The Key to Power Praying - Jesus taught a message about how to pray that is radically different from what we hear in many circles today. You see, many feel that we are to pray for someone only one time and then cease praying for them. These people reason that if we pray once and they don't receive, they either have sin in their life or they have no faith. - read more...

A Living Will - A man and his wife were sitting in the living room when he said to her, "Just so you know, I never want to live in a vegetative state dependent on some machine. If that ever happens, just pull the plug." - read more...

The Smell of Rain - A cold March wind danced around the dead of night in Dallas as the Doctor walked into the small hospital room of Diana Blessing. Still groggy from surgery, her husband David held her hand as they braced themselves for the latest news. - read more...

How to Build a Waterfall - The number one, most asked question that I receive about water features is "How do I build a waterfall?" The first advice I give is to visit natural waterfalls or at least look at photos. Don't try to memorize just how they look, just get a general idea how the water flows around and over the rocks. - read more...

Massage Therapy and Spiritual Growth - What happens on the massage therapy table is often more than muscle relaxation. As you reach a profound state of quiet, the mind and body become still and some clients find this state similar to that of prayer. Like the state of meditation when the monkey-mind quiets and the deeper wisdom is allowed to surface, the state of mental quiet sometimes achieved on the massage table can be a source of spiritual growth. - read more...

Credit Damage: Getting Compensated for Your Loss - Until recently, lawyers for victims of credit damage had little possibility to collect for damages beyond medical treatment, lost wages, and property loss. Insurance companies threw up their hands in sympathy, claiming victims can only be compensated for what can be measured - tangible goods and services. But, what happens when the victim has lost considerable time from work, the family bank is broke, and monthly payments on mortgages, car loans, and credit cards payments are missed? Regardless of the haggling between lawyers and insurance companies, it's the credit victim who ends up having to live with a bad credit rating. - read more...

The Ultimate Source of Knowledge at Your Fingertips - In the past we visited libraries, professionals, and gurus for information. Now, the ultimate source of knowledge and information is at our fingertips. - read more...

Effectiveness and Cost of Holistic vs. Conventional Care - After years of practicing both conventional and holistic medicine for horses, I decided to compare the cost, effectiveness, and net results of managing and treating horses holistically versus conventionally. - read more...

The Birth of the Chocolate Chip Cookie - Adrift in our memory banks are the smells and tastes of the food of our childhoods. One whiff of something familiar coming from the kitchen and we are instantly kids again. No food is more closely aligned with that of childhood than the chocolate chip cookie. Warm and gooey, hard and crunchy, filled with nuts or deliciously plain, the chocolate chip cookie embodies all that is sweet and wonderful about childhood. - read more...

Titanic Anecdotes - Studio executives in High Concept Hollywood have very short attention spans. When pitching a film idea, many believe if you can't do it in one sentence it is an unmarketable product. For example Planet Of the Apes (1968) starring Charlton Heston was pitched by producer Arthur Jacobs as "Moses Talks To Monkeys". - read more...

Solving America's Drug Problem - The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, "Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?" - read more...