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The Greatest of ThesePosted Monday, February 13, at 5:29 PM With Valentine's Day so close, I wanted to take the time to talk about love. Not just the commercialized, over dramatic, romantic love pushed on us by society, but instead, the many different forms of love humans experience. The local Christian station, WBGL 88.5, started a campaign, entitled "Stick with Love," to encourage its listeners to share God's love with all those around them...
Maybe some of you can help me with this ... Lately, I've been contemplating why some Christians, mainly Catholics, believe in deceased loved ones interceding for them and their prayers to God. I am not "knocking" the belief, merely trying to understand it and wrap my head around where it comes from and how the belief is Biblically supported...
Political Enigmas I am suffering from the same dilemma many other American registered voters can empathize with, "How can one decide who and/or what to vote for when there is no "truth," and when all one hears, reads and sees are contradictive statements?" Just after my 18th birthday, I registered to vote in the first election I was eligible to participate in...
I never realized how therapeutic a mini-vacation could be until I took one this past weekend. Jeff and I traveled to Chicago for my Singing Bee audition, and I visited a very good friend of mine while we were there. I got to see where she lives and goes to school now, at Roosevelt University. It was good to see her and become more familiar with her surroundings...
I will be embarking on an exciting adventure this coming weekend. A few weeks ago I saw a post on Facebook asking for people to apply to become a contestant on CMT's The Singing Bee. I e-mailed the casting director, filled out the necessary information and waited, not expecting much...
For the first time in a while, I don't really feel the need for a significant amount of change in my life. I am pretty content with many things happening right now. My resolutions are not as ground-breaking as they may have been in the past, because I feel that for the most part I am at a good place in life, and I know for certain that God has truly blessed me...
By JESSICA MURRAY Everyone has a different thing they love about Christmas. Some like the lights, the music or maybe the presents -- but my favorite thing about Christmastime are the stories. You have "A Christmas Carol," the song ballad "The Christmas Shoes," the movie "The Ultimate Gift" and other timeless stories meant to touch one's heart and remind us all about the joy of giving gifts and love to one another, but my favorite Christmas story is O'Henry's "The Gift of the Magi."...
Unusually Thankful It's easy to be thankful for our blessings in life, the roof over our head, a car that works, friends and family who love us ... But what about being thankful for hardships? Right now, you're probably reading this thinking, "This woman has lost her marbles."...
By JESSICA MURRAY After much deliberation, I've decided to start my own business on the side doing photography for engagements, family portraits, high school seniors and maternity shoots for expecting mothers/couples etc. While attending Indiana State University, where I earned a Bachelor's degree in Communication, I took photography courses, including an independent study, which involved shooting photos of many beautiful models...
A Call to Character: Be Courageous By JESSICA MURRAY I really enjoyed going to see the new movie "Courageous" in the theater last weekend. Courageous is produced by the same creators of "Fireproof" and "Facing the Giants." Most people who've watched the first two movies don't hold very high opinions of the acting talents presented in the previous films...
This week's food for thought By JESSICA MURRAY As a young woman in her mid 20s, I watch movies and television shows taking place in the 1950s and sometimes find myself wishing life was as simple now as the media portrayals make it seem to be back then. Don't get me wrong, I know one can't always believe what they see/watch, read or listen to, and I know Hollywood over dramatizes everything it produces to make it more appealing, but to me it's as if everyone in that time period knew right from wrong and knew what their role in society was.. ...
Musical Blessings By JESSICA MURRAY "What man has taken away, God will restore" sums up what I've taken away from a recent experience. For part of my childhood, I lived with my maternal grandparents. While there, my Papaw Baker and I would sing and play music together...
How can we help? By JESSICA MURRAY As both a member of the media and a former foster child, I was disturbed by an article I read from the Associated Press this week stating there has been an increase in child abuse since the beginning of the economic recession. In some ways, I am not the least bit surprised by the research results. ...
Irony can surprise The irony of life is surprising sometimes. Earlier this week I wrote an article for the paper notifying others about the complimentary first responders breakfast at Pappy's Bar-B-Que ... little did I know that a day later I'd be thanking some first responders myself...
Sometimes it's just being there By JESSICA MURRAY Two weekends ago, I had the privilege of being a bridesmaid in my friend Amber Nicole's wedding. She and I have known each other for more than four years now. We met when she was a waitress and I was a hostess at Ruby Tuesday's restaurant in Terre Haute...
The Next Goal By JESSICA MURRAY The world tells us to never give up on our dreams and to continue to strive despite the obstacles. I began my college career at ISU as a Music Education major, having the dream that someday I'd be a teacher and inspire my students to believe in themselves and persevere no matter what may come there way...
By JESSICA MURRAY This week, I experienced first-hand a showing of God's love and comfort at the strangest time and from an unexpected source. I've always believed children and animals can sense the character of a person. And for that reason I've been personally offended in the past if a child or an animal didn't warm up to me right away...
Idealistic Contemplating By JESSICA MURRAY Some see the glass as half empty, some as half full. I, on the other hand, see the glass as half empty and then marvel at how wonderful life would be if the glass were filled to the brim. Essentially, I am an idealist at heart. Somehow I've been able to maintain a child-like sense of hope, despite a jaded past...
Moving Out, In and Up By JESSICA MURRAY This just in: I am officially a Clay County resident. I've been traveling back and forth from Terre Haute since March while working for The Brazil Times. The apartment I lived in was bug infested and I could not get rid of them no matter how many times I sprayed my apartment because they would come back from other apartments around me...
Planned Parenthood Controversy By JESSICA MURRAY The Brazil Times has received several letters to the editor in response to government rhetoric and legislation concerning if American tax dollars should financially support or defund Planned Parenthood. The newspaper has received letters both for and against defunding the non-profit health organization...
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