People of the Second Chance

Keri Williams
7 Sep 2012
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People of the Second Chance (POTSC) is a faith-based, non-profit organization fighting against the “Vulture Culture that celebrates personal destruction, humiliation and the division of people.” POTSC is an authentic community where people who are struggling with personal failures can share their hurts and find their own second chance moments. This is accomplished primarily through social media, media campaigns and the leveraging of tools and resources. This recent POTSC Facebook post summarizes their philosophy well: “Love most when people deserve it least because that’s when they need it most.” POTSC was birthed in 2010 from a blog Mike Foster and […]

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How to Change the World

Keri Williams
1 Aug 2012
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This guide is full of creative, practical ideas for how you can get involved in the many important causes we have highlighted in this issue of the Good News. We have grouped our suggestions into three helpful categories to help you get started. Since change often starts at home, our first category is “It’s Personal!” Look here to find ways you can make a difference within your own immediate family, circle of friends, coworkers and neighbors. For ideas on how to impact your community, check out “Look Local!” And, to broaden your scope even more, our “Go Global!” category lists […]

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Losing it in School

Keri Williams
3 Jul 2012
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It is not uncommon for Christian students to reject their faith while attending secular colleges and universities. Studies show that upwards of 60 percent of Christian students abandon their faith during those formative years. Unfortunately, the antidotal evidence of this often comes directly from our own families and church communities. This is a disturbing and real problem that concerns all Christian parents—especially those whose children are part of the upcoming freshman class. A 2007 study by the Institute for Jewish & Community Research expressed serious concerns about the overall climate on campuses for evangelical Christians after finding that faculty’s general […]

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What Daddies Do Best

Keri Williams
5 Jun 2012
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Laura Numeroff’s What Daddies Do Best is a beloved, whimsical board book with delightful illustrations. A favorite for bedtime reading, young boys and girls cuddle up with this best-selling book and celebrate all the things dad is good at; like playing in the park, reading books and giving piggyback rides. “Daddies can teach you how to ride a bicycle, make a snowman with you, and bake a delicious cake for your birthday,” begins the story. Daddy hippo teaches his son how to ride a bike. Daddy billy goat helps his daughter plant a garden and takes care of her when […]

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Swagger

Keri Williams
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Are you worried about your son? Does he hate reading and, for that matter, school? Is his iPod filled with music that makes you cringe? If he has not seen the inside of a jail cell yet, are you secretly afraid that he might someday soon? Has he been unable to find or hold down a job? Is he fascinated by “thug” culture and beginning to adopt some of its trademark fashion and mannerisms? If you are worried about your son and his ability to navigate the culture of his generation, Lisa Bloom’s newly released book, SWAGGER: 10 URGENT RULES […]

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The Power of a Women’s Vote

Keri Williams
25 May 2012
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Women could decide the 2012 presidential election. Lindsay Ferrier, election correspondent for CafeMom says, “Moms, particularly the kinds of moms who frequently shop at discount superstores like Walmart…are expected to be a pivotal block of swing voters in the November election—and this news has the presidential candidates sitting up and taking notice.” They sure are taking notice. Recent headlines are proof of that: Fox News: “GOP, Obama fight to win over female voters.” Huffington Post: “Single Women Voters: Democrats and Republicans Woo Unmarried Ladies.” Politico: “White House targeting women voters, also.” WCTV: “Appealing to Women Voters is Key for GOP.” […]

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Eden the Christmas Connection

Keri Williams
23 Dec 2011
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Jesus’ birth into the world was nothing short of an act of desperate, extravagant love by God, who had been pursuing humanity down through the ages. It was the culmination of a long and sordid tale of love gone bad. Humanity had spurned God, and now, He had come in person, “for God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them” (2 Corinthians 5:19). He was willing to leave all our mistakes and double-dealing in the past and never speak of them again. Jesus birth was hope personified for all of humanity. A […]

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Thanksgiving and Our Freedom

Keri Williams
3 Nov 2011
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On the fourth Thursday of November, with forks piled high, children will ask, “What’s Thanksgiving all about anyway?” The answer is almost always the same. As the story goes, after surviving a hard winter, the Pilgrims shared a feast with their new-found Native American friends to thank God for the bountiful harvest. Like a jagged rock smoothed by the waves of time, the story has come to have an almost fairy tale-like quality of bliss and fortune. But, it was no fairy tale. The Pilgrims made the choice to be thankful in an untamed wilderness, filled with adversity and already […]

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