I don rsquo t remember a time when my mom Dorothy was in good health For many years as a brittle diabetic her blood sugar was wildly erratic Complications developed and her damaged kidneys necessitated permanent dialysis Neuropathy and broken bones resulted in the use of a wheelchair Her eyesight began to regress toward blindness But as her body failed her Mom rsquo s prayer life grew more vigorous She spent hours praying for others to know and experience the love of God Precious words of Scripture grew sweeter to her Before her eyesight faded she wrote a letter to [... more]

The morning commenced like a track meet I practically jumped out of bed launching into the teeth of the day rsquo s deadlines Get the kids to school Check Get to work Check I blasted full throttle into writing my ldquo To Do rdquo list in which personal and professional tasks tumbled together in an avalanche-like litany ldquo Edit article Clean office Strategic team planning Write tech blog Clean basement Pray rdquo By the time I got to number eighteen I rsquo d remembered that I needed God rsquo s help But I rsquo d gotten that far before it [... more]

Chinese medicine has practiced pearl powder exfoliation for thousands of years using ground pearls to scrub away dead cells resting at the top of the skin In Romania rejuvenating therapeutic mud has become a widely sought-after exfoliant that rsquo s purported to make skin youthful and glowing All over the world people use body care practices they believe will renew even the dullest of skin The tools we rsquo ve developed to maintain our physical bodies however can only bring us temporary satisfaction What matters more is that we remain spiritually healthy and strong As believers in Jesus we rsquo [... more]

Jets fan Rich reacts to the announcement that Zach Wilson has been cleared to return to action in Week and says why it's time to see some results from the nd-year QB in New York Pro Football Hall of Famer and Jackson State Head Coach Deion Sanders tries to talk Rich into getting a hair replacement procedure says why his son Shedeur deserves Heisman Trophy consideration reacts to rumors he's in the mix for the Georgia Tech coaching vacancy weighs in on Aaron Judge's home run chase Mets manager Buck Showalter says how Carlton Fisk lied about him drawing a [... more]

Song of Songs Look not upon me because I am black because the sun hath looked upon me my mother's children were angry with me they made me the keeper of the vineyards but mine own vineyard have I not kept In Sam is a sad story of The House of The Rising Sun - Bethshemesh There is the stone of mourning The Stone of Abel - black from mourning which is phenominally connected to Genesis that Cain had toiled under the sun by plowing his field according to Josephus to gain by his merit not God's like his brother [... more]

It started with a tickle in my throat Uh oh I thought That tickle turned out to be influenza And that was just the beginning of bronchial affliction Influenza morphed into whooping cough mdash yes that whooping cough mdash and that turned into pneumonia Eight weeks of torso-wracking coughing mdash it rsquo s not called whooping cough for nothing mdash has left me humbled I don rsquo t think of myself as old But I rsquo m old enough to start thinking about heading that direction A member of my church rsquo s small group has a funny name for [... more]

My brother grew up battling severe epilepsy and when he entered his teenage years it became even worse Nighttime became excruciating for him and my parents as he rsquo d experience continuous seizures for often more than six hours at a time Doctors couldn rsquo t find a treatment that would alleviate the symptoms while also keeping him conscious for at least part of the day My parents cried out in prayer ldquo God oh God help us rdquo Although their emotions were battered and their bodies exhausted Paul and my parents received enough strength from God for each new [... more]

Pastor Jim Cashwell April We believe that the Holy Spirit being the third person of the God-head convicts men of sin regenerates indwells baptizes seals and sets believers apart to a holy life that He keeps and empowers believers day by day We believe that He is the teacher of the Word of God and our guide for daily life We Believe focuses on our foundational beliefs as outlined in our Articles of Faith at calvarychurch com beliefs [... more]