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Confused and alone five year old Christy watched as her mother was jailed, injured, made homeless, and abandoned by family and friends. Christy grew up wondering how people justified telling her to hate her mother while teaching her that God is love.

This year it was going to be different! A new house, a promise of a promotion at my job and of course an exercise program to shed the extra pounds. Everything was in place. I was energized and full of anticipation of making it the best year ever.

Why is it so hard to take action? Is it fear? Is it lack of belief? What's the deal, anyway?

When Jesus said, "Ask the Father anything in My name," He meant that you should ask according to His will. Unless you ask according to His will your prayers will be ineffective.

I don't have a degree in journalism, but when I was a kid, I wanted to grow up and be Brenda Starr: the red-headed ace investigative journalist of the Sunday comics...

Is it appropriate for me to refer to my Islamic friends as my 'brothers' and 'sisters' or should I reserve this language for fellow Christians? Is it only right to exclude some people from 'the family'? What does that New Testament have to say?

It's easy to just say whatever you think God wants to hear, but He is not fooled by words. He knows our hearts.

I was left in jail and mad at the predicament we were in. I had lost custody of my children, now Tori was about to lose custody of Brad. Prison was looming over both our heads for defying the court order and all I had done was trusted and obeyed God.

There is power in the words you speak. Out of your mouth flow both blessings and curses.

Certainly the details surrounding Jesus' resurrection differ in the four Gospels. We are tempted to dismiss the whole thing, and say, if the Gospel writers could not agree on what happened, why should we believe any of it? Actually, there is a reason. Let's check it out!