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Beacon Radio Interview with For King & Country

excited today. You guys know Joel SmallJoel Smallbone of the Grammy award bone, you know for KING & COUNTRY, you winning band, for know them through their music. You’ve KING & COUNTRY, and heard them, all their hit songs: The Proof of several family memYour Love, Busted Heart, Crave, Fix My Eyes, Host Steve Teel Shoulders, It’s Not Over Yet, Priceless... Welbers, released their Steve@saBeacon.com debut feature film, come, Joel, to the show.

Priceless, in October.

Joel Smallbone: Thank you, my good To date, this indie movie has played on over sir, thank you for having me today.

300 screens nationwide, earning $1.4 million ST: I’m kind of amazed by all that you dollars at the box office. Joel and I talked guys are doing and I’m a simple man, Joel, about the film, the power of the arts to so I’m even amazed to hear this Aussie move people, the challenges of producing a accent after having feature film, God’s intervention to make it seen your new movie, happen, his marriage to singer Moriah Priceless. First of all I Peters, and if more movies are in his future. want to say congratulaTo listen to the entire interview and to tions. enjoy the full effect of Joel’s Aussie accent, JS: Thank you, tune in to Beacon Radio, Saturday, Nov. 5, Steve. It’s certainly Noon-1pm on KSLR AM630 or KSLR.com or been a labor of love and passion for us. go to saBeacon.com Monday, Nov. 7. This We’re thrilled to have it out theatrically. episode, like all Beacon Radio, is available ST: I’m really thrilled too. I got to see it a on saBeacon.com each Monday following couple of nights ago, and I loved it. You guys broadcast. PricelessTheMovie.com has more did a fantastic job. Your acting, Joel, is so information on the film. Here are some good. I was blown away by what a good interview excerpts:Proposed Advertisement actor are. 2016 foryou August Steve Teel: This is Beacon Radio, I’m so JS: You’re very kind. I have to commend

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some great actors on this picture, Steve. We had Jim Parrack from Suicide Squad and Fury opposite Brad Pitt, and Bianca Santos from The Duff and The Fosters and David Koechner even from Anchorman and The Office. I was a little nervous that they would sort of pummel me as an actor with their superiority of experience and they just loved on me and really kind of built me up as an actor which was for someone much younger in the craft was very... I owe a lot to them and I was very encouraged by their grace in the process.

ST: How did they build you up? How did that work?

JS: Well whenever you’re like an expert in any field, professor, a mentor to the protégé, the superior can make the inferior look really silly. And actors can even do that on screen real subtly just with sort of the way they interact or react. I was frankly, I was just coming into this going, their mindset will be, ‘Here’s a musician trying to carry the film and this is just going to be sort of hilarious,’ and not

take it seriously. But they stayed in it. They bled for it. They really worked at it and that passion is contagious so when they were being just consummate professionals it really allowed me to have the confidence to feel like that they weren’t sort of judging me on screen or anything. They were letting me do my job and they were taking theirs equally seriously.

ST: I defy anybody who watched this movie to guess that this was your first starring role. Are you a big fan and student of the movies or what?

JS: I love the arts, Steve. I love music and movies, even growing up, were always a passion of my heart. I did music with my younger brother Luke obviously and still do in the band, for KING & COUNTRY, and then my older brother, Ben, is a filmmaker and so we would always do these kind of Indiana Jones films with a Super 8 camera gallivanting through our parents’ backwoods in our farm and Luke, my younger brother, was always the first one to get killed. I could never quite work out why. But we were always students of music and movcontinued on page 7

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Max Lucado: My Prediction for November 9

BY MAX LUCADO

We are really ready for this presidential election to be over. We’re ready for an end to the rancor and tackiness.

Voters on both sides feel frustrated, even embarrassed by it all. There is a visceral fear, an angst about the result. What if so and so wins? When we wake up to November 9, post-election, when the confetti is swept away and the election is finally over, what will we see?

I have a prediction. I know exactly what November 9 will bring. Another day of God’s perfect sovereignty.

