Starting Over Blog

A Song Of Hope For You

Were all marked by songs aren’t we? Some songs bring back memories or bring us to tears. Songs can leave an impact upon us. Songs ...
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Where’s the Good News?

The tragic news of the San Bernardino terrorist attack was just more bad news. There’s plenty of domestic and international bad news to go around. ...
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How to be Thankful

Thankfulness is an inescapable constant theme throughout the Bible. (Eph. 5:19-20; Col. 3:15-17) Paul says to the church in Thessalonica, “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks ...
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Preventing Terrorism – One Woman’s Response

Life can be brutal There were hundreds of innocent lives lost in Paris, Beirut and on Flight 9268 this last week. Terrorism is not new ...
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A Woman’s Defining Moment

As we saw last week King Xerxes orders all his royal officials to bow before his second-in-command, Haman. Mordecai, Esther’s uncle, realizes such an act ...
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A Woman’s Divine Opportunity

Most of us have heard that we’ve been created for a purpose. The Apostle Paul tells believers that, “For we are God’s workmanship created in ...
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Life List or Bucket List?

A life list or a bucket list—the basic idea has been around ever since the fifth century B.C., when Herodotus’ sent Greeks eagerly across the ...
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Struggling Man

All of us struggle and no one is exempt. Bad things happen. We can learn from Jacob’s challenges and struggles with people and God. STRUGGLING ...
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Thankfulness

Imagine you fall off the side of an ocean liner and, not knowing how to swim, begin to drown. Someone on the deck spots you, ...
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Relational Courage

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”          Mike Tyson Courage is often portrayed in the culture as ...
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