I cried during my first writing conference.

Yup. Sobbed!

Wanna find out why?
Check out my post on the Florida Christian Writers Conference blog!

I seem to have misplaced something. Can anyone tell me where January went, and how to get it back?

My lost month reminds me of a story you may have heard…

A Philosophy professor picked up a large, empty jar and filled it with rocks. Then he asked his students if the jar was full. “Yes,” they answered.
Then he picked up a bag of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly and the pebbles settled into the open areas between the rocks. Again he asked his students if the jar was full. Again, they answered yes.
The professor picked up a container of sand and poured it into the jar. The sand filled the remaining spaces.

What was the point?”
The jar represents your life. The rocks are the truly important things: your relationship with the Lord, family, friends, and health. The pebbles are the other things that matter, such as your job or your home. The sand is everything else. If you put the sand in the jar first, there’s no room for all of the rocks and pebbles.
The same goes for our lives. If we spend all our time and energy on the small stuff, we’ll never have room for the things that are truly important.

One month down, eleven to go. Be sure to put in the big rocks first!

How are you ensuring that the important things in life are “put in” first?

Is nothing sacred, anymore?

Why would any Christian want to say no to The Girl Scouts – an organization as American as apple pie?

And yet…that’s just what some are saying today. For all the good this organization has done and is doing, should we ignore the following:

- An article in the Washington Times notes that a cross-dressing seven-year-old boy was admitted as a troop member because: “If a child identifies as a girl and the child’s family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout.” Rachelle Trujillo, vice president of communications with Girl Scouts of Colorado, said that any child who is “living life as a girl” is eligible for membership in the organization.

- An article in LifeNews.com notes the Girl Scouts’ recent convention celebrating their 100^th anniversary by featuring pro-abortion speakers.

- A recent Girl Scouts guidebook recommended that scout members use the liberal organization, Media Matters for America, as a primary source for processing current events.

Are these events enough to besmirch an organization as venerable as The Girl Scouts?

Some say yes, some say no. What do you think?