He will still be in charge. His throne will still be occupied. He will still manage the affairs of the world. Never before has His providence depended on a king, president,

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or ruler. And it won’t on November 9, 2016.

“The LORD can control a king’s mind as he controls a river; he can direct it as he pleases” (Proverbs 21:1).

On one occasion the Lord turned the heart of the King of Assyria so that he aided them in the construction of the Temple. On another occasion, he stirred the heart of Cyrus to release the Jews to return to Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar was considered to be the mightiest king of his generation. But God humbled and put him in “detention” for seven years. “The kingdom is the Lord’s, and He rules over the nations” (Psalms 22:28).

Understanding God’s sovereignty over the nations opens the door to peace. When we realize that God influences the hearts of all rulers, we can then choose to pray for them rather than fret about them. Rather than wring our hands we bend our knees, we select prayer over despair.

Jeremiah did this. He was the prophet to Israel during one of her darkest periods of rebellion. He was called “the weeping prophet” because he was one. He wept at the condition of the people and the depravity of their faith. He was so distraught that one of his books was entitled Lamentations.

But then he considered the work of God. Note the intentionality of his words: This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.

The LORD’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.

They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

(Lam. 3:21-23) Imitate Jeremiah. Lift up your eyes. Dare to believe that good things will happen.

Dare to believe that God was speaking to us when he said: “In everything God works for the good of those who love him” (Romans 8:28).

Many years ago, I spent a week visiting the interior of Brazil with a long-time mis-

sionary pilot. He flew a circuit of remote towns in a small plane that threatened to come undone at the slightest gust of wind.

Wilbur and Orville had a sturdier aircraft.

I could not get comfortable. I kept thinking that the plane was going to crash in some Brazilian jungle and I’d be gobbled up by piranhas or swallowed by an anaconda.

I kept shifting around, looking down, and gripping my seat. (As if that would help.) Finally, the pilot had had enough of my squirming. He looked at me and shouted over the airplane noise. “We won’t face anything I can’t handle. You might as well trust me to fly the plane.”

Is God saying the same to you? If so, make this your prayer: Dear Lord, You are perfect. You could not be better than you are.

You are self-created. You exist because you choose to exist.

You are self-sustaining. No one helps you. No one gives you strength.

You are self-governing. Who can question your deeds? Who dares advise you?

You are correct. In every way. In every choice. You regret no decision.

You have never failed. Never! You cannot fail! You are God! You will accomplish your plan.

You are happy. Eternally joyful. Endlessly content.

You are the king, supreme ruler, absolute monarch, overlord, and rajah of all history.

An arch of your eyebrow and a million angels will pivot and salute. Every throne is a footstool to yours. Every crown is papier– mâché to yours. No limitations, hesitations, questions, second thoughts, or backward glances. You consult no clock. You keep no calendar. You report to no one. You are in charge.

And I trust you.

Circle November 9 on your calendar and write upon it the words: Our good God rules the world.

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EDUCATION

Diving Head First into College

BY LAUREN ROBERTSON, Beacon Intern

The chaos that is college truly cannot be tional, the vents are laden with dust, and crickets are found on every hall corner; Coltackled in one article. It is impossible to lins has quickly become a home away from fully digest every aspect of life as a collehome. In all honesty, I have bonded and giate student, but that is part of the beautimade friends by venting about the headful excitement that the next four years of aches of Collins Hall like lack of hot water, my Baylor experience presents.

Living in a new city means a new level of broken ovens, or musty rooms.

Living “on my own”, I have quickly personal responsibility. I was (and still am) concerned about making friends, maintain- learned to prioritize time management.

