My Goals for 2011 (by Jonita Barram)

As a student of education, I learned that teachers should have measurable goals, even for goals that have more to do with attitudes and values than with academic accomplishments or development of skills.

I have some ongoing goals that are hard to measure, but my prayer is that by the end of 2011, I will see discernible changes and growth in those areas—more than what I saw in 2010. These goals are more private than the ones I’ll share here.

These are four of my goals for 2011:

1. To finish writing a book I started, and to finish it by the middle of March. It is a book for children about  missions. When I finish it, I want to pass it out for evaluation. Trying to get it published may be a goal for  2012—it depends on how the Lord leads when I’m done.
2. To start a second book while the first book is being evaluated. Because the second one will be in a different genre and will be longer than the first book, I don’t expect to finish it before December 31, 2011.  That will be my target finish date.
3. To read through the Bible in a year, using the schedule we recently received in our church bulletins.
4. To make more phone calls. I hate making phone calls (but I don’t mind receiving them). I’d rather clean toilets than make phone calls. (And I cleaned toilets at Skyview Baptist Ranch one whole summer, so I know what I’m talking about.) However, as a care cluster leader, I need to be more faithful about making personal contacts. So my goal is to call each woman in my group at least once during the year—and calling to ask the ladies to do something doesn’t count.

Thank you for reading this blog. Please pray for me to reach my goals, and please feel free to hold me  accountable. I value the accountability. And I appreciate you for caring enough to read this article. God bless you!

Other Posts in our "Goals" Series:

• Set Goals for the Coming Year (by Stephen Simpson)
• My Goals for 2011 (by Jonita Barram)
• Resolutions (by Lou Gentry)
• My Goals for this New Year (by Lee Dusing)
• Here's What I Hope to Accomplish in 2011 (by Stephen Simpson)
• From Florida to Niger to Florida to Brazil and back to Florida (by Jared Malcolm) 
• How About Goals for 2011? (by Gerry Hill)
• Bleed Bible Like John Bunyan (by Matthew DelValle)

  

Set Goals for the Coming Year (by Stephen Simpson)

As we enter 2011, the inevitable question comes up, "What are your New Year's Resolutions?"  Year after year, January 1st comes around and we are forced to take a look inward.  Our culture and society pushes us to evaluate our lives and identify areas that need change.

This is a good practice - especially for Christians.  As Christians, we are to be constantly evaluating our lives as a part of our sanctification.

Each year as I approach January 1st, I prefer to think of goals instead of resolutions.  I think the word 'resolution' has lost some of its meaning.  A resolution sounds so official and weighty.  It sounds significant and earth-shattering.  Yet, most of us have broken thousands of resolutions.  Breaking a new year's resolution can often lead to discouragement.  You know how it works - you make this big resolution and then March comes along and you have miserably failed at keeping that resolution.  You feel like a failure.  My suggestion:  Stop making resolutions and start setting goals. 

Goals are different.  A goal is something to work towards.  Some goals are achieved and others are not.  However, not reaching a goal does not mean that you are a failure.  For example, if your goal is to save $10,000 and you only save $9,000 - you are by no means a failure.

Over the next several weeks, we (the writers on The Fountain) are going to share some of our 2011 goals with you.  In doing so, you can help keep us accountable.  Additionally, I encourage you to set your own goals.  Keep these suggestions in mind when setting your goals.

1. Be specific.  "Be a better father" is not specific.  It is a good goal but it is not specific.  "Spend 15 minutes each day reading to my children" or "Take my daughter on a date at least once a month" are more specific goals.  
2. Write down your goals and re-read them at least once a month.  If you do not re-read your goals throughout the year, you will forget them and subsequently fail to keep them. 
3. Dream.  My grandfather used to say "Aim at nothing and you will hit every time!"  Dream big on at least one of your goals.  Shoot for the stars and then work hard at reaching that goal.  You may be surprised at what will happen. 
4. Do not be afraid to fail.  If you reach all of your goals in 2011, then you did not dream big enough.  
5. Share your goals. Tell someone about them. 

So, now it is your turn.  What are your goals for 2011?

