Author: everfaith

I am a homeschooling mom who enjoys reading, writing, gabbing, photography, desktop publishing, and letting someone else do the cooking. I love my Superman husband, precious daughter, 2 dogs, my neighbor (that means you!) and Jesus.
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Charity

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The word used for “love” in much of the Bible is also translated as “charity” in the English language.  My father used to call me a “bleeding heart” when I was a teen in angst.  I have not lost my compassion for the poor or the call on my life to live out my faith in the service of others.  You see, every penny we “have” is not our own.  The money in my pocket is actually the Lord’s money, and I strive to make choices such that he will say, one day when I stand before him, “well done, … Continue reading Charity

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Religious Ignorance

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The mainstream media has a bias against anything and everything related to the Christian or Jewish religions. These media pundits grew up and were schooled in a time when the Bible was taken out of public classrooms, so it is not surprising that they now have an anti-God, anti-Christian mindset. It stands to reason that someone who grows up without much religious instruction would then believe anything bad enough to be taken out of schools must be inherently bad or somehow evil. The sad part is that much of our American history is rooted in religion.  In an effort to … Continue reading Religious Ignorance

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Paying students to attend school?

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What are we coming to? An article on the CNN website today tells of a new program that pays parents to attend parent-teacher conferences and pays students to attend school and take tests.  Says the brainiac who thought up this idea, “Our parents are disconnected. They’re disconnected from a system that doesn’t respect them,” says Wiley. “They’re disconnected from a system they don’t have a positive relationship with, so we’ve got to reconnect our parents.” Respect? Excuse me, but as a teacher I had nothing but respect for the parents of my students.  In my eyes, I worked for them … Continue reading Paying students to attend school?

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‘Punished with a pregnancy’

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Boy, in these days of video cameras attached to cell phones, nothing anyone says is hidden. It reminds me of what Jesus said about nothing being hidden, from Luke 8, verse 17: For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. I don’t know how the politicians can put a spin on the words of Obama. He was speaking about the need to educate kids about sex. First he qualified his answer saying that he would teach them about morals and values, but then he … Continue reading ‘Punished with a pregnancy’