While it can be a hassle traversing across ing good grades, and staying healthy- nothcampus from classes to social events to ing atypical for a freshman as you quickly organization meetings, I see it as a blessing learn that countless others are in the same in disguise. Typically, I dock a minimum of boat. eight miles on my iWatch. Not bad considAt Baylor University, all first year students are required to live on campus. While ering the only “Freshman 15” I want is the one served up my favorite burger joint in some view this as unnecessary, I could not Waco- Twisted Root. be more thankful that Baylor cultivates a At the end of the day, Collins is my humcampus focused on community. Ruth Collins (my residential hall) is arguably the old- ble, cozy abode where I can unwind and up with my roommate who has est dorm on campus that manages to house catch Proposed Advertisement for September 2016 become one of my closest friends. While 600 girls across six floors. Even though the there is little to no time to relax in college, I doors creek, plumbing is not always func-

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make sure to continue cultivating new relationships with others, to call my parents, and to invest in my spiritual walk. I never regret taking the time to pause and reflect with others or in prayer with God, but I have found myself emotionally strained and exhausted when I do neglect such needed social and spiritual breathers.

If I could impart one token of advice after being in college for a little over a month, it is to simply not be timid- put yourself out there! When I say this I do not mean it in the sense of acting out of your ordinary self. Rather, challenge yourself to truly be who you are even when meeting others for the first time.

While it can be hard to connect at first, the key is to be open to fully immerse yourself in what your college campus has to offer. If I had not been open to putting myself out there, I would be missing out on some part of my Baylor experience right now. Not everything will work, not all accommodations in college be up to parespecially the dining hall food- but it does not have to and you should not want it to be. Imperfections make experiences more unique, more memorable. College is what you make it out to be- it challenges you and has certainly made me grow in the six weeks I have been here.

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Living single is a common experience for many couples. When couples are close in proximity to one another but not really connected or engaged they are living single.

They are living lives parallel to each other, at the same speed, with similar schedules but their paths rarely - if ever - touch.

This is not a new problem. In fact, we see Adam and Eve, the first couple, had a similar problem in Genesis 3:1-7. Adam and Eve faced the first big dilemma in their marriage –temptation from the devil to disobey God. They did not know what the ramifications of disobedience could be, but did know the boundaries God placed in their lives.

We see that Adam and Eve were close, but not engaged in each other’s lives. At this critical point in their relationship, Adam did not intervene. He stood by, almost waiting, to see what would happen when Eve ate the fruit.

When nothing appeared to happen, and she offered it to him, he took the fruit himself and ate it.

Waiting for Eve to eat the fruit, instead of protecting her, and blaming her once

confronted by God about what he’d done doesn’t sound very loving to me.

They were close, but yet so far apart.

They were running parallel, but on different paths.

When couples find themselves in this situation they often over-react in order to compensate. But it doesn’t have to be hard.

We can take simple steps.

For instance, what if we just made the mundane more meaningful? There are things around my house Kristen and I hate to do - folding laundry, dusting, and folding laundry. So we try to take on these kinds of projects together. While doing so, we have conversations and reconnect.

Making the mundane meaningful is not adding “something else” to your already busy life, because the mundane is already there. A side benefit is that it makes a task we avoid go a little faster.

Since 2011, Freddie Albaugh has been the Marriage & Family/Small Groups Pastor at Hope Church in Memphis,Tennessee. A native of Texas and former camp counselor at T-Bar-M during his college days, Freddie and his wife, Kristen, have served in full-time ministry for more than 20 years. You can follow his blog at http://www. hopepres.com/family-bytes.

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Student Writers Program The Beacon has an exciting new program to watch out for… Our Student Writers Initiative. The young people in the community are getting out in the community and sharing their stories of service, as well as spotlighting different ministries and organizations in San Antonio and the surrounding areas.

ies so this was just a great, wonderful opportunity to really explore that in a way that we had never had before.

ST: So jumping ahead, it’s not really fair I know, because I know this is so exciting right now with the traction that’s it getting, the good reviews from LA Times and Variety--these are big-time secular sources that are talking about how well told the story is told ... so what are you guys talking about for down the road? What are you guys dreaming up? Or is it just too fresh or too soon?

JS: We’re still in it for sure. I think we bled more for this project than we have arguably for any in the history of the band.

So it was such a learning experience, such an incredible experience, such an experience that took radical intervention of God and folks moving in unique ways that I do feel strongly that this will be the first of hopefully many that we’ll have the opportunity to lean in on more stories like this and tell them in a real way. Someone asked me the other day, ‘Well why? You’re musicians.

