Courtney Doctor, Melissa Kruger, Vanessa Hawkins, and Jen Wilkin have each been married for more than 25 years. In this conversation, they talk about how marriage was different from what they expected, what practices have strengthened their marriages through life’s ebbs and flows, and the worst marriage advice they’ve heard.  Recommended Resources: Single, Dating, Engaged, Married by Ben Stuart Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas Related Content: Growing Your Marriage While Having Young Kids Sustaining the Covenant of Marital Love Marriage in Gospel Focus A Biblical View of Marriage Discussion Questions: 1. What does spending quality time together look like in this season of your lives? 2. What’s the best (or worst) piece of relationship advice you’ve received? What made it helpful or harmful? 3. What strengths do you see in yourself and your spouse? How have those strengths balanced out areas of weakness in different seasons of your lives? 4. Can you think of a way you’d like to rearrange your priorities to strengthen your marriage (or your future marriage)? 5. Which “one another” commands come the easiest to you? Which are most difficult, and how might you seek to live those out increasingly? 6. In what ways has God used your marriage to sanctify you? 7. What do you want to pray for your spouse, your marriage, or yourself based on what you’ve heard and discussed?

The demands of everyday life, in the form of natural stimuli, prompt the development of the various behavioral traits and physical structures of plants and animals. In trying to envision the appearance of extraterrestrial beings, scientists once turned to Earth’s fossil record. After all, it provided evidence as to how organisms had already evolved on […] The post 10 Conceptions of What Extraterrestrial Could Look Like appeared first on Listverse.

The comic book-to-movie adaptation is far from a fine art. In this hero-centric cinematic world, moviemakers and actors are inclined to bend the rules and break away from the source material when bringing characters to the big screen. Indeed, many writers, directors, and stars have all but ignored the comics they are adapting to suit […] The post 10 Comic Book Film Characters Based on Something Else Entirely appeared first on Listverse.

Let’s not allow for any ambiguity: I don’t think that Tempest Rising is a better game, overall, than the original Command and Conquer. Tiberian Dawn is more stylish, funnier, more satirical, and 30 years older - it is the giant on whose shoulders Tempest Rising stands. But if we’re talking about mechanics, maps, and mission design, Slipgate’s RTS gives even the best of the Command and Conquer series a run for its ore. It’s more high pressure. It’s more tactical. There’s greater attention to pacing and rhythm. Perhaps it’s unfair to compare them outright, but the Tempest Rising Steam launch suggests that, at the very least, it deserves to be called Command and Conquer’s peer. Continue reading Tempest Rising is a Steam hit, and perhaps a better RTS than Command and Conquer MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Tempest Rising announcement, The best RTS games, The best PC strategy games

“Here’s the dirty little secret: Fiat currency is designed to lose value. Its very purpose is to confiscate your wealth and transfer it to the government. Each time the government prints a new dollar and spends it, the government gets the full purchasing power of that dollar.” – Michael Maloney The post The Editors’ Quote of the Day: appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, a warning on upcoming solar storrms. Experts Warn of Decades of Solar Storms and Global Disruptions One of my consulting clients forwarded this: The Sun Just Hit a … The post The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) Synchronizing The second useful capability I wanted this solution to support is the ability for various applications I use to synchronize their data with a single ‘master’ copy. That allows multiple individuals to read, edit and update information and ensure everyone has easy access to the latest version. For example, in my article on setting up a laptop for use after a disaster I mentioned the use of tools like Obsidian and/or Joplin for managing things like intelligence information, basic note-taking, inventory management, etc. Both of these applications support the ability to … The post A Simplified Disaster Network – Part 2 by J.M. appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

On April 24, 1459, Fra Mauro completed his Map of the World in Venice for King Alfonso V of Portugal – largest known world map from Medieval Europe and the first to show Africa as a free-standing continent. According to the InfoGalactic Wiki: “[Fra Mauro’s map] is “considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography.” It is a circular planisphere drawn on parchment and set in a wooden frame that measures over two by two meters. Including Asia, the Indian Ocean, Africa, Europe, and the Atlantic, it is orientated with south at the top. The map is usually on display in … The post Preparedness Notes for Thursday — April 24, 2025 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.