By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills April 30th is National Honesty Day. The value of honesty seems like an easy decision for most of us. It’s a virtue we want to incorporate in our lives, and we want our list of virtues to include trustworthy, reliable, upright, honorable, righteous, kind, and the list goes on. “Honesty is the first chapter in the

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills A few weeks ago, I asked my friends on Facebook to share their favorite childhood candy. We had so much fun reminiscing that I decided to research the top-selling candy since the 1950s. Sweet Taste Explosions of the 1950s Anise Bears Atomic Fireballs Turkish Taffy Dad’s Root Beer Barrels Junior Mints Bit-O-Honey Sugar Babies Lemonheads Bubblegum

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Readers come in all shapes, sizes, and ages. Some prefer short nonfiction pieces while other readers reach for book length. Fiction readers select type and genre of stories according to their taste and whim. Avid readers devour one book after another while many prefer to linger on each word. Word lovers highlight and underline passages that

By Darlene L. Turner @DiAnnMills This week’s guest blogger is Darlene L. Turner @DarleneLTurner Did you know every strand of hair on our heads is dead? So, where does it get its strength? It starts in the papilla (hair bulb), which feeds from cells in our blood vessels deep under the surface. One of my favorite Bible stories is Samson

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills April 2 is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day. I confess, I have a love affair with peanut butter. And who can resist jelly to go with it? Grape, apple, strawberry, blackberry, blueberry, raspberry, apricot, and any other flavor works for me. As a child and teen, I was a picky eater, and my parents worried

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills C. S. Lewis is one of my heroes of the Christian faith, and he may be one of yours too. C. S. Lewis is an inspiration to all who have read his books. As children, many of us were introduced to his Chronicles of Narnia series. As adults, we read and reread his insightful works about

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Who doesn’t enjoy a good belly laugh? We’re told it’s great medicine and usually done best with others. That’s a party! When I learned March 19 is Let’s Laugh Day, I was on board for the celebration. But before I planned my day of chuckles and giggles, I had a few questions: Is laughter beneficial? Why

By Sherry Carter @DiAnnMills Our guest blogger this week is Sherry Carter. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 I have a confession to make. When God calls me to do something, I immediately say, “I can’t! Even if it’s something I’ve done

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Have you ever wondered where Americans and the world would be without the invention of blue jeans? February 26th is Levi Strauss Day, and we have him to thank for the initial design of our comfy and stylish obsession with jeans. History tells us fun and interesting facts about Levi Strauss, his business partner, and his

By Katy Kauffman @DiAnnMills This week’s guest post is by Katy Kauffman Trapped. Desperate. That’s how I felt. Trapped inside my own mind with no way of escape.  I couldn’t eat, sleep, or pray like I used to. Negative thoughts kept rushing into my mind, and I couldn’t turn them off. I couldn’t even sing without feeling the weight and