Happily Ever After?

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
2 Feb 2011
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February, the month of love, has finally arrived! For many, it is a time filled with excitement, admiration and a chance for them to show love to the “object of their affection”. For others, this month can be a reminder of difficulties that they make be experiencing in their marital life. Couples that are currently going through a difficult time in their marriage may feel a twinge of resentment and frustration as the “lover’s holiday”, approaches – asking themselves, ‘Where has the love gone in my relationship?” For anyone who is in the midst of turmoil in their relationship and […]

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For The Love of Men

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
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Greg Arnold is on a mission – a mission to help men “live boldly” by connecting Christ with every aspect of their daily lives. Shortly after the beginning of this new year, Greg, the founder of Core12 Ministries, launched an innovative and one of a kind e-zine for men – or “men-zine”, as he likes to call it.  The Live Bold e-zine, available at www.livebold.org, is breaking through the barriers and issues that have caused many faith-based men’s print magazines to become casualties. Greg’s plan of action included tearing down the walls of old school publishing, such as aging and […]

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A Marriage Redeemed – One Woman’s Story of Redemption

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
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Deborah Ross has a story to share – a journey that weaves together almost losing everything and joining it to an ending that is filled with redemption and faith. Coming from a divorced family, Deborah promised herself that she would never go through a divorce. When her marriage began to crumble, she admits that the thought did cross her mind: “Satan threw his biggest ball at me, and I did consider getting divorced. Then I took some time and really thought about God’s Word and my children. I did not want them to grow up having the same insecurities that […]

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A podcast a day helps keep your troubles away

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
1 Feb 2011
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What better way to prepare yourself for the trials and tribulations of life than to arm yourself with the Word of God. One man is on a mission – to bring God’s Word to the world, every single day, via podcast. Early one December morning, 2005, Brian Hardin woke up to a thought he had never had before – to podcast the entire Bible. His first reaction to this odd idea was, “I would never do that.” But the compelling desire to act out this thought never left him; instead, it continued to grow as the days went by. After […]

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Lost but found – True stories of life in the foster care system

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
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According to a Child Welfare Information Gateway Statistic Study done in 2008 (the most recent information available), there were almost 500,000 children in the foster care system throughout the United States. Although some of these children were placed in various settings, including nonrelative foster family homes, relative foster homes, institutions, group homes, preadoptive homes, etc, you may ask yourself what happened to the men and women who aged out of the system and never found a forever family? The cold truth of the matter is that many of these men and women are not properly prepared for the outside world […]

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Do You Have Big Mouth Syndrome

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
13 Jan 2011
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  Yep! I did it; I’m guilty. I opened my mouth only to watch little arrows fly through my lips and hit someone square between the eyes. Ouch! That hurts! This is what I like to call the “me and my big mouth” syndrome. Not only did I just hurt someone’s feelings, the Holy Spirit is now convicting me of my transgression. My heart sinks in my chest, my knees get weak and I feel low….really low. What have I done? What is wrong with me? Why can’t I control myself? This is a sad state to be in – […]

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Christian movie Standing Firm stands apart

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
12 Jan 2011
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By Marisa Zeppieri-Caruana The Good News What do you get when you combine a driven, God-loving, 22-year-old with a desire to make an independent Christian film that stands apart from the rest? You get the movie Standing Firm. Now available on DVD, Standing Firm deals with a subject that everyone has either dealt with already or will deal with at some point in his or her life – death and suffering. Viewers will watch as the main character Dave loses control of everything around him after his wife’s death as the movie explores how he seeks to answer the one […]

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In Profile: Pastor David Hughes of Church by the Glades

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
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Pastor David Hughes Birthplace: Born in Charleston, West Virginia; lived in South Florida since the age of 3 Job Title: Lead Pastor at Church by the Glades How and when did you come to know the Lord? I came to know Christ at the age of nine, at an RA Camp – similar to a Baptist Boy Scouts – in the Central Florida area. How and when did you become involved in Life ? I grew up attending Sheridan Hills Baptist Church where I began volunteering and working with students. I was surprised to find that I was wired and […]

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The Temptation Battle Or Resisting Temptation

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
9 Dec 2010
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Did you know that the word temptation comes from the Latin word “tentare”, meaning “to test”? When temptation strikes us in its’ subtle, devious forms we are apt to ask many questions about this urge pulling at us – is this coming from God or is this the wiles of the devil trying to destroy us? The first thing we can do when in doubt is ask ourselves if our peace has been stolen and if the feelings of turmoil, confusion and anxiety are surrounding us. Are our thoughts lining up with the word of God or are they contrary […]

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A Time To Love

Marisa Zeppieri Caruana
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For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.(Isaiah 9:6). There is a stir in the air and we can sense it; there is no doubt about it, we are entering into a new season. As time passes by we find that we experience many different seasons in our life and these seasons are taught in the book of Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8. One of the greatest seasons spoken of in […]

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