By Carol McClain:      @carol   _mcclain No one needs a news alert, here it is, anyway. The East Coast has been gripped by record shattering cold. It’s uncomfortable,  inconvenient, expensive and deadly. Despite the four negatives, it can be appreciated. Wait, you say. Appreciated? Yep, but remember, I didn’t say loved. Four Ways to appreciate the frigid temperatures …[ read more ]

By Carol McClain:     @carol _mcclain Everyone’s busy making New Year’s resolutions–perhaps, as this is written, they’ve already been broken.     What are you hoping for? Lose weight? Start exercising? Spend more time with your kids? Read the Bible through in a year? Save your marriage? All of these are great ideas, and I’m sure you can add …[ read more ]

By Carol McClain:    @carol_mcclain In 1937 King Edward VIII of England gave up his title and power and glory for love. He loved a sinner–a divorced American still married but in the process of divorce. Wallis Simpson sympathized with the Nazis. Edward loved her, so he sacrificed everything for her. For an American, this love which created a constitutional crisis in England, speaks …[ read more ]

News alert: Christmas is Coming. This should get two different reactions from two different sets of people. I hate Christmas. (Those like me.) Yeah. It’s WONDERFUL. I’d been so jaded for so many years because of Christmas demands. Cynicism is exhausting, so I made some changes. God told us to become like children–yes, He referred …[ read more ]

By Carol McClain:   @carol_mcclain “Two thirds of the praying we do is for that which would give us the greatest possible pleasure to receive. It is a sort of spiritual self-indulgence in which we engage and, as a consequence, is the exact opposite of self-discipline. God knows all this and keeps His children asking…And no matter …[ read more ]