By Lori Harding The beginning of a New Year brings the hope of renewal, a fresh start, and clean slate. That is what I used to think. However, the ball has dropped, the tinsel is fading, and celebrations are over. The new year is here and things have not changed. I guess I have lived...

by Candice Watters Q: Recently my near-two-year-old son and I were talking about how he’ll have to give up his crib when the baby we’re expecting arrives. “When the baby’s born, he’ll sleep in the crib,” I said. “No, I sleep the crib,” he said. We talked about how the crib is for babies and...

By Kyle Worley We have seen some great posts here at CBMW Manual over the course of December. We know that the winter season can be incredibly busy and you may have missed some of these articles and so we wanted to provide a short recap of some of the highlights from the blog this...

By GraceAnna Castleberry Expectations. Christmas is the season for expectations. Expectations are at times necessary and good, but if they are unrealistic or self-centered they can become stumbling blocks in our lives. We all have expectations. We have expectations for ourselves, our future, our spouse, our family, our friends, and even of God. Sometimes we...

By Van Michael Komatsu Our culture wants men to be featherweights when it comes to conviction, seriousness, responsibility, discipline, courage, and truth. The Creator of these men does not. He wants gravitas. Gravitas comes from the Latin gravis, which means “dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner.” In line with the expectation upon men seen in...

By Jeremiah G. Dys, Esq. Every Christmas, I seem to find new meaning in an old carol.  This year, it seems, I’ve heard the background of, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.”  It’s message of ultimate hope amid despair is staggering. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is remembered not only for his exquisite poetry, but also...