Other Posts in our "Goals" Series:

• Set Goals for the Coming Year (by Stephen Simpson)
• My Goals for 2011 (by Jonita Barram)
• Resolutions (by Lou Gentry)
• My Goals for this New Year (by Lee Dusing)
• Here's What I Hope to Accomplish in 2011 (by Stephen Simpson)
• From Florida to Niger to Florida to Brazil and back to Florida (by Jared Malcolm) 
• How About Goals for 2011? (by Gerry Hill)
• Bleed Bible Like John Bunyan (by Matthew DelValle)

 Related Posts:

• Bible Reading for 2008
• Read a Good Book Lately?
• May Thy Fear be My Awe ~ A New Year's Prayer

The Doll Project (by Jonita Barram)

(some of the dolls donated towards the Doll Project)

It began with a daughter, Connie Christensen, telling her mother, Ellen Balsley, about the group of at-risk girls she works with. And it ended with more than 30 preteen and teenage girls owning their first-ever dolls.

Connie Christensen helps Youth for Christ Missionary Cindy Vergara work with a group of girls assigned to Cindy through the courts or through the Department of Juvenile Justice.

Cindy uses journaling as a way to break down the walls that the girls have erected. She says: “I always prompt them with something. And they write. You could usually hear a pin drop when it’s time for journaling. They write pages.” The leaders take home the journals and then write back to the girls.

Cindy says the girls “are more willing to tell you what’s going on in their life in this book than they are in the room in front of each other or even face-to-face alone. They don’t want to talk about some of these things.”  She says journaling is “a wonderful way for us to respond to them, write down Bible verses that they can keep going back and looking at to help them deal with whatever they’re going through.”

One day Connie mentioned to Ellen that many of the girls have never owned a doll and that, though they are now teens, a doll is something they would like to have. Touched by this, Ellen asked her Sunday School class, the Triple Cord Ladies’ class, to look for dolls if they were at a garage sale or the like.

Teacher Helen VanHorn became so excited about the idea that she went out and bought some used dolls, continued to remind the class about the need, and even announced the doll project to the women who  attended the Fall Dessert in November.

As typical for our church, women from inside and outside the class responded generously. By the end of the collection time, nearly 50 dolls had been donated, with 10 designated for the Free Shopping Day. Several of the dolls are collector’s items and will be auctioned at eBay, with the proceeds to go back into the purchase of more dolls.

In the meantime, newcomers Aggie Hodnett and her sister-in-law Rita Hodnett—along with another sister-in-law and her sister, Betty Baker and Susan Lambert—began sewing a little receiving blanket and an extra set of clothes for each doll. That’s over 30 blankets and more than 30 tiny outfits! What had been homely, used/older dolls became little darlings wrapped in those sweet blankets.

Helen invited Cindy to speak in Sunday School the day she collected the dolls. Cindy gave her own testimony and then spoke briefly about the girls she ministers to and how much the dolls will mean to them. She spent the remainder of the time answering questions.

After hearing about girls here in Polk County who don’t have adequate supplies for personal hygiene, who may go hungry at night, sleep on mattresses, or live in homes with no windows or doors, the women of the Triple Cord class have been moved to collect toiletries, sheets, blankets, Christmas stockings and stuffers, and more in addition to the dolls.

But the doll collecting isn’t finished! Many of the older girls who received the dolls have younger sisters, and they would love to have a doll too.

Cindy says that “right here in Polk County we have 8,500 delinquent girls. Every third child who is arrested and put into the juvenile justice system is a girl. The misdemeanor crime that girls are most convicted of is theft. The felony crime that they’re most convicted of is battery; they’re violent. They are hardened to each other.”

“My heart breaks,” says Cindy, “when I go into a juvenile jail and see an eight-year-old girl. I think, What must she have been exposed to, to bring her to the point that she’s committing a crime at eight years old?”

She says: “The girls that I minister to don’t have dolls. They’re lucky if they have food. These dolls are another way that we can break down walls and get closer to the girls. The more things we can do for these girls, the more ways that we can show them love and do things for them, the more opportunity we have to minister to them and to their families.” She says that when she goes into a home to present a doll, she will have an opportunity to minister. “And for that, I’m eternally grateful. It breaks down the walls and gives us the opportunity to share Christ with these people. The dolls are beautiful, and I thank you so much.”



Other posts by Jonita:

• 8 Things I'm Thankful For
• Haiti: Land of Potential
• Upward Soccer Recap

The Cup of Christmas (by Matthew DelValle)

39 And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 40 And when he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” 41 And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” 43 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 45 And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow, 46 and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”  (Luke 22:39-46)

During the Christmas season we are reminded of the truth of the Incarnation. The Incarnation is that God the Son—Jesus Christ—took on human flesh. He became one of us. He was born of a woman (Gal. 4:4). He lived under the authority and instruction of His parents (Luke 2:41-52). He had brothers and sisters (Luke 8:19-21). He ate when He was hungry (Luke 7:36). He drank when He was thirsty (John 4:7). He slept when He was tired (Luke 8:23). He cried when He was sad (John 11:35). He was like us in every respect (Heb. 2:17), yet without sin (Heb. 4:15). Christmas reminds us of all these truths.

