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“Indivisible” is based on the real-life story of Darren Turner, a U.S. Army Chaplain whose marriage was put to the test during the Iraq War. The film depicts the responsibilities of a military chaplain, such as counseling soldiers and performing baptisms and funerals, but it’s real story is that there is no marriage too broken for God.

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Sanders Compares Acosta to Whiny Kids

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says dealing with her small children has helped her deal with CNN’s Jim Acosta.

[CtH: That look on her face reminds me of my mother’s face when I needed an attitude adjustment. LOL]

“Both of them whine pretty regularly. They both like to ask the same questions and sometimes their tone needs to be adjusted a little bit.”

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The Children of Israel Have a Champion

President Trump Fulfills Prophecies and Moves Our Embassy to Jerusalem

The U.S. embassy will move to Jerusalem, May, 14, 2018, 70 years after the founding of Israel, resurrected as the Jewish state, in May, 1948.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/05/president_trump_fulfills_prophecies_and_moves_our_embassy_to_jerusalem.html#ixzz5FTQgzQiG

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Address 271 Trump Nominees, Get Budget Done or Skip Summer Break

They work 2 1/2 days a week and aides do all the work.
“We continue to witness historic obstruction by the minority party when it comes to funding the federal government and confirming the president’s nominees,” the letter said.
“President Trump said he would never sign another massive omnibus bill again,” Perdue told Breitbart News. “Congress only has 66 days to get next year’s funding bill to President Trump’s desk.”
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/11/gop-senators-to-mcconnell-address-271-trump-nominees-get-budget-done-or-skip-summer-break/

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Amanpour: Trump Is a ‘Grave and Existential Threat’ to the Press

Last week, President Trump cited a Media Research Center study, which found 90 percent of evening network coverage of him and his administration was negative. Continue reading

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The Royal Wedding

There is no way possible you could care less than I do.

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Resistant Starch 101

2018_05 Bob's Red Mill Potato Starch

Resistant starch reaches the large intestine undigested, where the friendly bacteria can eat it and grow stronger and more numerous.

The friendly bacteria that eat resistant starch excrete short-chain fatty acids, such as butyrate, which is the preferred fuel of the human cells that line the colon wall.

The short-chain fatty acids that aren’t used by the cells in the colon wall can travel via the bloodstream to the liver and other parts of the body where they have various beneficial effects.

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Breaking Free

2018_05 13 Breaking Free

I read this last night in one sitting … couldn’t put it down. Today is an especially appropriate day to feature this book, because it was the power of the author’s motherly love that ultimately gave her the courage to escape.

The inside story of the FLDS cult is interesting in itself and I particularly like how the author has sought always to do God’s will and find meaning and strength in all her experiences. But the story also has left me pondering how much of her cult experiences mirror the left-wing cult-ure in our country today.

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A Tribute to Mothers

This is my homage to all the women who made us who we are. Please take 30 seconds to continue reading.  God bless all you mothers.


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Bits & Bytes

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