Life through Christ is more than just "eternal life after death." Christ's death brought us reconciliation to God. Complete reconciliation. That means that we are back to the original, perfect, intended state with God as we were in the beginning, in the garden. With our bodies. So we don't die. Not spiritually, not physically. Now, most people who ( Read more... )

Silly concept, really. I went trick-or-treating last night for the first time in about ten years (Samuel went with me!), and I can't remember being more freaked out by suspicious people in cars before in my life. Trick-or-treating is dangerous.

So, I got my one wisdom tooth removed about two hours ago. That was fun. Now I have Vicodin which I will never use and will likely stay in the cabinet until it "expires" or whatever. But it's okay, because I took an ibuprofen. By the end of the procedure (which was surprisingly short and scary), I found that I was holding tightly to the sleeve of ( Read more... )

The Mediterranean diet is a modern diet model that is growing in popularity and is inspired by traditional dietary patterns from the Mediterranean area. The recommended foods consist mainly of fish, olives, olive oils, red wine, grains, bread, and fruits. According to Wikipedia, "common to the diets of these regions are a high consumption of fruit ( Read more... )

That's right. These two sites may want you to do both of those two things. First, watch the three short videos about Microsoft Surface, and then watch the parody video on YouTube. Now read on ( Read more... )

I like God because He always wants to spend time with me, and He doesn't let me down.

God has given me His life. I used to think that giving my life to the Lord meant that I was now His slave. It was like taking myself away from slavery under sin and putting myself under the slavery of God. But that's not the way it is. God says I am His friend. We did not give our lives to God; He gave His life to us. Think about it. Living under ( Read more... )

I have heard so many times at my old church people say things like, "We have hope in life because of our hope in death." That makes absolutely no sense. It is something that I was taught to parrot back to them. What they are saying, essentially, is that once we die, then we can live. So, explain to me the logic in that. If we have no hope in life, ( Read more... )

Today my economics teacher was talking about elasticity of demand and used a hypothetical example of a price on air. No matter what the price is set at, people still need air, therefore it would be inelastic. That got me thinking. What an interesting concept: a charge for air. So I decided to devise a plan for just that. Here's the question: "What ( Read more... )

I'm fighting it again. I will not allow myself to give in this time. I want my hands to be beautiful. I've had a lot of stress recently and it's caused me to bite my nails and get sick and stuff. But I've found peace in the Lord again. He and I hang out pretty often now ( Read more... )