE—was alive and well in me. I began studying the Bible for what God says about pride and humility. I learned He often doesn't choose people who WANT to be used in great capacities because their pride will get in the way of the task, and He can’t use that. As Christians, we’re supposed to give Him the glory for everything we do! The honorable thing is to give God our “attention-itis.” Then we might just get a little credit, and achieve a better greatness in the long run. (Based on Proverbs 29:23 and James 4:10) |
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