What you believe drives and shapes how you live your life. Believe your an eggplant and you’ll be living in a padded room. believe you’re nobody, and become invisible, even abused. Believe in the cross of Jesus Christ and become everything He intended. He touched their eyes and said, “Become…

By Brian Jakowski Sorry to burst your bubble, but Jesus wasn’t a white, Anglo-Saxon, protestant. He wasn’t a Christian either, but that’s all okay, because none of that has any thing to do with why I believe in Him or why I try to live for Him! I’m guessing you’re…

By Brian Jakowski You woke up today in war against an enemy devoted to destroying your very soul. This enemy, the devil, is as real as the device you’re reading on. …

America, I love you. I was born, raised, lived and worked for fifty-two years in North Eastern Ohio, I am you, the good, the bad and the ugly. In answer to the Lord’s call on our lives, my family and I left for Brazil’s Amazon ten years ago. …

An inevitable point in life every one of us will go through and can never escape is grief. At times, you’ll grieve, other times you’ll be a caring companion guiding a loved one through their necessary grief passage. Walking with someone in the travails of grief isn’t for the faint…

By Brian Jakowski The end of one story begins the next; even the darkest endings can clear the way to a brighter life. I woke up one day as a divorce statistic. A broken and disillusioned thirty-something, I fell headlong into a self-destructive lifestyle and began living out the mantra…

Who doesn’t love a good bowl of soup? On a chilly day, there’s nothing better to warm the bones and soul. Toss in a little this and a little that and you’ll soon have a rich broth packed with all the ingredients you like and few if you don’t care…

A radio talk show asked his guest, a Hollywood heartthrob, an unexpected question, “What makes a man a great lover?” After a painfully long pause, the Hollywood bad boy replied, ​ “A Great Lover is, a man who can make a woman feel secure, loved, and desired all the days…

By Rachel Jakowski In dedication to my dearest brother, Elisha H. Jakowski, who’s kindness was never found lacking. Today, the 10th of October, is my deceased brother’s birthday. …