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  • Gratitude for what we have: Lessons from Alone
    Posted on Monday, September 20th, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Alone, appetite, Borrowed Lives, Discovery's Alone, Edge of Alaska, gratitude benefits, how to be thankful, hunger, hunger verses appetite, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain My grandkids drive me crazy. For the youngest, my Bird, ketchup is the major food group. My middle one–my favorite grandson (yes, only grandson)–only chicken fingers will do. The eldest has a broader palate, thankfully. When they come to visit, and I set something that is not ketchup or chicken fingers before them, they aren’t …[ read more ]

  • What’s the most important thing in life? Lessons from Alone
    Posted on Tuesday, September 7th, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Alone, Discovery's Alone, Ecclesiastes 4:9-11, family, hurts of bitterness, need for family, need other, the need for others, we are social, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain Would you like a half a million dollars? I would. Fixated on Discovery’s Alone, I root for my favorite contestants. In one season, a man who had little to do with his family, who ignored his mother’s funeral for the adventure, who thought he needed no one, discovered otherwise. To a finalist–the main motivation in …[ read more ]

  • What Really Matters in Life: Lessons from Alone: Benefits of Adversity
    Posted on Thursday, August 12th, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Adversity, Alone, benefits of adversity, Carol McClain, Discovery's Alone, Gal 6:7-8, Jer 29:11, Lessons from Alone, Vancouver Island, what really matters in life, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to the flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.“  Galatians 6:7-8 . Adversity Creates Determination I don’t need to tell you, we, …[ read more ]

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    • Five Reasons to Love that People Hate What You Stand For

      Carol McClain Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 5:10 Ah the Beatitudes. How we love them. Until-- Verse ten. Why did God put that one in? Blessed? How can we be blessed? Five Reasons to Love that People Hate What You Stand For 2 Tim. 3: 12 In contemporary media, when a Christian is a character, he/she's the villain. Why? We're a light to the world. The darkness--aka sin--is exposed when the light shines. If you speak the truth, people will hate you. But the caveat is: Christians can… ...[ full story ]

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