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Resolutions are difficult to keep. If you are a gambler, odds are in your favor were you to wage a bet that I would not keep my New Year’s resolutions. This past year, I had a few resolutions. One of them was to lose some weight, which I did when I was on a diet [...]

Culture Paris Hilton’s new BFF becomes her spouse (finds hubby through a reality TV show in England) Speaking of MTV, it ceases to broadcast Reality TV shows and begins airing music videos. Sarah Palin joins the cast of Saturday Night Live (she costs a tenth of what they paid Tina Fey) Politics Illinois Governor Blogajovich [...]

I just discovered and integrated Cooliris into my web browser (I use Firefox). Cooliris is a (pardon the pun) cool way of browsing media on a website in a “cinematic” way. Once you install it, check out You Tube through it.

I write this post on the eve of one of the busiest shopping days of the year. The after-Christmas sales are sure to entice consumers to spend money getting what Santa didn’t bring them this year. In an economy driven by consumer spending (and in some respects, greed), giving is not one of our values. [...]

Every now and then, I see glimpses of faith in the media that capture the gospel better than any televangelist or Christian activist can articulate. A couple years ago, it came in the form of the Amish community who struggled to respond to the violent rampage of a gunman who killed their children in a [...]

After having established the value of “gaining,” John Wesley (in his sermon titled, “The Use of Money“) encouraged his listeners to save all they can. Though many people speak about saving money, reality tells us that we fail at this exercise. Our saving rate is in the negative territory. (In fact, it dipped in the [...]

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Cake request for 3-year-old Hitler namesake – Yahoo! News.

If one were to judge a service by their website, DebtFreeLLC.com will catch your attention. It’s well organized, with helpful information about debt and debt relief. We live in a culture where debt has become a part of our conversation and anxiety, which may be the reason why there are many individuals and companies who [...]

American reporters are quick to remind us that in Muslim / Arab culture, showing the soles of your feet is a form of insult. Here is one line from an article I read online, “Soles of shoes are considered the ultimate insult in Arab culture.” I think it’s fair to say that such disclaimers are [...]