The Penn State’s football motto is “Success with honor.” After the news of this week, that motto is suspect. The reason has to do with Jerry Sandusky, a 33 year defensive coordinator at Penn State who retired after the 1999 season,. He was charged with seven counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, four counts of…

Personally, I have had to deal with a situation where someone was treated unfairly. There was no apology and no indication that the offense would ever be acknowledged. And confronting the offense was not a safe thing to do. So how do you handle an injustice that you can’t address directly? Our flesh wants to…

OK let me just say, I am not a fan of Halloween. I find it creepy. I hate horror movies. They give me nightmares and our family has purposely avoided those movies.  I never understood the benefit of giving my kids nightmare material. Personally, I have researched the Celtic origins of Halloween. Knowing it has…

A recent Gallup poll reported: 80 percent of young unmarried Christians have had sex outside of marriage. Two-thirds of unmarried Christians have been sexual active in the last year. 42 percent of the 18-29 year olds in the 80 percent group are currently in sexual relationships. Yet, despite these statistics, 76 percent of Christians still…

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