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  • Religion column: Children have worthy advice on overcoming adversity

    Joan Clayton CMI columnist

    Have you ever had the "what if's or what I call "stinking thinking?" It's the pits! It comes with all kinds of problems like overdue accounts, misunderstandings, or more bills than money. Thought misery thrives in negative environments. Miserable thoughts cause sadness and worries that bring on physical malfunctions. Wrong thoughts rob happiness. The joy and gusto for life is wiped out and suddenly we find ourselves in depression. Yet Proverbs 23:7 says "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…" (KJV) I really had a "...

  • Make the best of your days

    Joan Clayton CMI columnist

    Life has a way of being "daily." We sometimes slide into complacency, taking life for granted. We are not guaranteed our number of years, but we can agree with Job 7:6 that our "days are swifter than a waver's shuttle." It is so important to come to the end of our life with no regrets … to leave good memories to those around us. It would be sad indeed to not even be missed like the wicked kings in the Old Testament. So what would you do on your last days? Would you be critical? Disagreeable" Fault-finding? Negative? Selfish?...

  • Religion column: God's angels are among us

    Joan Clayton CMI columnist

    There are many scriptures about angels in the Bible. I love to read Psalm 91:11: "For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways" (NRSV). Another favorite is Hebrews 1:14 "Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?" In Luke 4: we can read that "He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone." Many books and magazines have been about angels. We...

  • Religion column: Dad didn't sweat small stuff

    Joan Clayton CMI columnist

    Fathers, it's your day. May you be happy and prosperous! You work and bring home the bacon and we appreciate you. I know a man who had many wonderful Father's Days. He had three sons and they all had many excursions. One day he bought a suction toy for his baby and played with it first. He stuck it against his forehead and when he took it off he had a big purple circle. The next time he saw one of his friends, guess what? He had a round purple on his forehead too. The man I know wrestled with his boys as they grew up. As...