How the solar eclipse increases your hope and faith

Everyone is filled with hope they’ll see totality in the solar eclipse.

Reminds us of the sun’s immense power.

Power that is overwhelming yet uniquely toned down by our ocean.

Why is the sun’s power toned down?

Our seawater has an amazing filter that unexplainably accommodates living organisms.

How does this happen? Why does this happen?

Pause just a minute and allow three messages from the solar eclipse to rekindle your faith and hope.

Rising from the Ashes: How to Turn Your Pain into Beauty

Foster and special-needs kids rise above their pain every summer at Skiin’ With The Galilean (SWTG).

The Christian water sports camp shines a light on beauty for everyone involved.

The beauty of hope.

Hope is in the . . .

Like a lego kit, SWTG offers broken kids valuable pieces to rebuild their lives.

Three pieces that fix broken lives work well for all of us.

Tags: Pain

Fishing one summer night, a seven year-old boy laughed when his father held him high to the stars.

“Look son!”

Just then, a white flame skirted across the astonished heavens.

And then another star skipped across and dipped into the lake.

“What’s happening dad?”

“Shooting stars. They show up every summer, usually late July and August. It’s really something.”

Decades have past, but I’ll never forget that night when dad held me up to the stars.

No doubt, I have many memories with Claude Blaising.

But, that night was special. It reminds me of three things kids need most in a dad.

Storms scare us. And if you haven’t tasted one lately, just look at Hurricane Ian.

The difference for survival after a storm is how you manage anxiety.

And later, loss.

I suggest three steps take us to safety.