Why lean into movies?’ I think it’s because of this: we believe that the arts in general has a way of bypassing the head and go straight to the heart of humanity. To write out real issues, current issues, important issues, and bring light to them has this ability to be able to reach into the soul and really I hope create conversation, create change, and in this case shed light on something that is an important issue both internally and as global citizens and really asking ourselves what is our role in this. So, Steve, you’ve flattered me very much and I really do feel and conversations have already begun as to what that next film may be.

ST: You’ve talked about that this project you’ve bled over more than the others. What did that look like and how did you see God come through?

JS: It’s just different. Making music is not easy but when you’re dealing with audio only and 40 minutes for a record and three and a half minutes for a song as opposed to music and sound and visuals and an hour and, in this case, thirty-seven minutes of storytelling. There’s so many layers to it. It kind of blows doing music out of the water in some ways and so, just the intensity of it.

And the finance, the amount of money that goes into doing a picture like this. There’s just so many of those layers so there were moments on set where we--we shot in Albuquerque, New Mexico--almost got shut down by the film commission for some reason or another. There were moments even

in promoting the film where we didn’t have enough money to sort of get the word out about it properly and these sort of preposterous stories came through at the eleventh hour.

ST: What happened? What came through? So this really was a big strain. This is not like you just had a blank check and ‘oh, let’s throw some money at it.’

JS: No, no, far from it. I don’t know if you’re familiar with My Pillow. It’s a company you see a lot of infomercials for it, run by a fellow named Mike, and we were a million dollars shy on raising enough money to market the film. And one of our investors who had actually invested in the actual principal photography for the picture, he was watching this infomercial with the guy who does My Pillow, and he felt prompted late that night as he was watching this television commercial to research this guy and reach out to him so he did. Long story, very short, they ended up living five minutes from each other. They sit down with each other the next day and our financier kind of just presents the film and the opportunity and what it’s about and everything. We had exhausted every opportunity internally to try and find this million dollars to promote the film and the My Pillow guy, this was on a Thursday, by the next Monday had wired the money into the account. Just incredible feats and stories like that.

ST: Yeah, it’s an amazing journey. Listeners, that’s Joel Smallbone of for KING & COUNTRY, incredible music that’s touching lives but also incredible movie and just the first, God-willing, of many, that he and his brothers and family are going to be putting out. And they do make a difference because seeing this in movie form it does move on your heart in a different way than someone just telling you about it and so, Joel again, I just want to say congratulations, great, great job.

JS: Thank you, Steve. I appreciate your thoughtfulness, candor, and consideration in all of this.

ST: Well, and my hype. I’m just excited. (laughter) I’m just excited. You did so great.

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FAMILY

stuff to fill our bucket. Seeking affirmation and the acceptance of others is one of the most common bucket-filling approaches.

Similarly, the accumulation of stuff, whether it’s possessions or accolades, is another of the ways people seek to fill their

by KIRK FREEMAN, Pastor bucket.

CrossBridge Community Church There are two problems with looking to people and stuff to fill our love bucket. First, other people are on the same quest to fill Get a mental picture of a five gallon their bucket that we are. They often don’t bucket, the kind you might buy at Home have much love to give, at least not comDepot or Lowes. I’m thinking of the plastic pared to what we need. People can spare a kind with the handle that cuts off the circulittle love, but not enough to fill our bucket. lation of your fingers when you actually try Imagine trying to use an eye-dropper to fill to carry five gallons of water in it. Got the up a five gallon bucket-picture?

When we don’t feel loved or not very effective, right?

Every one of us has a In the same way, stuff bucket just like this, but good about ourselves, it’s isn’t a very effective it’s inside of us. We use bucket filler either. There because our bucket is more this internal bucket to never seems to be store up love. We also on the empty side. enough money or posuse it as the storage sessions.

Like drinking place for our self esteem and sense of worth.

