The Misfit Christian — Click on the image to see the book at Amazon.com
Live Happily on Less — click image to see at Amazon.com
Grammar Despair — click image to see at Amazon.com
This Woman Writes Facebook
Steve Henderson Fine Art Facebook
Category Archives: celebrities
When Will You Be Honored for What You Do?
“What is your favorite color? Your favorite food? Your favorite animal?” Children ask these questions incessantly (as do social media quizzes, but the latter are mining information for advertisers). It’s difficult to explain to seven-year-olds that while you may like … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, celebrities, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, success
Tagged award, colorful, favorite, honor, person, someone, year
1 Comment
Are You Important?
Important people get their portraits painted. That way, we get them on postage stamps (once they’re dead), or buy a print of their face to put in our home. And there are always the history textbooks and pop culture magazines, … Continue reading
Posted in america, Art, blogging, celebrities, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, Family, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, self-improvement, simple living, success
Tagged grandchildren, important, important people, indian, native american, nesjaja hatali, portrait, president, regular people
6 Comments
Who Cares Who You Voted for — Whom Do You Love?
The peculiar thing about living in a mass media culture is that we feel as if we know people we actually know nothing about, like Don, or Hillary, Barack, George Jr. and his good old dad, Ron, Bill, Beyonce, Oprah, … Continue reading
Posted in celebrities, children, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Faith, Family, God, home, Life, Lifestyle, Politics, religion, Uncategorized
Tagged children, Jesus, love, politics
3 Comments
When Christian Leaders Say, “Jump!” Do We Leap?
“If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.” James 1:5 For many years, my literary junk food was celebrity people magazines. Once every two weeks … Continue reading
Posted in celebrities, Christian, Culture, Faith, Family, home, Life, Lifestyle, religion, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged celebrity, Christian, leader, ordinary people
8 Comments
The False Promotion — and Real Demotion — of the Family
It’s so easy to fall into the trap of wholeheartedly believing two opposite statements, cleverly presented, simultaneously. Take the concept of family, for example. For years, the government and mass media systems have been promoting the message that “family is dysfunctional,” … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, celebrities, children, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, devotional, Encouragement, Faith, Family, home, homeschooling, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, mass media, Motherhood, Parenting, Relationships, religion, simple living, spirituality, success
Tagged dysfunctional, family, friends, mass media, success
Leave a comment
Following Christ, not Human Figureheads
For no other reason than that I don’t want to be cranky and unhappy, I try to go through life not getting too exasperated by annoying issues, but the other day, I snapped. It was with extreme irritation that I … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, celebrities, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, decor, devotional, Entertainment, Faith, Family, fine art, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, painting, religion, spirituality
Tagged Bible, celebrity, Christian, figurehead, inspirational
Leave a comment
Hannity, O’Reilly, Beck — Do They Speak for Christians?
Who speaks — or worse — thinks, for Christians these days? One wonders how much of a stretch it is to say Fox News. Let’s take an issue that is going on now, has been going on a long time prior, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, celebrities, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Faith, Family, fine art, home, Life, Lifestyle, News, painting, Politics, religion, spirituality
Tagged Beck, Christian, Fox, Hannity, Israel, O'Reilly
6 Comments
Role Models: Do We need Them?
When Tired of Being Youngest was six, she shocked a family in our then church by mentioning a scene out of a James Bond movie. Without approaching me directly, the family matriarch made it known — to the rest of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, celebrities, children, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, Entertainment, Faith, Family, grandparenting, Growth, home, homeschooling, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, media, Motherhood, News, Parenting, Personal, Random, religion, self-improvement, spirituality, tv shows, Uncategorized
Tagged church, hannah montana, James Bond, miley cyrus, role model
Leave a comment
God Is Not a Tinky-Doodle
I don’t do reality shows. They’re fake. That being said, Tired of Being Youngest dragged the Norwegian Artist and me to the couch to watch MasterChef, with Gordon Ramsey and his two sidekicks, both of whom look, and act, like … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, celebrities, Christian, cooking, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, Entertainment, Faith, Family, Food, Growth, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, media, News, Personal, Random, religion, self-improvement, success, Uncategorized
Tagged chef, God, Gordon Ramsey, joe bastianich, judge, MasterChef, reality, show
1 Comment
“Performance Art” in Real Life
The idols are falling left and right. So one day I read that Lance Armstrong, the celebrated tour de France bicyclist, admitted to Oprah that he had been using banned, performance enhancing drugs. Then the next day, there’s more performance … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Beauty, blogging, celebrities, children, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, Family, grandparenting, Growth, home, homeschooling, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Motherhood, News, Parenting, Personal, Random, Relationships, success, Uncategorized
Tagged Beyonce, celebrities, idol, Lance Armstrong, role model
7 Comments
