by Vic Smith | Apr 28, 2022 | Crisis, Faith, General, Hope, Issues, love, Self-Help
Can anyone truly say that our lives have been improved by the inventions and technologies that promised to do so? It seems that those things that were intended to simplify our lives and give us more discretionary time have actually done the opposite. Anxiety and...
by Vic Smith | Apr 30, 2021 | Faith, Hope, Issues, Self-Help
Dare we hope! As we enter the second summer of the second year of the global pandemic, and depending on who we listen to, there may be hope for a return to some semblance of normalcy. Some âexpertsâ have said that if enough people are vaccinated, we might soon see...
by Vic Smith | Mar 31, 2021 | Faith, General, Self-Help, Stories
Faith can be a very elusive concept. One definition of faith is confidence in a person or a thing.  As commonly used, the phrase âkeep the faithâ can apply to anything from a football game to the stock market. For believers, faith is much more. Faith is the...
by Vic Smith | Jan 1, 2021 | Faith, Holiday, Hope, Self-Help
STEPS TOWARD A HAPPY NEW YEAR If ever there was a time when people are anxious to ring in a new year, it may be now. We are ready to put 2020 behind us and ring in 2021 with fireworks, confetti, blowing horns, and wishing each other a happy new year. Wonderful as...
by Vic Smith | Oct 1, 2020 | Issues, Self-Help
There are a couple of kinds of fear. Thereâs the âfunâ kind of fear that somehow draws many peopleâs attentionâthe scary movie, the newest roller coaster, the murder mystery novel. But there is another type of fear that is anything but fun. The crippling fear that...
by Vic Smith | Jun 15, 2020 | Self-Help
You might remember from studying trees in elementary school science class that you could tell how old a tree was by counting the annular growth rings. You may also find it interesting to learn exactly how those tree rings form. Light and dark tree rings In most trees,...
