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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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    • Are You, Christian, Lurking in the Dark?

      Carol McClain Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1 As a Christian for over forty years, I've seen some truly glorious and godly believers. Sadly, so many, while saved and loving the Lord do things we condemn in the unsaved. How many have divorced a spouse while still being "best friends" with their ex? How many babies arrived eight months after a marriage? How many have skirted the edges of the law and bragged about their exploits? Of course, the list of things we ought not  do stretches far… ...[ full story ]

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