http://christianity101blog.com Sat, 12 May 2012 00:05:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://christianity101blog.com/2012/05/the-top-five-best-gifts-our-moms-gave-us/ http://christianity101blog.com/2012/05/the-top-five-best-gifts-our-moms-gave-us/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 00:05:44 +0000 Kelly http://christianity101blog.com/?p=1094 For Mother’s Day I thought I’d pop up a quick post to share with you the best gifts my Mom and my Mother-in-law have given us… My Mom has always been there for all five of us kids, no matter what. She taught us many lifelong lessons about being good to others. Here are the [...]]]> http://christianity101blog.com/2012/05/the-top-five-best-gifts-our-moms-gave-us/feed/ 3 http://christianity101blog.com/2012/04/surviving-high-school-be-the-change/ http://christianity101blog.com/2012/04/surviving-high-school-be-the-change/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:08:18 +0000 Kelly http://christianity101blog.com/?p=1090 “Where did we learn to judge other people’s bodies?  Where did we learn to be so mean?” 4 minute Challenge video 15 minute Challenge video (the same film, only a longer clip)]]> http://christianity101blog.com/2012/04/surviving-high-school-be-the-change/feed/ 0 http://christianity101blog.com/2012/04/palm-sunday/ http://christianity101blog.com/2012/04/palm-sunday/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:36:23 +0000 Kelly http://christianity101blog.com/?p=1088 ]]> http://christianity101blog.com/2012/04/palm-sunday/feed/ 0 http://christianity101blog.com/2012/03/cant-get-it-all-done/ http://christianity101blog.com/2012/03/cant-get-it-all-done/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:41:02 +0000 Kelly http://christianity101blog.com/?p=1083 Can't get it all done? Neither can I. A friend sent this to me recently and I wanted to share a whisper from God to you and to me...]]> http://christianity101blog.com/2012/03/cant-get-it-all-done/feed/ 8 http://christianity101blog.com/2012/03/comfort-for-those-who-are-grieving/ http://christianity101blog.com/2012/03/comfort-for-those-who-are-grieving/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:23:02 +0000 Kelly http://christianity101blog.com/?p=1074 We have close friends who are grieving the death of their teenage son. I sent this letter to them, hoping it would bring them a little comfort, and maybe you know someone who needs to hear these quotes and Scripture passages, too...]]> http://christianity101blog.com/2012/03/comfort-for-those-who-are-grieving/feed/ 6 http://christianity101blog.com/2012/02/how-dare-i-whine/ http://christianity101blog.com/2012/02/how-dare-i-whine/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:08:07 +0000 Kelly http://christianity101blog.com/?p=1049 The other day my brother and I got going on our own little pity party. He was complaining about his job and his investments, I was whining about our investments and my income. (Read more about how I got a dose of reality...)]]> http://christianity101blog.com/2012/02/how-dare-i-whine/feed/ 0 http://christianity101blog.com/2011/12/too-much-pain-in-2010/ http://christianity101blog.com/2011/12/too-much-pain-in-2010/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:50:25 +0000 Kelly http://christianity101blog.com/?p=1038 This seven minute video is well-worth watching. It’s the story of a great kid from our hometown of Rockford, Michigan (right by Grand Rapids), and the pain he has been through in his life. It’s raw, and it’s real… God bless Jacob for wanting to make a difference in someone’s life, and now with this [...]]]> http://christianity101blog.com/2011/12/too-much-pain-in-2010/feed/ 1 http://christianity101blog.com/2011/10/brother-andy-retraces-his-brothers-steps-in-thailand/ http://christianity101blog.com/2011/10/brother-andy-retraces-his-brothers-steps-in-thailand/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:24:13 +0000 Kelly http://christianity101blog.com/?p=995 Recently a close family friend of ours, Brother Andy, went to Thailand to walk in the steps of his brother, Father Larry, who died of a brain tumor early this year. Father Larry was Director of the Father Ray Foundation in Pattaya for a number of years before becoming ill. The Father Ray Foundation takes care of 850 orphaned, abused and disadvantaged children and students with disabilities...]]> http://christianity101blog.com/2011/10/brother-andy-retraces-his-brothers-steps-in-thailand/feed/ 0 http://christianity101blog.com/2011/10/her-husband-turned-into-jesus-right-before-her-eyes/ http://christianity101blog.com/2011/10/her-husband-turned-into-jesus-right-before-her-eyes/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:17:27 +0000 Kelly http://christianity101blog.com/?p=983 Read an excerpt from a beautiful story I just found online at CatholicMom.com (where I am also a contributing writer). :) After the excerpt, just click on the link to finish reading. And then let me know what you think in the comments... “What the hell are you doing?” I yelled out the back door. “Go back to bed!” he shouted back. “I’m just protecting my house and my family.”]]> http://christianity101blog.com/2011/10/her-husband-turned-into-jesus-right-before-her-eyes/feed/ 0 http://christianity101blog.com/2011/09/go-see-courageous-this-weekend/ http://christianity101blog.com/2011/09/go-see-courageous-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:09:54 +0000 Kelly http://christianity101blog.com/?p=967 I hope you’ll go see the movie, Courageous, at the theaters this weekend.  Why this weekend?  Did you know that the more people who see a movie the first weekend it’s out, the more widely distributed and more successful it will be?  And we all know that we need more movies to teach us, and [...]]]> http://christianity101blog.com/2011/09/go-see-courageous-this-weekend/feed/ 2