When we feel loved, it’s because there’s love salt water, the pursuit of possessions always leaves us thirsting for more. in our bucket. When we don’t feel loved or Complicating our quest even further is good about ourselves, it’s because our the fact that most of us have at least a hole bucket is more on the empty side. or two (or more) in our bucket. We get holes Much of what we do and think about in our bucket from the wounds and disaprevolves around the need to have our pointments of our life. Broken relationships, June 2016 bucket filled. Issue This is universally true about betrayal, failures, and loss all have the people: we are on a non-stop quest to keep potential to poke holes in our bucket and our bucket filled. Often we look to people or

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Relationships can be painful when we bring our leaky bucket to a person, expecting them to fill it with their eye-dropper. We become frustrated or dissatisfied with their ability to love us...and they can become resentful and discouraged by the pressure we put on them. All too often we load up our relationships with impossible expectations and when we do, it always gets ugly. People and stuff simply can’t fill our bucket.

(There are plenty of beautiful, wealthy Hollywood celebrities whose marriages reveal this painful reality.) The bottom line: We have to find a better way to fill our bucket.

I’m convinced that the God who designed our bucket actually desires to be the one who fills it. I’m equally convinced that he’s the only one who can fill our bucket.

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you’re in!”(Southern Antebellum accent). In Singleness is not a virus without a cure. turn, we’ve created a stigma around singleIt’s not a virus at all and single people are not the walking dead; they are not useless ness. We idolize marriage(healthy or to the church. It can feel like you’re infected unhealthy) and put married people up on a with a disease that everyone can see. Some- pedestal.

People are encouraged to date, get times, being single at church can feel like you’re the last kid to get picked for a pick-up engaged, and get married—quickly. Marbasketball game. The people who are dating, riage is important and of course an example engaged, or married stand in their cliques of Christ and the church. However, there picking out the people they want to go should be more edification of singleness and bowling with this coming week. No one a slowness to marriage. Thoroughly, before really likes bowling but all the caked-up marriage, couples should go through people like to go to bowling alley’s for some intense counseling. There is a reason for reason. that 51% divorce rate in the church. We feel Anyway, the single people look around anxious about not dating or being married, like Puss-In-Boots with the googly eyes, like a baby fighting sleep, we don’t like this hoping to be invited too, but to no avail. feeling and we hustle to get a quick fix with You’re probably thinkthe wrong relationship.

You have to change ing, ‘yeah well maybe all Change your perspective. your mindset single the single people should Start seeing your single- people! Change your hang out together’. perspective. Start seeing True. However, that ness as a season you’re your singleness as a seawhole conundrum can get judged and misinwalking through and not a son you’re walking through and not a label terpreted too and that is label you are living in. you are living in. You a post for another day. have the opportunity to This post is about grow into the best ‘you’ standing tall in this seaRemember, you’re aweand the best spouse son of your life and not possible. You’re single worrying about feeling some. You’re wanted. because you can handle or being left out.

You’re validated by God it for now; you’re not *A quick side note to obligated to handle it those who are engage or forever, although for married and reading this. You’ve got to stop excluding single peo- some of you think 2 months is forever. God gives the gift of complete singleness to ple. You may not even know you’re doing it, those who have zero desire to get married. If so take a moment to think about who you that sounds like your journey, many blessspend the most time with. If you don’t have a few single people you and your spouse are ings to you; OWN THAT! However, if you’re mentoring and pouring into, you’re missing single and you desire to get married, you the whole point of discipleship. How will need only to wait on God and He will send single people know what a healthy Christian your spouse. marriage looks like if you’re not showing Remember, you’re awesome. You’re them? Be intentional about giving single wanted. You’re validated by God. You don’t Christians access in your lives. Doing so will need to be married, you want to be married. change the way people view marriage and Right now, you’re just growing. Say it: “Right bring it to a human level, remove it from now, I’m single and I’m just growing. I am fantasy, and make it reality.* not any less valuable to the Church or the BACK TO SINGLE PEOPLE DON’T Kingdom of God.” That’s all it is. You’re not CARRY THE WALKING DEAD VIRUS an infected person with the virus of singleA good majority of the time, it’s the ness, you’re alive and well. OWN IT! church community that makes singleness Tramaine A. Stallworth is the Social Media Coordinator of the Rock out to be a disease. The married people gasp, “you’re single? oh my, poor thing, we’ve Church in San Diego and founder of the Tin Collective, a Christian got to help you out of that awful damnation Millennial Blog Company.

