5R series

Home is where the most significant lessons of life are taught. It is where we learn manners, civility, ethics, and how to navigate relationships. The home is also where we learn about food. Most of us have a happy thought that surrounds a dish our mother or father use to make. When we remember it, for just a moment, we are taken back into time, a place that may…

I remember it well, my first grown-up fall, it was a beautiful summer day, and I thought I would take advantage of the cool breeze that had come along, so off I went, except nobody told me there was a small discrepancy in the landscape of the grass I was walking on, and down I went. I can recall those kinds of small uneven surfaces would not affect me in years…

Jericho was a great city, one where commerce flourished, innovation thrived, and industry boomed. The town was known for its wealth and its military might. To make sure that their city was protected they built great walls, and this is where their confidence lay, but if there is one thing that history has taught us, all walls eventually come down. Because they…

I have often wondered why God would come to a man and ask him to go on a long and perilous journey with a group of angry, contentious people, with very few supplies, little protection from the elements, and limited modes of transportation. It seemed more prudent to have allowed Moses to deliver his Hebrew people when he, the adopted relative of a pharaoh was…

The food that you decide to eat is what establishes your environment, your neighborhood, which is where you reside can determine a lot about your future. Food creates an environment for your cells, tissues, organs, and systems to thrive and be healthy. The chemistry of food is a significant factor when choosing foods that will help you achieve good health. The…

There is a tale of a man who had traveled a great distance.  On his journey he had run out of food and water, he came upon an old homestead that had been vacated, but there he found a pump which led to a well, on top of the pump was a bowl of water and note, it said welcome stranger. If you have found this place then I can assume you have come upon hard times…

Remember that time you were in trouble, you had no one to help you, no resources, no place to go, no options, and with no other help to be found you lifted your head to heaven and asked God to help you, not only did you ask for his help you attached a promise to it. You did this because the thing you needed was crucial to you, you did not have to put collateral on it, because in the words of God, he needs nothing from us, if he were hungry he would not tell us…

For some people, the changes that need to be made are only small ones, but for others, the changes may seem insurmountable. Regardless of the changes that need to be made, achieving good health (and maintaining it!) may best be accomplished not by “trying” to make the changes, but by “trusting” that the changes can be made. Lasting change can only come when you realize how ineffective your efforts have been to fight the disease or the habits that have brought…

Do you struggle with your attitude, do you spend most of your day angry, frustrated, distrustful, feeling like life is unfair, or that something is owed to you? Is it hard for you to accept the responsibility of your own choices when things don’t work out as planned, blaming others? While we have all heard the saying that attitude determines latitude, and this is mostly true, that your outlook on life can bold very well when you are faced with daunting…

So you are lying awake, and your stomach is churning and gurgling with pain. Back and forth to the bathroom, you go because your butt is on fire from the intermittent, yet continuous squirts of loose bowel that flow from your rectum like hot lava fire. If only it was acceptable to scratch that small portal or put an icepack there. Why has this travesty fallen…