The Narrow Path

About a month ago, our church began to offer a “Get Out of Debt” weekly seminar.  My wife and I decided that even though we do pretty good with our finances that there are probably a lot of things that we could learn still. So we signed up and paid the $100 and prayed that it would be $100 well spent.

Im here to tell you… it’s definitely worth it!  The seminar is by a guy named Dave Ramsey.. some of you will recognize his name, and others, like my wife and I, have never heard of him before.  We are currently involved with his “Financial Peace University” series and last night’s lesson was on “Getting Rid of Debt”.  We got swept up in the presentation, ok well not swept up.. we have been on this path for a long time, and blended.. yes blended up our credit cards and are going to rely on God as our emergency fund, instead of the lenders.

We are not very far in debt thankfully. I did say that we were pretty good with our finances, but we are in debt and we would love to get out.  We did make the mistake of not having insurance when we became pregnant, so we’ll have debt there when the time comes, but we are following the outlines and are taking the steps necessary to begin the process of becoming debt free and to have financial freedom.  And.. as Dave Ramsey says, “We are going to live like no one else now, so that we can live like no one else later”.  Which when 70% of the US is broke and living paycheck to paycheck.. “normal” is not exactly what we are going for here

Check out his website and if you’re interested, we can’t say enough about the sessions, search for a group in your area and go for it!

I am sure you are familiar with Apple’s TV advertisements.. well here is a spoof of those ads for the Numb3rs TV show.

“They found capsaicin, an ingredient of jalapeno peppers, triggers cancer cell death by attacking mitochondria – the cells’ energy-generating boiler rooms.” – BBC

Im not so sure about this, at least the whole spicy food thing since my grandfather and most of my family have died from cancer AND we all absolutely love spicy food Maybe they can develop a drug from capsaicin that will help, which would be a blessing! Check out the article.

Here is an article on BBC News about how olive oil reduces cancer risk.

Adding plenty of olive oil to a diet could help protect against cell damage that can lead to cancer, experts say.

A study of 182 European men found those who had 25 millilitres of olive oil per day had reduced levels of a substance which indicates cell damage.

The Danish team said it may explain why many cancer rates are higher in northern Europe than the south, where olive oil is a major part of the diet.

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Remember the best oils are ranked accordingly:

1. Flaxseed
2. Canola
3. Soybean
4. Olive (virgin or extra virgin)
5. Pumpkin Seed

Now here is something insanely cool! A device that can actually write on water using waves… I have absolutely no idea what “practical” purposes there would be for it. The article does explain some uses… Practical? nah, but it would definitely be something different

I’m thinking that one of these days I just might need to know this and the more info we can have on the net about this.. the better a lot of us guys would be! So here we go:

Drinking a daily eight ounce glass of pomegranate juice can significantly slow the progress of prostate cancer, a study suggests.

Researchers say the effect may be so large that it may help older men outlive the disease.

Pomegranates contain a cocktail of chemicals which minimise cell damage, and potentially kill off cancer cells.

Read More at the BBC…