The June 29th, 2008 issue of Parade (it comes in the Sunday Paper) gave the results of a poll they took.

The question was:
Should teaching credentials be required for parents who home-school their children?
The results:

5% YES "Just as you'd require credentials of a doctor, you should require them of a teacher, whether at school or at home.

95% NO "Parents have been teaching their children throughout history. Besides, a degree is no guarantee of teaching ability."

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physical beauty vs. spiritual beauty...

"People's
standards, of course, differ. Usually, in things that do not matter, we
set them impossibly high and thus guarantee for ourselves a life of
discontent. In things that matter we set them too low and are easily
pleased with ourselves." --Elisabeth Elliot
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Are you making a To Do list: Lose ten pounds, Organize the house, Start saving money?

We should set goals and make plans to be healthier, de-clutter our homes, and be smarter financially. Let’s not forget to include God in our plans. My great-grandma would say what she was planning to do and then she’d add, “Lord willing and the creek don’t rise.”

We don’t know what tomorrow holds, but we know Who holds tomorrow.

Jeremiah 29:11
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Famous fashion designers, like Liz Claiborne and Donna Karan, label all
their creations and Barbie has 'Mattel' stamped on her back. The Master
Designer created us and His label is imprinted on our souls -
'Fashioned by God, Designer Originals.'
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This letter is shared with Whitney's permission:

Hello Tonya,
     My name is Whitney and I am 17 years old. I was watching tv today, and for probably only the second or third time in my life, I let the TV stay on CBN; I am not usually a fan of the 700 Club, but I left it there because something caught my
attention. I heard the words 'defintion of beauty'. So I started
watching. I listened to your story, and I felt the need to e-mail you
and tell you a little bit of mine.
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King Edward the 8th abdicated his throne to marry the woman he loved—the twice divorced pencil-thin Wallace Simpson. She is long remembered for her view on the impossibility of being too rich or too thin.

Can you be too skinny?

Twenty years ago it was headline news when Karen Carpenter died. She was a famous singer of the 1970s who had toured the world, been on TV shows, and on the cover of many magazines. Her story was news again when it was discovered why she died—from anorexia-related heart failure. Anorexia (an obsessive fear of being fat) was common, but rarely talked ...<< MORE >>

Barbie’s got the goods.  (Houses, and jet skies and cars oh, my!) You want it? She’s got it! Hey, Barbie, I would look more attractive too, if I was spinning around town in a $100,000 pink convertible.  This thought occurred to me recently as I was driving to my high school reunion in my—look at me, I’m somebody’s mom—mini-van with the squeaky brakes and missing hubcap.

Recently, I found annoying evidence of termites eating away at my house. (Lions and tigers and termites, oh my!) Only twenty-eight years left on the mortgage and those little guys were busy munching away. I ...<< MORE >>

My teenage son, Jeremy, took a CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) class. So we took a tour of the crime lab. We were shown the various ways that criminals are identified. The most common - they leave their fingerprints behind. The forensics’ people can dust door knobs, duct tape and even gloves. That’s right. The oh-so-dumb criminals use gloves and then leave them at the crime scene. At the lab, the scientist turns the gloves inside out and retrieves the fingerprints from the inside of the gloves. The information is fed into the computer system and eventually the criminal is busted. ...<< MORE >>

Finding Balance Web Site

"Who We Are    FINDINGbalance
is a faith based health and wellness organization with an emphasis on
eating and body image issues. We are also the first national
organization dedicated to creating consumer awareness and understanding
of EDNOS (Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified).

Our Mission      To
proclaim a message of love, hope and truth to all who are in bondage to
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Barbie is perfect. Who can compete with plastic? In 1959 Mattel introduced their version of Barbie—the fashion model—and she ended up in almost every home in America. Her anatomically impossible figure of: 36-18-33 measurements, long smooth legs, large pert breasts, cub-scout-sized-hips and minuscule feet have set an unattainable standard for generations of girls.


Well—over in England, Cindy Jackson has had over $100,000 worth of surgery to make herself into a living Barbie.
CBN news article on Cindy Jackson.
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I read in the paper about a man from Australia that was born without arms and legs. The photo accompanying it shows this handsome young man, Nick Vujicic, giving an inspiration message in front of a church group.

In telling his story, the article said “He can walk/hop almost anywhere (including up steps), using his only foot. And he can type with his only two toes (43 words a minute, thank you very much)…And he writes, gets dressed and opens doors with his mouth.”

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I love Chinese food, I even like opening the fortune cookies and laughing at the predictions.  Once I opened a cookie that said, “You’ll be receiving a gift.” That day, someone gave me a car. God generally speaks to me through the scriptures.  Did He use a fortune cookie to speak to me? Yes. He can do what ever he wants – He’s God.

It’s funny that Fortune cookies are more American than Chinese.  Most of them are manufactured in Queens, New York. People are paid to write the fortunes, which are always positive and encouraging.  They aren’t prophets, just people ...<< MORE >>

        

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I’ve suffered from paleness all my life. When I was young, my Aunt Judy told me “brown fat is prettier than white fat,” as we slathered ourselves with tropical oil and sunbathed down by the creek. A few decades later, I know that cooking in the sun damages my cells and increases my risks for skin cancers so I now avoid sunbathing.

According to medicinenet.com
“Skin cancer is the most common form of human cancer. It is estimated that over 1 million new cases occur annually. The annual rates of all forms of skin cancer are increasing each ...<< MORE >>

My best friend, Nancy C. Anderson and I discuss our body types.

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I often speak with my best friend, Nancy C. Anderson
Our Website is:  FunnyChristianWomen.com

        

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Learning to Live Beyond Barbie

Psalms 139:13-14

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall... Can we compete with plastic?
I lead women on a comical tirade that will help them understand that
Barbie has "Mattel" stamped on her back and the Master Designer created
them and His label is imprinted on their souls - "Fashioned by God,
Designer Originals"

Time: 43 Minutes
 

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Beauty Quest

1 Samuel 16:7

This
humorously candid talk covers inner and outer beauty issues including
plastic surgery, body image, make-up, clothing, dieting, etc... I
encourage women to "Be attractive!" "Do the best you can with what
you've got!" and "Throw away Vogue and use the Bible as your beauty
manual!"

45 Minute Message
 

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The Fragrance of Beauty

2 Corinthians 2:15

Advertisers
want us to believe that a fragrance alone can change our lives by
selling us the illusion of youth, glamour, excitment, romance and
luxury. In this talk, I use silly perfume ads and personal stories to
teach women that the ingredients for their spiritual "signature" scent
should include: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

44 Minute Audio Message
 

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So many times, I’m driven by how I feel and not what I think.
God wants us to be smart. He wants us to use our brains and “Consider” what we do. To make good decisions using logic – not our emotions.

Do you ever felt like you’re not smart?
The Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz said “If I only had a brain.”
I’m here to tell you that you have a great brain.
God formed you in your mother’s womb.
In Psalm 139:14 He says that you are fearfully and wonderfully made

You have a great brain. It weights approximately 3 pounds
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COVER STORY: Tyra Banks Speaks Out About Her Weight

Originally posted Wednesday January 24, 2007 04:40 PM EST

article From People Magazine:

On her hit show America's Next Top Model, Tyra Banks has
always stressed the importance of body confidence – but it still hurt
when tabloids ran an unflattering photo of her in a bathing suit under
headlines that screamed, "America's Next Top Waddle" and "Tyra
Porkchop."


Now, for the first time in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE,
Banks, 33, is publicly discussing her much-buzzed-about weight gain. "I
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