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The Power of Words
by Morgan Snyder I’ve always loved the little things in life. It brings me an uncommon amount of satisfaction when I am dealing a deck of cards and I just happened to pick up the exact number needed to deal what is necessary to play the game. Or have you ever been...
When Life Pounces
by Melissa Tackett Have you ever felt so stressed that you couldn’t think of any way to feel better? We all have. When things happen in life that seem to take you down, how do you get back up? It’s not what is happening to stress you that truly matters; it’s how you...
Respect, Trust, and Truth
by Danny Brooks Jussie Smollett, Brett Kavanaugh, R. Kelly, and that MAGA hat kid from Covington Catholic. If naming off those people already stirred up some emotions then welcome to the club. It was hard to make it through this year without being caught up in the...
Don’t Fall Down the Loophole!
by Kim Danon I know a young man who spent a good part of his life trying to get out of fulfilling his purpose. He saw having a purpose as intimidating and a risk for failure. He spent many years looking for “Loopholes” to avoid living up to his full potential. You may...
Beyond the classroom
by Melissa Tackett When I was in high school, I enjoyed reading, watching shows, and learning all that I could about different cultures. Would it have been beneficial to have only read about them and not take it beyond the books? Not at all! My high school had many...
Peer pressure in teenagers
by Terrence Landers Peer Pressure: The effect of an individual who gets encouraged to follow their peers by changing attitudes, values or behaviors to confirm to those of the influencing group or individual. Teens can be influenced by peers to do things such as drugs,...
Don’t doubt your greatness
by Justin Watkins There is an old African proverb that says, “If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm.” This simply means that if you don’t doubt your greatness, no one else can make you doubt your greatness. During our teenage years,...
Boxes, Rocks & Cans
by Kim Danon People say times have changed and that the world is a different place now. Generations argue that there are gaps that lack understanding as to how each other feels and thinks. What used to be is now outdated and no longer works. Today’s generation is...
Defiled but not Defeated
by Kim Danon Society seems to have a problem with imperfection, regardless of the cause. We are a throw away world who demands perfection from all except ourselves. We tend to sit on the throne of judgement pretending we cannot be judged. What is seen on the outside...