Twitter, another Blog, and a new Website

Hi Everyone,

As you can tell by how long it's been since I last posted something, we've been busy! Since last commenting on Facebook, I've also begun to use Twitter. You can follow me at www.twitter.com/TodaysWordMoney. I will probably be adding 2 more Twitter addresses in the near future. My goal for the Twitter accounts is to share the spiritual component of financial problems and solutions.

I'm also in the beginning stages of marketing my new book, Today’s WORD on Money™. The new website for the book is www.todayswordonmoney.com. Also, once you log on to this website, you can go to our new blog, where you can see some excerpts from the book. Or you can visit http://todayswordonmoney.blogspot.com/.

I hope the above information will bless you and your friends and loved ones. (And I hope you all buy the book!)

Best short Christian apologetics piece I have read

I have 2 items to talk about today. #1 is Facebook. I had heard about it for some time, but I had never participated until January. I have re-connected with hundreds of high school, college and workplace friends. I think Boomers are really enjoying Facebook because of these connections, and because their children and grandchildren are using this social networking format. So give it a try and send me a "friend request."

#2: while on Facebook, I became friends with Mark Kelly, who graduated from OBU 4 years after I did. Like me, Mark is a writer. He has written a number of great articles and books. On today's blog entry, I want to focus on his article entitled "Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt."

Here are the links: http://pbrd.wordpress.com/ or www.pbrd.wordpress.com.

You can read this all in one setting, or take a couple of weeks and read 1 lesson per day, less than 5 minutes each day. You will be blessed, and it will definitely help you as you witness to others!

When words aren't enough

I'm going to paraphrase my understanding of the story behind these 2 pictures, so please accept my apologies if I've missed any important details.

Our pastor told the following story of a church in the UK which is reaching out to the "goth" subculture. When 2 of these young people were asked what Jesus meant to them, they said nothing. One reason they were without words was probably because, up to that point in their lives, they had not experienced much of God's goodness.

They were then asked to paint what they felt about God, and they created these 2 marvelous paintings, which they were then able to describe. The painter of the painting on the left said that Jesus represented peace and calm in the midst of life's turbulence and chaos. The painter of the painting on the right said that the white hands superimposed over the other hands represented how God covers and protects us. Now both of these young people are allowing Jesus to transform them and give them new life. Isn't it amazing how God can use so many different ways to minister to us, based upon our own special gifts, needs, backgrounds and interests?

May we all be open to ministering in ways that may have been previously overlooked, so that all may hear God's Good News.

Hey Everyone. Friday January 23rd, we had a "Lunch and Learn" meeting at Hamilton House, 1521 Austin Ave. It was well attended, and both the food and the information were great!

Han Ashley oversees the preparation of the food. I highly recommend it. It tastes so good that it's hard to believe that it's also so good for you! To get on her mailing list (she serves there every Friday for lunch), email her at TheEpicurean@mac.com. Be sure and tell her I sent you.

Next at our workshop, Homer Owen shared how important it is for our health to drink enough water. Homer has lost 60 pounds since late last summer. His website is www.jacobsspring.com.

Danny Passmore gave us safety tips on how to protect ourselves when we're going to and from our vehicles. See his website for more details: http://www.passmoreselfdefense.com/index_files/Page2053.htm.

We also had some good information on real estate from Steve Wedler. If you'd like to be notified whenever we have another "Lunch and Learn" workshop, email us at info@twmgroupllc.com.

Remember this in 2009 and beyond---

What is GIIC AHM BIAH?

It's an acronym that provides us with an easy way to remember this:

God
Is
In
Control

And
Has
My

Best
Interests
At
Heart

Although many so-called experts would sometimes try to overwhelm us with bad news, let us not forget that God is in control.

Class Reunion--Oklahoma Baptist University

I just returned from Shawnee, Oklahoma where I attended my 35th (!) college reunion. I told Paul and Ryan that in some ways it seems like I graduated about when they did. But I must admit that I have a few more miles on me than they do. :) OBU is consistently ranked as one of the best values in U.S. News and World Report. I had Ivy League and Rhodes Scholar professors when I was there. I never had a class that was taught by a graduate assistant, and almost all of my classes were small.

For all those reasons and more, I joke with Paul and Ryan about the "real green and gold" being in Shawnee instead of Waco. But I'm a huge Baylor fan also, especially basketball. I missed the exhibition game last Saturday, since I was in Oklahoma, so I'm looking forward to seeing the Baylor men this Saturday.

I'd like to know who reads our blog, so the first person who reads this and calls me can have 2 of our tickets to an upcoming game. We have new seats that are very good--6 rows up near mid-court. So let me hear from you!

Great new movie out--"Fireproof"

The Sappingtons just got back from watching "Fireproof", the new movie written by the same folks who did "Facing the Giants" and "Flywheel". Kirk Cameron plays the lead role of a fireman who's having marital problems. He eventually learns the importance of being a good partner, both in marriage and in fire fighting. We highly recommend that you go see "Fireproof" as soon as you can! For more info, visit www.fireproofthemovie.com.