Christian Insurance Plans: A Sure Bet or Rolling The Dice? Do you remember your first online purchase from Amazon? If you tentatively clicked that “purchase” button like I did back in 2005, it was most likely an amount under $10. After all, what could possibly go wrong in a roll of the dice for ten bucks? Fast forward to 2018 … Amazon delivers to my house 2 to 3 times a week! According to most modern Christian insurance plans, the cost-sharing idea for medical care has been around for more than 2,000 years. The model for medical sharing is based on a principle found in the book of Acts which describes a community of mutual care in the early Christian church: “but they had everything in common … and it was distributed to each as any had need.” (Acts 4:32-35). The evolution of this idea was for a large group [...]

Living A Long Life – It’s Not Rocket Science! Google the phrase, “how to live a long and healthy life” and you’ll find well over 100 million results for your effort. Interestingly, you’ll find that the search engine, Bing.com, provides over double the results of Google (316,000,000 to be exact). But who’s counting? Illustrating the point, here are some lead lines representative of that search: 20 Simple Ways… 45 Tips… 14 Surprising Signs… 50 Easy Habits… 6 Strategies… 100 Ways… That link for “100 Ways” featured a story with the somewhat humorous recommendation that much of what we can do to live longer only consists of “minor life tweaks.” Number 1 on the list was definitely advice that made surprising sense – “Be Nicer!” If you’d like to copy the list, just follow this link to the story on BestLifeOnline.com. Note that number 4 on their list is a pretty interesting [...]

Your Health … It’s Not Just A New Year’s Resolution MAKING A HEALTHFUL LIFE A HABIT. If you read our post entitled, “Living A Long Life – It’s Not Rocket Science!” you found out that healthful living is much more than trying the lasted fads in dieting or joining a health club that you only visit once a month. The commitment must be made seriously and for life! At this point in our discussion we should pause to remember that whether there are merely 10 tips for long life or even 100’s, there is a need to successfully incorporate them into everyday life. Hence the term, “Easier Said Than Done.” Those who have accomplished the goal of living a more healthful life haven’t arrived by happenstance or by pure luck – it’s been with a solid commitment and having the right tools to succeed. The choice for good health is deeply [...]