Well Being Magazine

Easter: A Season of Rebirth

By Lana Turnbull The signs are everywhere, from budding trees to the appearance of spring flowers, seemingly out of nowhere. The days are a little warmer, our lawns are a little greener and we have definitely had our share of spring showers. With spring comes one of the most sacred celebrations of the Christian faith – Easter. It is a season of rebirth, not just of renewed life in the natural Read more »

Echoes: When Nobody Is Looking or Listening

There are few among us who have never felt the need to “make a good first impression,” even when we know the countenance and behavior we are presenting are not the real thing. We all have our public and private selves, and admittedly, the person we are when we are around people who know and understand us, is not necessarily who we are at work, at church or at school. The Read more »

What would HE do?

By Lana Turnbull For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. ~ Matthew 25:35-36 (NIV) We’ve just come through the holiday season when charitable Read more »

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive

By Lana Turnbull   “You’ve got to accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative Latch on to the affirmative Don’t mess with Mister In-Between.” It’s not surprising that the song “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive,” lyrics by Johnny Mercer, recorded by Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, the Andrews Sisters, among others, was published in 1944. Now that was a time when they knew how to keep their chins and their spirits up, despite what was happening around Read more »