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Area Churches A F R I C A N M E T H O D I S T E P I S C O PA L

Hodges Chapel A.M.E. 401 Gulf St, San Antonio 78202

(210) 224-0665

ANGLICAN

All Saints Anglican Church 11122 Link Dr., SA 78213

(210) 344-1920 www.allsaintanglican.net A S S E M B LY O F G O D

First Assembly of God 13435 West Ave., SA 78216 (210) 496-9977 Living Springs Assembly Of God 151 Purple Sage Rd, Bandera 78003

(830) 796-7932 Northwest Assembly of God 2714 Hunters Green, SA 78231 (210)492-5531 Victory Assembly Of God 1017 W Byrd Blvd, Universal City 78148

(210) 659-3251 BAPTIST

Calvary Baptist Church 6142 Fm 78, San Antonio 78244 (210) 222-1541 Castle Hills First Baptist Church 2220 NW Military Hwy, SA 78213

(210) 377-8485 Central Baptist Church 1226 S. Presa St., SA 78224 (210) 533-5882 www.freewebs.com/centralbaptistchruch Converse First Baptist Church 9162 FM 78, Converse 78109 (210) 658-2891 Elmendorf First Baptist Church 7795 FM 327, Elmendorf 78112

(210) 665-2113 www.efbconline.org First Baptist Church Universal City 1401 Pat Booker Rd., Universal City 78148 (210) 658-6394 Grace Point Church Medical Center 9650 Huebner Road, SA 78249

(210) 696-6093 www.gracepoint.org Grace Point Church- West Campus 8531 Leslie Rd SA 78254

(210) 363-8932 www.gracepoint.org Helotes Independent Baptist 15335 Orange Tower Dr, Helotes 78023

(210) 695-2321 Hondo First Baptist 2400 Ave P, Hondo 78661 (830) 426-4047 Iglesia Bautista Hispana 1226 E Borgfeld Dr, SA 78260 (830) 438-3081 Lytle First Baptist 16827 N Prairie St, Lytle 78052 (830) 709-2202 Resurrection Baptist Church 1002 E Live Oak Rd, Schertz 78154

(210) 658-0459 www.myrbconline.org/ South San Filadelfia Baptist Church 2483 W. Southcross, SA 78211

(210) 225-7537 www.myssfc.org Southeast Baptist Church 2414 S WW White Rd, SA 78222 (210) 333-6304 Trinity Baptist Church San Antonio 3233 N Saint Marys St, SA 78212

(210) 736-0969 True Life Church 202 W Byrd Blvd, Universal City 78148

(210) 658-5945 www.livetruelife.church C AT H O L I C

St Gabriel Catholic Church 747 SW 39th St, SA 78237

(210) 433-3689

CHURCH OF CHRIST

Dellcrest Church of Christ 1550 S WW White Rd., SA 78220 Liberty View Church Of Christ 1719 Burleson, SA 78202 (210) 251-2325 Northside Church of Christ 19818 US Highway 281 N, SA 78258

(210) 494-1908 www.nscoc.org CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

Dominion Church of God In Christ 3023 Martin Luther King Dr, San Antonio 78220 (210) 226-2932 CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST

Thompson Chapel C.O.G.I.C. 903 S Palmetto, SA 78210

(210) 533-7849

E VA N G E L I C A L F R E E

Northeast Bible Church 19185 FM 2252, Garden Ridge 78266 www.nebible.net FOURSQUARE

Lifehouse Church 20825 Wilderness Oak, San Antonio 78258

(210) 499-5775 www.lifehouseSA.com Living Faith Church 7801 Marbach Rd, SAT 78227 (210) 256-7711 www.livingfaithsa.org I N T E R - D E N O M I N AT I O N A L

Community Bible Church 2477 North Loop 1604 East, San Antonio 78232

(210) 496-5096 www.communitybible.com Community Bible Church Brooks 3005 Sidney Brooks St, SA 78235