In this passage from Luke 22 we catch another glimpse at the humanity of Jesus: He sweated. We have all sweated before. But have you sweat so hard drops of blood fell from your face? There is a condition known as hematidrosis where extreme anguish or physical strain causes the blood vessels to burst, mixing blood with sweat. Jesus was undergoing such anguish. Matthew’s account records Jesus saying, “My soul is very  sorrowful, even to death” (Matt. 26:38). Jesus was experiencing the most extreme level of anguish. Why? It was because of His Father’s cup that He knew He must drink (John 18:11).

The Cup

I want to camp out on this “cup” for a moment. In the Old Testament the cup was a metaphor for God’s wrathful judgment upon sin. In Psalm 75:8 Asaph wrote, “For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.” The prophet Isaiah echoes this language, “Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl, the

cup of staggering” (Isa. 51:17). In both of these Old Testament passages it is the wicked who are to drink the cup of God’s wrath. They are the ones who deserve judgment, and therefore they are the ones who drain the cup down to the dregs.

Yet here in Luke’s Gospel we read something startling: Jesus is asking the Father if He is willing to remove a cup from Him. God the Father had prepared a cup of wrath for God the Son to drink to the full. It was as if God the Father was saying, “In the hand of the LORD there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and I pour out from it, and my only begotten Son shall drain it down to the dregs.”

Jesus knew He was to drink the cup of His Father’s wrath. He knew what awaited Him at His crucifixion. It wasn’t death at the hands of lawless men that put Jesus into agony. It wasn’t even the horrific death of crucifixion. Jesus had taught His disciples, “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell” (Luke 12:4-5). No, what Jesus agonized over in the garden of Gethsemane was not murder by sinful men. What Jesus agonized over was drinking His own Father’s cup. That’s why He ended His prayer by saying, “Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done” (Luke 22:42). “It was the will of the LORD to crush him” (Isa. 53:10).

When Jesus cried out from the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”, that wasn’t hyperbole (Matt. 27:46). Jesus wasn’t just saying how He felt. He didn’t merely feel forsaken. He was forsaken. He was bearing the full weight of the wrath of God against all law-breaking, glory-trading, God-dishonoring sin upon Himself. Every bitter thought, every evil deed—all the sins of everyone who would believe in Him Jesus took upon Himself. If ever there was a person truly forsaken—in the deepest sense of the word—it was Jesus. He drank the cup down to the dregs.

Christ Our Curse

Galatians 3:13 says, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.’” The reason Jesus was forsaken by His Father is because He was cursed by His Father. That is literally what happened at Golgotha. The Father couldn’t even bear to look at His Son, who had become a mass of sin. The very sight of it disgusted Him because all He saw was filth. That is what is meant when we read, “He became sin who knew no sin” (2 Cor. 5:21). Christ became sin.

Think about this: The eternity of punishment that the wicked will experience will not compare to the wrath that was inflicted upon our Lord. It will not be equal. They will only experience the due punishment for one person’s sins—their own. No more, no less. Christ took the punishment of wrath not for one person but for billions of people. That is punishment upon punishment, wrath upon wrath, multiplied billions of times over. And what normally takes an eternity to unleash was concentrated into the most intense three hours that can be conceived. 6-week summer classes are harder than 16-week semester classes; try cramming an eternity of punishment into 3 hours. The cross was a crash course in experiencing the holy wrath of Almighty God.

I think that’s why Jesus prayed so hard His sweat became blood. It was His last opportunity to commune with His Father before He would be totally and utterly forsaken. In a matter of hours, the Father would turn His back on His Son. He would not listen to Him. He would curse Him. That’s why Luke records in verse 44 that Jesus was in agony. What could be more agonizing? He was about to experience the wrath of His Father.

Saved From God’s Wrath

So what are you saved from? If someone asks you, “Are you saved?” what do they mean? Saved from what? Friends, if we have repented of our sins and believed in our hearts that Jesus Christ is Lord, we have been saved from God Himself. We aren’t saved from hell. Hell wasn’t mad at us. We’re saved from God, and His righteous wrath against our rebellious, cosmic treason. In my place—in my place!—condemned He stood.

I love these words from John Stott about Christ’s death on the cross: “[The cross] is an appeasement of the wrath of God by the love of God through the gift of God. The initiative is not taken by us, nor even by Christ, but by God himself in sheer unmerited love. His wrath is averted not by any external gift, but by his own self-giving to die the death of sinners. This is the means he has himself contrived by which to turn his own wrath away.” To which I say, “Hallelujah!”

