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Hummingbirds Dead: 4 Ways We Can Help & Not Harm: What About 5G?

May 15, 2019 By Jacqueline

I have been fascinated with hummingbirds ever since I can remember. They would come take nectar from the columbine flowers and honeysuckle in our backyard.

I came upon this sad image on Facebook yesterday. It read: “A grisly find on my front lawn this morning. Their protruding tongues look like a case of fungal infection from dirty feeders.
If you want to feed these flying jewels, please remember to change the nectar every 3-5 days (daily in hot weather) and wash feeder weekly (more in the heat). Use a solution of 1 part sugar to 4 parts water to feed them and stay away from red food dye and pre made box “nectar”. Rest gently little gems.” ~J.K. …

New Guidelines on Screentime Urge More Play, Sleep, Interaction

May 12, 2019 By Jacqueline

Photo credit: edenpictures on Visual hunt / CC BY

Apple guru Steve Jobs, talking about the iPad, said things such as: “This is the best vehicle for consuming media.” But a year later when asked what his kids thought, he said: “They don’t use it. We don’t allow it in the home.”

Now the latest stream of news stories and studies say why it’s critical to keep technology away from our kids.

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Parents, Are You Concerned Over This Sort of Anti-Science Agenda?

April 9, 2019 By Jacqueline

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In the past, I have documented how radical sex agenda and gender revolutionaries have taken over our public school system.

Militant activists have been given access to your child’s classroom with their agenda – and you should be very alarmed at what they are teaching America’s next generation….

Fathers, Take Your Children to Church: You Can Make a Difference

March 20, 2019 By Jacqueline

or the “The Gigantic Role Fathers Play in the Development of their Children’s Faith.” By John Stonestreet. [I share this excellent article as encouragement (with permissions from Breakpoint) because we want to see families thrive!]

I still remember when Papa Johns came to my hometown. Man, I loved their pizza. Still do. And I loved that it became the pizza of choice for my church’s youth group… But counting on pizza for the success of any youth group is banking on the wrong papa.

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Pulling the Plug on Your TV and Liking It: A Radical Choice

March 12, 2019 By Jacqueline

Photo by Caleb Frith on Unsplash

[I share this post by Kristen Clark with permission, because we want you to thrive!]

“Oh hey, come on in!” I said to my friend while giving her a big hug. This was her first time over to my new house.

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Mashup of Stars and Whales Singing God’s Praises

March 11, 2019 By Jacqueline

Updated 3/2019. A Pulsar’s Hand, P. Slane (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) et al., CXC, NASA Source

What do you think heaven will be like? What about the sounds we might hear there?

Will there be sounds there we cannot hear here on earth? Will it be like Isaiah 55:12 says, “The mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands”?

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