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Having God In My Everything

  Ken Shigematsu, author of “God in My Everything”, shares about how his pilgrimage to the holy places in Ireland changed his lifestyle and his relationship with God.

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My Cristie … just a few reasons I love her so much

Best friend.  Confidant.  Loyal.  Loving.  Sensitive.  Soft.  Smart.  Attractive.  Spiritual.  Voluptuous.  Attentive.  Caring. Good.  Smart (D Min graduate).   Best Mom.  Loves and honors her Mom & Dad.  Best Date Ever.  Discerning.  Listener. Conscientious.  Caring.  Faithful.  Honest.  So Much Fun.  (Cristie corrected me – we will be married just 35 years on March 6, 2014,…

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Rick Warren “The Secret Sauce: The Power of a Group”

Pastor Rick Warren and Dr. Mark Hyman shares about the importance of partnership in changing your lifestyle. When there are people walking beside you, your chance of succeeding doubles! The power of a group of helping each other, getting healthy together is the secret sauce behind The Daniel Plan.  

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The girl who changed my life – Christie Jo Johnston

I have been thinking about her all day.  She is so kind and has a heart filled with such goodness.  If she has any fault, she ignores herself and puts everyone and everything before her.  So, I asked my wife, Cristie Jo Johnston, to head home and begin an new era where once-and-for-all she put…

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Daniel Plan With Pastor Rick Warren Part #3

Pastor Rick Warren is the founding Pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church, California. He is also a best selling author of several books including “The Purpose Driven Life”. Most recently Pastor Warren has Co-Authored the book “The Daniel Plan”. The Daniel Plan is a groundbreaking, healthy lifestyle program where people get better together. With love as the motivation,…

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Why? Philip Yancey responds …

Philip Yancey says he wrote his first “real book” at the age of twenty-seven:  Where Is God When it Hurts?  If you haven’t read it, you should — 1.5 million copies have been sold.  Yancey came to visit @100Huntley Street TV program with his latest book, The Question That Never Goes Away: WHY?  We all ask…

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North Korea #1 Country Persecuting Christian – Rev. Paul Estabrooks

For the last 13 years North Korea has ranked as the #1 country persecuting Christians!  The intense persecution has continued under the new leader Kim Jong-Un.  It is estimated that between 50,000 and 70,000 Christians suffer in horrific prison camps.  By the time you read this www.openarms.org will release (January 8) the 2014 list of the Top 50…

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Daniel Plan with Pastor Rick Warren Part #2

Pastor Rick Warren is the founding Pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church, California. He is also a best selling author of several books including “The Purpose Driven Life”. Most recently Pastor Warren has Co-Authored the book “The Daniel Plan”. The Daniel Plan is a groundbreaking, healthy lifestyle program where people get better together. With love as the motivation,…

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The Tragic Illiteracy of the Mental Illness of Adolescents

New York Times OP-ED columnist, Nicholas Kristof, in the January 4 edition ask readers to “suggest issues that deserve more attention in 2014.”  Kristof adds, “My own suggestion for a systematically neglected issue: mental health.”  And, I could not agree more.  But, my focus is on adolescent mental health … almost an unmentionable.  Pastors, youth…

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