We are saved from God, by God, for God. Now God is no longer angry with us but only and forevermore our merciful Father. That, my friends, is amazing grace. Thank you, Jesus, for drinking the cup for me.

Man of Sorrows! what a name
For the Son of God, who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood;
Sealed my pardon with His blood.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Guilty, vile, and helpless we;
Spotless Lamb of God was He;
“Full atonement!” can it be?
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Lifted up was He to die;
“It is finished!” was His cry;
Now in Heav’n exalted high.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

When He comes, our glorious King,
All His ransomed home to bring,
Then anew His song we’ll sing:
Hallelujah! What a Savior!


Other posts by Matthew DelValle:

• Why I'm Blogging
• The Anatomy of Anxiety
• Why Are We Conformed to Christ? 

  

One Solitary Life

He was born in an obscure village, the son of a peasant woman.  He grew up in another village, where he worked in a carpenter's shop until he was thirty. Then for three years he became a wandering preacher.

He never wrote a book.
He never held an office.
He never had a family or owned a house.
He didn't go to college.
He never visited a big city.
He never travelled two hundred miles from the place where he was born. He did none of those things one usually associates with greatness.

He had no credentials but himself.

He was only thirty-three when the tide of public opinion turned against him. His friends ran away. He was turned over to his enemies and went through a mockery of a trial. He was executed by the state. While he was dying, his executioners gambled for his clothing, the only property he had on earth. When he was dead he was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

Twenty centuries have come and gone, and today he is the central figure of the human race and the leader of mankind's progress. All the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the parliaments that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man on this earth as much as that One Solitary Life.

God's Perfect Timing (by Lou Gentry)

In a recent sermon, Pastor Osborne alluded to God's perfect timing of Jesus' birth. As one example of this perfect timing, consider the fact that when Jesus was born one language was used for communication throughout the civilized world. This phenomenon was a result of the conquests of Alexander the Great, who conquered the world linguistically as well as physically. The world was unified by the koine Greek language, and the apostles wrote the New Testament and preached the gospel in this language.

Other examples of God's perfect timing of the birth of Jesus include the fact that the entire world had come under the one government of Rome--a single citizenship for all. The Romans had also constructed roads throughout their vast empire and protected them from vandals and thieves. This enabled commerce and travel to flourish. These three factors allowed Paul and the early Christians to travel the length and breadth of the empire in relative safety to share the gospel from Palestine to Spain.

So with a unifying language, a single citizenship, and roads connecting every part of the empire, the physical world was prepared for the coming of Jesus. These factors also allowed Caesar Augustus to order a census of the entire Roman world, thereby bringing Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem where, as prophesied, the virgin would give birth to the Messiah in the city of David.

There are many of us today who are waiting for God to work in our life; and, as we wait, we should remember God's perfect timing in the sending of His Son. Let us pause during this Christmas season and thank our Heavenly Father for His wisdom and His ability to perfectly order the events of our lives, including the most important event--Christ's coming.

Other Articles by Lou Gentry:

• Psalm 22:  The Psalm of the Cross
• Napoleon & Christ
• Death and Birth

Formed By Him - An Introduction

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Rev. 4:11 (Blue Jay by Dan)

Formed By Him

Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. (Genesis 2:19 ESV)

Fiery-throated Hummingbird by J Patterson

I have recently started a series of blog articles about different aspects of the Lord’s Creative Hand on the birds He has created. Some of the articles will be about a specific bird and some amazing characteristics or behavior it demonstrates. The different designs or colors of birds that have been painted with the Lord’s fantastic Paintbrush could be featured or whatever else that reveals God’s Design and His Intelligence in the creation of birds.

As I work on articles and am searching for photos of birds, other neat birds are discovered. With 10,000 plus birds flying around all over this world, the source for material should be way beyond me ever running out of things to write about. Hope you enjoy this new series, “Formed By Him.”

Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it--the LORD is his name: (Jeremiah 33:2 ESV)

Red-cockaded Woodpeckers 2-day olds©USFWS

Posts in this Series:

• Sword-Billed Hummingbirds
• Copper Birds
• Oxpeckers
• Sea Birds that drink Seawater

Sermon Archives: The Rage of the Maniacal Mad Monarch

Some of you may remember a series of Christmas messages that Pastor Osborne preached in 2006 entitled "The Voices of Christmas."  Each message centered around one of the characters in the Christmas story and featured a monologue from that character.  One of the messages was entitled "The Rage of the Maniacal Mad Monarch" and featured David Tucker as King Herod.  Listen to it on our website.



