Remember The Five Simple Rules to Be Happy
A Serious Attitude Test For the Five Simple Rules Having had to arrange for nursing home accommodations for elderly in-laws on separate occasions, and understanding the range of emotions involved for them (and the rest of the family), I hope you find this story about five simple rules as inspirational as I do. A Facebook […]
Continue reading17 Famous Celebrities Who Love Jesus Christ!
Intro Can you name 17 famous celebrities who love Jesus Christ and who don’t shirk from saying so? I couldn’t. But I wanted to be able to do it. I wanted to be able to name dozens or hundreds of famous people who are solid Christians. Why, you ask? It is because I believe there […]
Continue readingThe (Inspiring) Story Of Pvt. Charlie Coulson (and his Jewish Doctor during the Civil War)
The (Inspiring) Story Of Pvt. Charlie Coulson I was a surgeon in the United States Army during the Civil War. After the battle of Gettysburg, there were hundreds of wounded soldiers in my hospital. Many were wounded so severely that a leg or an arm, or sometimes both, needed to be amputated. One of these […]
Continue readingMr. Wright – an Amazing “Weird” Teacher and a More Amazing Father
Some heroes have capes and others have weapons but Jeffrey Wright has a classroom, a creative mind and a huge heart. Louisville, Kentucky High school physics teacher Jeffrey Wright was profiled by Tara Parker-Pope in the New York Times on December 24, 2012. The article featured an award winning video titled Wright’s Law produced […]
Continue readingFacebook Admits to Blocking Pro-Life Ads – Should This be Allowed?
Electronic Censorship I have been reading and hearing a lot about censorship by big tech companies like Facebook, Google, YouTube, Twitter and media companies using their market power to influence public opinion in obviously biased directions in the name of presenting “news”. Have you? Depending on who you listen to, there may or may not […]
Continue readingWhat Would the World be Like Without Moms?
Intro Here is a cute Mothers Day season video by the Jubilee Project asking a series of people the question “What Would the World be Like Without Moms?” While the answers have a wide ranging scope of particulars, there is a broad consensus. The world would be a disaster without Moms! The Jubilee Project […]
Continue readingTwo Abortion Survivors Tell Their Stories on Focus on the Family
Watch and Listen as Two Women Describe their Experiences as Abortion SurvivorsOn April 9, 2019 the Focus on the Family daily half hour radio and YouTube broadcast featured a discussion with Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family and Melissa Ohden and Claire Culwell, both survivors of attempted abortions. Melissa and Claire are some of […]
Continue readingGod Whispers – A Quiet Lesson For All Of Us
When God Whispers to You, What Does He Say and How Does he Say It?? This God Whispers video came to me as an email attachment several months ago and I bookmarked it along with other potential blog post material. I rediscovered it recently and thought it would be a good video for an Easter season […]
Continue readingBefore I Formed You in the Womb – By Christian Artist Ron DiCianni
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jer 1:5 NIV Christian artist, Ron DiCianni says this is the story of his life. Ron’s mother was in her doctor’s office for an abortion and at the […]
Continue readingWhy Today’s Generation of High Schoolers Need a Gap Year
Five Benefits of Taking a Gap Year Off Before CollegeChristianity Today magazine just posted a thought provoking article offering some rather discouraging statistics and trends toward Christian faith among Gen Z young people born between 1995 and 2015. The article also describes five benefits of taking a “gap year” off after high school graduation and the […]
Continue readingWhat Can God Do With 57 Cents?
Courtesy of inspire21.com A True and Inspiring Story by Author unknown A sobbing little girl stood near a small church from which she had been turned away because it “was too crowded.” “I can’t go to Sunday School, “she sobbed to the pastor as he walked by. Seeing her shabby, unkempt appearance, the […]
Continue readingCelebrities Talk About God
Are There Really Celebrities Who Talk About God (publicly)? I came across this Celebrities Talk About God YouTube video with 1.75 mil views some time ago and just now it popped up on my list of Post drafts. It proves that lots of celebrities are willing to acknowledge their spirituality in front of a questioner’s […]
Continue readingBe Careful! You Never Know When You Influence The Life of a Child
Be Careful! You never know when you are influencing a (your) child for the rest of their life – for better or for worse. Courtesy of Inspire21.com Author Unknown “When you thought I wasn’t looking… I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one. […]
Continue readingIs Modern Life Getting Too Easy?
Can too Much “Ease” be Hazardous to Your Health and Your Witness? I came across an interesting article in Christianity Today Women Section titled Move Over, Sex and Drugs. Ease Is the New Vice. Focus on the last sentence – Ease is the new Vice. That’s what caught my eye. The author, Jen Michel Pollock, […]
Continue readingHow I Met Jesus Christ While Looking for the Yankees on TV – Dick Stannard
I Had No Idea I Was About to Meet Jesus! As a new husband and father I was pretty content with my life on this warm September evening in 1963. I had graduated from college and had a job in my field. I had my high school sweetheart and the only girl I had ever […]
Continue readingNew Focus – New Name – New Look
Introducing Christian Living in a Secular WorldNew Focus – New Name – New LookStarting today, the name of this website is – Christian Living in a Secular World. The web address remains dickstannard.comWhy? What’s Going On?I analyzed traffic to My World As I See It over the past 5 years and found a clear trend […]
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