In the past several years, there has been a resurgence of people attending church again. In bad times, people naturally turn inward and look for a higher power to help themselves. The drawback, however, comes with so many people who have false motives or are simply “checking the box” to go to church. Do you…
One of my favorite lines from The Incredibles is “Because when everyone is special, no one is.” How true. No outs in baseball. No score in soccer. Everyone gets a trophy or a medal for “participation.” No championships or playoffs. Seriously – why play sports? But the bigger question is: what is wrong with losing?…
Sometimes it’s a mystery why bad things happen in the world. I woke up this morning, already planning to write this story, and have been glued to the news coverage of the earthquakes and tsunami in Japan overnight. Watching the debris and devastation as the death toll rises, it does make you wonder, why?…
Well, it’s that time of year again, at least for the majority of us who inhabit the northwern hemisphere. Temperatures are dropping, days are getting shorter, and soon, snow will begin falling from the sky. Today’s FamilyFirst pick celebrates the beauty of the snowflake and the ice crystal. It’s loaded with tons of amazing images…
Ah, the good earth. The fact is that it’s easy to be an organic gardener. Where once it was an expensive proposition, it has become downright affordable, thanks to competition, and the expansion of more and more businesses into the field. Today’s FamilyFirst pick is called Dirtworks. Here’s their mission:
The world belongs to the young. We Baby Boomers were young once, and the world was ours. Then a funny thing happened. We got older. We don’t want to turn loose. The Boomer generation is revolutionizing aging. My parents, God bless ’em, couldn’t master a VCR. We Boomers are 78 million strong, and an amazing…
Over the past coupld of weeks, the Family First site has visited several Christmas sites that featured activities centering on Santa Claus, and how we celebrate the holiday. But now that the day is here, I thought it appropriate that we look at the true reason for the season. The person who puts the Christ…
One of the most interesting aspects of the Super Bowl is the annual parade of new advertising for products. Companies spend millions of dollars on these ad campaigns, hoping to make major profits. Today’s Family First site visits a site that has advertising as it’s theme, but operates with a slightly lower budget. The site…
If you are an Ebay junkie like me, then you have probably been beat at the last minute for an item that you really, really, really wanted (but really, really, really didn’t need). If you have had this kind of experience on the worlds largest Internet auction site, then today’s Family First site is for…
Traveling is something that many of us do as a part of our work. No matter how much you do, no matter how long you are gone, it can still be stressful, and very disruptive to a normal and orderly routine. To help ease some of the disruption, I try to stay at the same…