Posts by Michele Chynoweth
Respect Life…and God’s Teachings on It
Yesterday kicked off “Respect Life Month” and the year-long pro-life program by the US Catholic Church. This year’s theme is “Moved by Mercy.†It draws on a quote from Pope Francis when he called for the Jubilee Year of Mercy: “We are called to show mercy because mercy has been shown to us.†The church’s program  (with…
Read MorePraying about Our Nation’s Next Leader…the Debate Starts Tonight
Tonight the first 2016 US Presidential debate will be nationally televised. Barring any unforeseen catastrophic circumstances, one of the two candidates in the debate will end up being the President of the United States, still one of the most powerful “rulers” in the world. Did you know that there was no official ruler of God’s people…
Read MoreThere’s No Choice But…
to take a stand, in my opinion, in this year’s election. Many people I know are saying they will not vote but I believe that to do nothing shows a lack of responsibility and courage. Thus far I Â have been trying to stay open-minded and somewhat silent, especially since I am an author who wants…
Read MoreOurs is not to reason why…
I am fortunate indeed to be able to say I didn’t have anyone close to me who died in the 9-11-2001 terrorist attacks in New York and the Pentagon. Still, like most of my fellow Americans, I will never forget the tragedy that occurred that day, the deadliest terrorist act in world history, and my…
Read MoreNot Too Late! Speak Out Today Against Human-Animal Chimera Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a federally funded medical research agency, wants to start funding – using taxpayer dollars – research into human-animal “chimeras” – which, according to the NIH website,  means “growing human tissue and organs in animals through the introduction of human pluripotent cells into early stage embryos of non-human vertebrate animals.” In…
Read MoreTo take responsibility for others…you gotta have faith.
I am sitting here editing a young man’s novel and am feeling overwhelmed by the task. It is not a novel I would have ever read before because it is a science fiction story (kind of like “Lord of the Rings” meets “Harry Potter” meets “The Avengers.”) And I ask God, “why did  you choose…
Read MoreWill You Fit through the Narrow Gate?
There is a lot in the news these days about athletes making big mistakes that get them in a lot of trouble. There’s Ryan Lochte, the Olympic swimmer who left Rio in disgrace after lying to the police about being robbed at gunpoint when in fact he was drunk and wrecked a public restroom. There…
Read MoreDo You Burn with Fire?
Have you ever felt like you were completely alone in your passion to achieve something great and wondered, why on earth am I working so hard when it seems like I’m not getting very far and no one else really cares? Surely at times that’s what the athletes at the Olympics must feel…they sacrifice so…
Read MoreWhat does God promise you?
How can we have faith if we don’t know what to believe in? I’ve been struggling with trying to have faith lately in just putting one foot in front of another now that I am working on my own as a full-time author/speaker/book coach. Â Sometimes the “big picture” gets lost in the daily to-do lists…
Read MoreStay silent or speak out?
This weekend I attended a family gathering where I had the lone dissenting opinion when it came to matters of religion and politics, two subjects that are best left out of dinner table discussions but often come up anyway.  It felt like I was being teamed up against, when in fact, several family members just had…
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