Life

HEALING FROM THE WOUNDS OF ABORTION

Julie Woodley
13 Oct 2014
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For the past 20 years I have intentionally plunged myself into studying spiritually and psychologically two areas that I desperately needed healing from: the wounds from sexual abuse and the wounds after the trauma of abortion. It has taken incredible wisdom from godly saints. By the grace and love of God, I am astonished to know that He uses our wounds and walks beside others with healing grace. God has revealed this to me as I hear, see and feel the heart cries of women and men in the South Florida area — churched and unchurched — who have sadly […]

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Networking the Church

Jeff Masters
9 Oct 2014
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We have all experienced a time when someone from your church or the Christian community eagerly wants to get to know you, or is insincerely nice to you for some underlying motive of a “business opportunity” or to present directly or indirectly their product or service. We agree to see them because they go to our church or because they are a fellow “believer,” but we wonder what their motives and intentions are. The sales profession can be an honorable and essential component to our economic system, but we must be able to discern the underlying motives and representation of sales and marketing tactics. […]

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Graham on Leadership: Be a follower of Jesus Christ and Let God Lead

Shelly Pond
2 Oct 2014
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Gigi Graham, the eldest daughter of Evangelist Billy Graham, shared her impressions of what a true leader looks like during this season’s first Christian Women in Leadership Luncheon hosted by the National Christian Foundation at First Baptist Fort Lauderdale in September. Witnessing her father’s life as a counselor to presidents and heads of state, Gigi said she realized “People are either leaders or followers. Daddy made a decision early on to be a follower of Jesus Christ, and it was a very strategic choice to be a follower first and let God lead.” Speaking of her paternal grandfather, Gigi said, […]

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Be Prepared for Change in Health Insurance

Bill Kohn
11 Sep 2014
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If you purchased an Affordable Care Act Plan, changes are coming soon. To protect yourself you should begin by acting now. Several changes are about to happen. The rates for every plan will be changing on January 1, 2015 with many plans going up by 17 percent or more. The Subsidies you get are likely to change as well, and if you do nothing, you are very likely going to see sticker shock in January 2015. There are three new carriers joining the exchange whose plans and rates may be better suited for you this year. Their rates are not […]

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Why Most People Never Accumulate Surplus

Jeff Masters
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For years now, Americans have been among the world’s worst savers. This is most astonishing since we live in one of the most prosperous nations in the world. The 2013 Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that Americans on average saved only 3.8 percent of their disposable income. Compare this to the 13.3 percent saved annually back in 1971. What are we doing? The average Chinese household saved 50% of its disposable income last year and in India over 30 percent. Why is there such an enormous discrepancy and why are Americans so consumptive? Proverbs 21:17 states, “Those who love pleasure […]

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Approval Seeking

Paula Masters
9 Sep 2014
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I remember my mother talking about a group that was gaining popularity in her time called the Red Hat Society. Basically, she described how these older women would gather in red hats and purple dresses to proclaim, not only support of each other, but freedom from the cultural confinements and expectations of their youth. I vividly recall myself as a young woman coming upon a table filled with just such ladies at a restaurant. They were, of course all in red hats—and the stark contrast of their purple dresses only magnified their fearless pursuit of independence. I couldn’t help marvel […]

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Vows: Will You Love Me in The Rain?

Patricia Hartman
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“I, Patricia, do take you, Patrick, to be my lawfully wedded husband, to live together in the holy estate of matrimony; to love, honor, respect, trust, cherish, encourage and support you according to God’s holy ordinance forsaking all others and keeping myself only unto you, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, in joy and in sorrow, in failure and in triumph, from this day forward until death do us part. Do you really mean for better or worse? Who remembers Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham and […]

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Bullying: A Silent Epidemic

Sasha Richardson
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Across the media, bullying has been portrayed as a part of life, even a rite of passage, and put in a comical light. We can probably admit to laughing with the stereotypical bully in comics and movies. Nevertheless, the truth about bullying reveals that it is far from comical. Effects About 80 million children attend private and public schools K-12 in the U.S. and 20-25 million are reported as being bullied each year. Reportedly 200,000 children fear being bullied each day enough to miss school. 400,000 children have either attempted or talked about committing suicide due to bullying, and 7,000 […]

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The Pastor’s Wife Who Went Crazy

The Good News
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When I was eight years old, I wrote a suicide letter to my grandma and mailed it. Naturally, very concerned, she turned it over to my parents, who in turn had me meet with a Christian counselor. Little did I know then that that would mark the beginning of a lifelong journey with a battle in my mind. Along the way I would fight these battles in my mind, not knowing how, but knowing that for survival I needed to fight my mind. During my adolescent and young adult years, I ended up fighting these battles with alcohol. And on […]

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At the Wheel of John Herbeck’s Auto

Tami Gomez
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Drew Ciba, owner and president of John Herbeck’s Auto Repair since 2002, has built a reputation for doing great work and charging honest prices. A longtime resident of South Florida, he was brought up in Margate, later moved to North Carolina, but was drawn right back to settle in Pompano. Ciba and his wife, Dayla, have two children. Drew became interested in cars while working at a Mobile gas station while attending Broward College. He later worked in the service department at a Lincoln Mercury dealership in North Carolina. However, his passion for classic cars began in 1983 when Ciba […]

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