Nov 18, 2012
By Derek Maul My wife, Rebekah, and I have been remodeling our Valrico home and digging up the garden a little over 16 years now. On the map, and even according to the original survey, the structural “footprint” looks exactly the same. However, with new features like a gourmet kitchen, completely remodeled bathrooms, re-imagined living(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Derek Maul For Rodney Body, who recently retired from South Georgia, accepting the call to the pulpit of First United Methodist Church of Seffner was a lot like coming home. “Florida has always been in my blood,” Body said. “We moved to Plant City when my dad was laid off from the railroad in(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Dr. Reba Haley It would be beneficial to look at the effects that a person’s childhood has on the way he/she parents their children or child. It is clear that an individual learns how to communicate and relate to significant others by observing social interactions. People communicate and relate from their point of(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Kayla Hayes New life Village, an intergenerational community in Tampa dedicated to helping children out of foster care, understands that it truly does take a village to raise a child. According to Fostering Court Improvement there are more than 2,000 children in foster care in Hillsborough County alone. Imagine a community where neighbors and(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Debora Coty Why on earth would that woman want a meeting with me? I hung up the phone, puzzled. Margaret had long been dissing me, ignoring my phone calls and e-mails, and walking past me at church like I was invisible for the past ten years. And now she wanted to take me to(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Libby Hopkins Human trafficking has become the second fastest growing criminal enterprise after drugs. It is a $32 billion enterprise with 27 million affected globally. Tampa Bay is rated number five in the country for sex trafficking and at one point was rated number one. The Rachel Project wants to raise awareness about this(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Ray Lynch It was Christmas Eve 1957 and I was home alone. Everyone was out running last minute errands so I decided to plug in the Christmas tree lights just before they returned home. Much to my shock, I tipped over the tree in the process! Nearly half the Christmas ornaments that seconds earlier(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Sherry Orcutt Everyone looks forward to the Holidays! Special times with family and friends and incredible once a year holiday foods. We have traditions that all look forward to. Is it really possible to incorporate healthier dishes during the holidays? We do at our home and when we share our holiday with others, we(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Sherry Tucker Christmas is filled with many memories for the Tucker Family with one being the birth of the Giving Hope through Faith Foundation and the kick off of the Foundation’s annual “Stockings of Hope” gift card drive. This project was started in memory of Zachary Tucker, who courageously battled brain cancer in 2006(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Sandy Lee Recently I have been a little bewildered when it comes to 17 and 18 year-olds deciding what they should be when they grow up as they make major life decisions before going into college. It truly seems like a lot to ask of them. I think the pressure they are under to(…)
