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Matthew McConaughey may be best known for his many versatile movie roles from a buff dragon-hunting para-military type in "Reign of Fire," to a slick lawyer in "Lincoln Lawyer" to his latest Oscar-winning role in "Dallas Buyer's Club." Or he may have come to your attention for his many shirtless photos and partying ways. However, it appears Matthew McConaugheyis growing up and achieving more than a little maturity at 44. At this year's Oscars, McConaughey was one of few entertainers who stopped to thank God for his success and for teaching the actor about gratitude. Find out more at: Oscars 2014: Matthew McConaughey expresses gratitude to God Actor Matthew McConaughey raised more than a few eyebrows and garnered both praise and hate speech for thanking God profusely when he won the best actor Oscar for his role as Ron Woodroof in "Dallas Buyer's Club... Continue

" God, Am I Nobody? " New in November, 2011 Fellow author and writer Sheryl Young is a friend of mine whose articles I have enjoyed reading for the past three years. Her latest book is God, Am I Nobody? Do you struggle between what the world considers "Success" and what God wants to do with your life? Do you know someone who feels this way? Then this convenient little pocket-size devotional is for you! Begin a whole new outlook on life in 17 days, or 17 short chapters reading at your own pace! It includes: -Bible verses for each day on how to yield our desires to God's will. -Thoughts on God's plan for our lives from 19th century missionary Hudson Taylor's sermonette, "A Higher Calling." -How to apply these two parallels to everyday life. -Available in paperback or e-book format here thru publisher , or at Amazon for Kindle! © 2011, Sheryl Young , MountainView Books, a division of Treble Heart. You can find out more a...

What Brings You Joy? - A Poem At a recent meeting, actress and poet Patricia Alice Albrecht asked each of us to each answer the provocative and unexpected question: "What brings you joy?" Knowing the group was a fairly liberal mix, I found myself tongue-tied, afraid my heart-felt reply about God and faith might be perceived as just another "right-wing conservative Christian tea-bagger extremist." That IS the kind of response Christians often elicit on discussion boards and in the media these days, no matter how innocuous our statements. Here is what was going on in my head. Read my poem at: What Brings You Joy? - Associated Content from Yahoo!   

On some of the Christian music and other discussion boards that I moderate, I have ruffled some feathers in the past by asking people not to post about politics or to post mocking or mean-spirited comments about those with opposing viewpoints. While I have taken some flack for this in the past, the "no political posts policy" is to prevent the kind of mean-spirited discussions I see on other boards. "What I don't like about Christians" For instance, a few months ago on a writer's board someone posted "What I don't like about the Christians at my workplace" which turned into an attack on Christians and an apology by other Christians for those naughty Christians who supposedly did non PC things. Later another person posted asking why Christians are so judgmental. I stayed out of discussion #1, but by discussion #2, I waded in by quoting some of the judgmental and mean spirited comments made about Christians in the first post. I was...

"There is no God," he claimed, and all creation disagreed. Thunder shouted His name, wind whispered of His every deed. But he could only hear the void between ears left and right. He couldn't read what the stars wrote; he saw only the night. "Perhaps God has removed Himself," he said as God stood near. The stones cried out to greet Him, but the man refused to hear. The hills sang while the trees danced, worshipping in green array. God opened wide His arms; the man closed his eyes, turned away. "Perhaps God died eons ago," he smirked as angels sighed. "Perhaps the whole myth ended on the day that Jesus died." The birds ignored him as they raised their songs of praises high; The flowers waved, the grasses bowed, the Living God passed by. Psalm 14:1-3 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."

' T is the season - H olidays are upon us A s we gather together N ow with our loved ones K eeping family traditions S avoring, turkey, dressing, ham... G ive thanks to the One I n whose name we gather V ine from which all blessings grow I t is good to be thankful N ever forgetting G od is great, God is good...