Jesus is still in the business of changing lives
Me baptizing Krystal August 24, 2008
Are you a checklist Christian? (In Krystal’s own words)
Then maybe it is time to evaluate your personal relationship with God. I was a checklist Christian until just recently when a discussion with Ron Kennedy made me stop and re-evaluate my personal (and practically non-existent) relationship with God. I grew up with divorced parents. My mother hated my real father who was in and out of my life, but my dad was always constant. When he decided to marry my mom, he asked both my brother and me if he could marry all of us. My dad is Italian Catholic and my mom is Baptist and grew up in church. This conflict of religions made my parents weary of forcing any religion on me or my brother. We were told that God was in Heaven and that we would have consequences for our actions, but we were never required to go to church. We were required to say grace before our meals and prayers at bed time. My real father and my mother were always fighting and my mother was granted full custody. She allowed my father to have visitation rights and when I was 8, he took us one weekend and decided not to return us to my mother. Two weeks later, we were rescued by my dad and it would be ten years before I saw my father again. Then when I was 12 my mom got pregnant with my little sister. This would actually be my dad’s first child of his own and my brother and I knew that things would never be the same. And we were right. Katelynn was adorable and we loved her very much. But my brother and I both felt that my dad loved her more than he loved us. This was worse than having two fathers: now I felt like I had no father. And then two years later, we also had Kristopher. So there it was: we had been replaced. My brother and I began taking care of each other, feeling that we were now the only family that we had.
What to consider when looking for an online university
In the current education environment, there’s no shortage of options for earning your degree online. However, with the growing number of universities offering distance learning programs, how do you know which one is right for you? Here are some of the key factors to consider:
Credibility
It’s crucial for you to find a university that’s accredited for providing quality education that employers look for.
Advantages of Online Education
Online schooling saves you time. The time you devote to your studies will be just that. You won’t have to spend time driving to school, finding a parking space and racing the clock to get to the classroom. Your home is your classroom.Online schooling really shines when you have a family to consider. You won’t have to miss your kid’s programs, or if your kids are sick, you can still be home with them.
You are in control. You plan your study time around your work or family time. You create the schedule. If something happens and you can’t keep your planned schedule due to an emergency or some other reason, you can still get all your work done when things get back to normal. You are the one in control. You set your own hours and your own pace for whatever works best for you.
How Does God View His Children?
I have the privilege of bring my four year old daughter to work with me every Tuesday and Thursday before I drop her off at her pre-school early learning program. The early learning program is in the same building I work in. She is the second of four children and the first girl of the bunch. On these mornings it is just her and I and we get some one on one time that I just love to have with her. We have a routine where I get her up and I fix her hair (not very good I might add), get her dresses and then pack her lunch, usually peanut butter and jelly and put it in her pink Barbie lunch box. We stop at a local gas station and I get a coffee and she gets to pick out any donut she wants. We arrive at my work office and she pulls a chair up next to me at my desk and she eats her donut while I answer a few emails. The other day while this routine was happening, I sat back and just looked at her and thought…these are great times. You see during these times my daughter is so sweet, loving, obeys and just a real joy to have around. We tell each other we love each other and she hugs on me, she draws pictures on my whiteboard, drinks chocolate milk etc. Donuts and chocolate milk, I know what you are thinking, but this post is not about my parenting choices for breakfast food. Anyway, hopefully I have painted a picture that this girl is an angel during these one on one morning’s we get to have and I just love it…would not trade them for anything. Read more
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