Grace Notes

Can you hear it?  The constant drip... drip... drip of the leaking bath tub faucet.  Annoying enough.  Then it's drip, drip, drip.  And soon it goes to dddddrrrriiiiiiiiiipppppppppp, a nice, steady stream...  What's a girl to do?  She can call her Daddy, or she can look it up on the Internet (watch the video below) and figure it out herself.  After all, she was raised to be independent, to be able to do things for herself.    Okay, so I watched the above video a few times, and it seemed simple enough.  I lined up my tools in the bathroom, took a big breath.... and I couldn't get the handle off.  Yes, I was using the 1/8" Allen wrench, but the screw must have been stripped.  I tried and tried, to no avail.  So I went to bed and couldn't sleep for thinking.  How am I going to get that handle off?  I haven't even started on the real work yet.  I don't want to ask Daddy to drive 30 minutes one way to come to my rescue (he had done just that three weeks

By Liz Curtis Higgs Published by WaterBrook Multnomah Released July 2012 Ladies, if you have never heard of Liz Curtis Higgs, you really need to check her out!  THIS girl's got it.  In her new book The Girl's Still Got It , Liz explores the story of Ruth.  A story completely about women (well, the men do play minor parts, although they are sort of wimpy, all except for the HERO of the story,  wait 'til you get a load of HIM!).  In her characteristic style, Liz tells the story of Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi.  She explores verse by verse, phrase by phrase, and it is not dull or boring at all!  Liz definitely has the gift to transport you back in time, to be able to stand in the shadows and see this story unfold under God's guiding hand.  You will fall in love with the characters.  You might cry, and you will most definitely laugh.  After all, the narrator IS Liz! Take a moment to visit the Liz Curtis Higgs website .  You can get a jump start by watching the

By:  Timothy McKinney Published July 31, 2012 Wow!  What do you say when you get a book with a title like that!  Everyone wants to be happy, don't they?  Unfortunately not everyone is happy.  Happiness can be elusive.  And really, what is happiness?  Is it a result of our actions?  Our emotions?  Can it be as a result of both our actions and emotions?  In "The Power of Happiness" author Timothy McKinney seeks to help us learn how to become happy people.  "The Power of Happiness" is separated into three easy to read parts covering the definition of happiness, determining if you are really happy, and how to be happy.  Through the use of vast amounts of controlled research, life examples, quotes at the beginning of each chapter, charts and graphs, questionnaires and even the suggestion of the use of certain foods and physical/mental exercise, along with a touch of humor to get the point across, Mr. McKinney has made this book an excellent tool for ac