Related Posts:

• Sermon Archives:  Four Word to See Us Through Difficult Days
• Sermon Archives:  Living Water
• Sermon Archives:  Esther - The Providence of God

I Will Remember the Deeds of the Lord (by Stephen Simpson)

In Psalm 77, the Psalmist is discouraged.  He begins by crying aloud to God.  His words are a lament.  He is distressed and expresses frustration towards the Lord through a series of questions (v. 7-9)

• Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable?
• Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
• Are his promises at an end for all time?
• Has God forgotten to be gracious?
• Has he in anger shut up his compassion?

All of us have wrestled with these same questions.  Whenever trials come into our lives it is easy to feel like God has abandoned us.  Our soul "refuses to be comforted" and our spirit moans.

But, just like the Psalmist, we can find hope in remembering "the deeds of the Lord" and his "wonders of old." (v.11)  Hope returns when we ponder all his works and meditate on all his mighty deeds. (v.12)

The works of God in the past strengthen our hope and faith for the future.  Therefore, it is vitally important to always remember what God has done.  We must never forget.  We must pass on to our children and our grandchildren the stories of God's faithfulness to us.

The Psalmist does this in Chapter 77 by recalling how God mightily worked to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt and into the Promised Land.

The conclusion is simple:  The God who led the Israelites out of Egypt is still the same God.  He is still faithful to his children.

I encourage you to take a minute and reflect on this question.

What has the Lord done in my life that I need to remember?

Headlines - December's Links

Here are this month's 'headlines' - things from cyberspace that have recently caught our attention.  Enjoy!

• Answers in Genesis recently announced "the planned construction of a full-scale Noah’s Ark tourist attraction in northern Kentucky."  Learn more at their site http://arkencounter.com/  Looks like fun!
• Here's some Free December Wallpaper for you computer desktop.
• 2010 Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar - Boston.com has presented an Advent Calendar this Christmas season featuring photos from the Hubble Telescope.  They plan to add a new photo each day in December.
• Maybe you've heard of the random performances of Handel's Messiah that have been popping up across the country.  Here is one that took place in a mall food court.

  
Related Posts:

• Headlines - November's Links
• Headlines - October's Links

Sermon Archives: Four Words to See Us Through Difficult Days

Recently, Pastor Osborne preached a message entitled Four Words to See Us Through Difficult Days.  In this message Pastor gave us help for those difficult days which will inevitably come.  Here is a quote from the message:

"Faith teaches us not just that God knows all but that God knows best!"

Download or listen to the message on our website.

Related Posts:

• Sermon Archives:  Living Water
• Sermon Archives:  Esther - The Providence of God

Birds of the Bible - God's Provision for His Creatures (by Lee Dusing)

Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) being raised by a Reed Warbler©WikiC

The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works. (Psalms 145:9 NKJV)

The following thoughts and verses are from R. A.Torrey's Topical Textbook under the category of The Providence of God.

Preserving His creatures:

Lilian's Lovebird (Agapornis lilianae) by Africaddict

You alone are the LORD; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, The seas and all that is in them, And You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships You. (Nehemiah 9:6 NKJV)

Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O LORD, You preserve man and beast. (Psalms 36:6 NKJV)

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) by Nikhil Devasa

Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will. (Matthew 10:29 NKJV)

Providing for His creatures:

Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) flock ©USFWS

These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season. What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good. (Psalms 104:27-28 NKJV)

Western Great Egret (Ardea alba) With Fish by AestheticPhotos

Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psalms 136:25 KJV)

Northern Raven (Corvus corax) by Ra

He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. (Psalms 147:9 KJV)

Seashore at MacDill AFB by Lee

Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? (Matthew 6:26 NKJV)

Lee's addition:

Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) ©WikiC

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:33-34 NKJV)

Related Posts:

• Birds of the Bible - Introduction
• Birds of the Bible - Fatted Fowl

Ten Things I'm Thankful For (by Bobby Thompson)

1. A faithful, gracious, sovereign God
2. A beautiful, loving, supportive wife
3. 3, fun, adorable, challenging children (see above)
4. A servant leader for a boss
5. God's piercing and encouraging Word
6. Good health
7. The forgiveness of sin
8. Daily provisions
9. Good books
10. Golf

Related Posts:

• 8 Things I'm Thankful For (by Stephen Simpson)
• 8 Things I'm Thankful For (by Jonita Barram)
• Ten Things I'm Thankful For (by Dave Totman)
• Thankful Thoughts (by Peter Brock)