Christian Writer Author:
Marsha Jordan
Location:
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Website:
www.hugsandhope.org/mj.htm
 Author of "Hugs, Hope, and Peanut Butter"
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There Is No "Fun" In Dysfunctional
Christian Article
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Life
Fiction: False
What child doesn't like to imitate his parents? Little girls put on mommy's lipstick and little boys clomp around in daddy's shoes. Unfortunately, we often imitate bad habits of our parents too. Sometimes parents model negative behaviors that can ruin our lives if we imitate them. Addictions and abuse are behaviors that we would be better off not copying.
That's what dysfunctional families are
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He Did What He Could
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Encouragement
Fiction: False
John the Baptist didn't have any great talents. He didn't perform mystifying miracles (not even a simple card trick). He wasn’t a handsome crooner with a voice like Perry Como’s. He didn’t have degrees or diplomas. He didn't have an impressive gift of speaking like Billy Graham. He wasn’t popular, since he offended people by calling them such names as vipers and white washed tombs. John was not a
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Magnifying Mirror
Christian Article
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Life
Fiction: False
I recently bought a magnifying mirror . . . a big, lighted magnifying mirror that makes it impossible for me to ignore all my face's imperfections. The unreasonable clerk who sold me the mirror wouldn’t let me return it. She said not liking what I saw in it wasn’t reason enough to get my money back.
Mirrors like this one should be illegal. It enlarges objects seven times their natural size. Th
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Nobody Appreciates Me
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Encouragement
Fiction: False
Have you ever felt forgotten, neglected, unappreciated, or unloved? Haven’t we all?
Joseph, a prophet of God, was mistreated by his jealous brothers and just about everybody else he encountered. His brothers sold him as a slave and told their dad he'd been killed by a wild animal. With relatives like that, who needs enemies? But that was only the beginning of Joseph’s trials.
He worked as
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Undie Man To The Rescue
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Encouragement
Fiction: False
Last night my grandson, Cobi, was putting his pajamas on in the bathroom when suddenly, the door swung open and he jumped out. Wearing his underwear on his head, he announced, "It’s Undie Man to the rescue!"
Cobi loves super heroes. Last week when I bought him new shoes, his choice did not depend upon color, style, or comfort, but upon which super hero decorated the side of each shoe. When Cobi
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The Sunshine Of A Warm Word
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Encouragement
Fiction: False
Two kids were talking one day. Marvin said, "That new kid in school is nothing but a big fathead!"
Matilda, in her refined way, softly said, "You shouldn’t call people names like that. It’s rude. I never call people names."
Marvin shrugged and told her, "Well, I just got mad when he said you were stupid looking." At this, Matilda put her hands on her hips and demanded, "What else did that b
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What the World Needs
Christian Article
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Encouragement
Fiction: False
My grandson was here for five days, and I lived to tell about it. The husband and I spent much of that time trying to impress upon Cobi that a diet of just pickles and olives is not balanced or healthy. Yesterday, he had three huge pickles for lunch . . . and that was all. He really loves salt.
Almost everybody likes salt. It’s difficult to eliminate it from your diet when necessary. Without sa
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The HUGS & HOPE Christmas Elf Program
Christian Press Release
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Holidays
Fiction: False
HO HO HO! (and similar salutations of the season)
Yes, it's time to begin thinking of Christmas! The stores are playing holiday music and displaying decorations. AND The HUGS & HOPE Christmas Elf Program already has 120 sick kids signed up for Christmas assistance. We are in need of volunteer sponsors!
These are children who are not only battling serious illness, but whose familie
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Little Acts Of Love
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Inspirational
Fiction: False
As I loaded dishes into the dishwasher, I sang along with the radio. My grandson looked up from the picture he was coloring and said, "Grandma, there's one thing about you that I don't like." Anticipating what he was going to say, I asked, "What? That I sing all the time?"
"No," he answered, "It's not how much you sing, it's how BAD you sing."
Once again, I was reminded that God did not
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SISTER SISTER
Christian Article
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Overcoming Struggles
Fiction: False
My sister, Mrs. Clean, bleaches her ceiling, vacuums the driveway, and irons socks. Her house looks like a magazine cover. Mine looks like the county dump. Her floors are so clean you could eat off them. You can eat off mine too . . . if you’re a dog.
I can relate to the Bible story of Mary and Martha. Martha must have been like my sister -- a conscientious perfectionist who took great pride in
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Now I See
Christian Article
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Inspirational
Fiction: False
Due to complications of an illness, without warning I’d been struck blind. As I lay awake in the lonely darkness, I prayed harder than I’d ever prayed before. I was living a nightmare. I felt alone and afraid.
The searing pain stabbed at my eyes as if fire were consuming them. But it wasn’t pain that caused my sleeplessness. It was the terrifying darkness and the agonizing over the "what if’s."
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True Riches
Christian Article
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Angels
Fiction: False
I have an acquaintance who won big on the slot machines in Las Vegas. I wouldn't mind having money spill out of a machine into my pockets, but that's not likely to happen since I don't gamble. However, I am rich because I possess a treasure greater than money. It provides great joy, it shows me the way to heaven, and it helps me maneuver the journey here on earth. It's free and available to anyon
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A Life Of Excellence
Christian Article
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
How does being a Christian affect the minute details of your daily life? Do we put in “pew time” on Sundays but live pretty much the same way everyone else does the rest of the week? Or do we live lives of excellence at all times?
Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do... Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
Habits -- from overeating, nail-biting, and smoking, to ignoring
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A Lesson In History: Do You Know Who John Brown Is?
Christian Article
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Christian Living
Fiction: False
An angry old man, John Brown, believed with all his heart that slavery was cruel and displeasing to God. He and his sons spoke out against what they knew was morally wrong. They tried to stand up for what is right and true, but their efforts didn't work to set the "negroes" free. Society believed that what many Americans did to blacks was acceptable and "natural." They hated John Brown for go
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