Author Archives: Sandy Hastings

Love shouldn’t hurt

Wednesday, 07 May 2025 07:56

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Relationship Green Flags
by Rebecca Hieronymi

As a domestic violence victim advocate, I often have conversations with clients and concerned friends or family about “red flags” or early signs that a relationship is unhealthy, or that a partner might turn abusive. It’s not always easy to spot red flags and knowing what behaviors to be wary of is important in helping us avoid harmful situations or potentially abusive partner. Green flags, on the other hand, tend to get a lot less attention. A green flag is a behavior or personality trait that signals you are safe to move a relationship forward and that the relationship is healthy and mature. When we can recognize what a healthy relationship looks like, we can move toward people who display those healthy qualities from the get-go and find ourselves in the kind of relationships that actually feed good. Here are 10 green flags to look for in a partner:

Fishing tip of the week

Wednesday, 07 May 2025 07:52

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Bladed Baits
by Mike Gerry

Every year when we hit that in-between time, when the water is warming quickly, and the bass are healing up from the spawn, fast moving baits have an advantage. You are you are forced to start creating a bite. Most of us don’t realize it but the blades on many of our baits help slow retrieve and give an advantage in many different ways.

Thoughts from The Bible

Wednesday, 07 May 2025 07:48

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Servants and Stewards
by Sarah Wootten Corinth Missionary Baptist Church

What is the measure of success for the minister of the Word? It’s a difficult question for us to answer because we are influenced by the world around us and by prideful desires within us. Some people act like a minister’s success is measured numerically, whether it’s by finances, years in ministry, membership rolls, or baptisms. Others know better than to look at numbers, so they may consider spiritual matters to be the mark of success, like spiritual fruit in the lives of the congregation. While none of these are bad things – of course we want more people joining local churches and growing spiritually – God doesn’t measure a minister based on what man considers success. Instead, God looks at the faithfulness of those whom He calls into ministry. When we understand a minister’s role, this makes perfect sense.