CIVICS

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A FOCUS FOR 2022 As 2021 was coming to a close, I was asking the Lord to show me what I should focus on as we entered 2022. I kept...

Which Way Will You Influence?

You influence others. You influence at home, and in your circle of contacts—at work or school, formally or informally. At the most basic...

Why Aren't They?

These days I can feel myself getting a little defensive when people start pointing fingers at pastors, asking, “Why aren’t they teaching...

Changing Culture, One Heart at a Time

It is PRAYER that shifts atmospheres and changes culture! And it happens from the inside-out, one heart at a time. Everything around us...

Sifting Through Chaos - January, 2021

TUMBLING AROUND MY HEAD THESE PAST WEEKS AND MONTHS WERE THE WORDS, "INFORMATION WAR." Truly—have you ever seen so much information...

Not Red or Blue

“I am not a Democrat or a Republican, I vote for the men who will do what I feel is best for our country.” * John Kristiansen, 1960...

Hidden in Plain Sight

In my post, Under the Desk, I talked about the awareness I had about communism as a child. I also shared how life went on, and most of us...

Under the Desk

I remember the threat of communism as a child . . . and the possibility of physical attack. The cold war started in 1947. It was a stand...

DIANE O'CONNOR