(210) 534-1764 www.communitybible.com Community Bible Church Northwest 8118 Tezel Rd, San Antonio 78250

(210) 509-1800 www.communitybible.com Trinity Church 5415 N Loop 1604 E, San Antonio 78247

(210) 653-0003 www.trinitychurch.com LUTHERAN

Christ the King Lutheran 1129 Pat Booker Rd, SA 78148 (210) 658-2254 Good News Lutheran Church 11020 Old Corpus Christi Hwy, SA 78223

(210) 633-0551 LUTHERAN-MISSOURI SYNOD

Concordia Lutheran Church 16801 Huebner Rd, SA78258

(210) 479-1477 www.concordialutheranchurch.com

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Mt Calvary Lutheran 308 Mt Calvary Dr, San Antonio 78209

(210) 824-8748 www.mtcsa.org N O N - D E N O M I N AT I O N A L

Abundant Life Church 5626 Randolph Blvd #1, San Antonio 78233

(210) 650-4816 www.abundantlifechurchsa.org Cornerstone Church 18755 Stone Oak Pkwy, SA 78258

(210) 490-1600 www.sacornerstone.org/ Crossbridge Community Church 25700 Overlook Pkwy, San Antonio 78260

(210) 496-0158 www.crossbridgecommunitychurch.com/ Destiny Church 8635 Callaghan, San Antonio 78230

(210) 349-2295 www.destinychurch.cc Faith Outreach Center International 3806 Sunshine Ranch Rd., San Antonio 78228 www.faith-outreach.org Grace Community Church Universal City 701 Kitty Hawk Rd, Universal City 78148 (210) 659-8200 www.grace-sa.org Harvest Fellowship Community Church 16111 San Pedro, SA 78232 www.harvestfellowship.org House Of Living Bread Church 18940 Redland Rd, SA 78259 (210) 402-6500 Oak Hills Church - Crownridge 19595 West Ih 10, San Antonio 78256

(210) 698-6868 www.oakhillschurch.com/crownridge Oak Hills Church - Journey Fellowship 16847 Interstate 35 N # 3, Selma 78154 (210) 651-1463 www.oakhillschurch.com/journeyfellowship Oak Hills Church - North Central 814 Arion Parkway, Suite 410, SA 78216

(210) 698-4689 www.oakhillschurch.com/northcentral Oak Hills Church - Westside 321 N General Mcmullen Dr, SA 78237

(210) 433-1484 www.oakhillschurch.com/westside Summit Christian Center 2575 Marshall Rd, SA 78259

(210) 402-0565 www.summitsa.com The Living Word of God Christian Church 608 Schertz Parkway, Schertz 78154 (210) 468-3609 Vertical Church 4218 Thousand Oaks, SAT 78217 www.facebook.com/VerticalMinSA Victory Outreach Church 851 Hammond Ave, SA 78210 (210) 533-7060 OTHER

Alamo City Christian Fellowship Church 6500 IH 35 North, SA 78218 www.alamocity.org Alamo Heights Christian Church 6435 N. New Braunfels Ave., SA 78209

(210) 828-5728 Church Alive 18850 Redland Road, San Antonio 78259

(210) 490-1770 www.sachurchalive.com/ Crossroads Community Church 5834 Ray Ellison, San Antonio 78242

(210) 623-4500 www.wherelifechanges.com/ Divine Fellowship 200 So Camp, Seguin 78155 (210) 632-4448 First Christian Church 201 Harriman Place, San Antonio 78204

(210) 226-8545 Friendship Center 217 Pleasanton, San Antonio 78214 (210) 367-6243 Grace Bible Church La Vernia 390 FM 1346 S, La Vernia 78121

(830) 779-5200 Grace Tabernacle Church 3630 SE Military Dr, SA 78223 (210) 534-7080 www.gracepraise.org/ Hope Fellowship Christian Church 4836 Rittiman Rd, SA 78218

(210) 370-3397 https://www.facebook.com/HopeFellowshipSA/ Iglesia Cristiana Oasis de Amor 11333 West Ave, SA 78213 (210) 653-9048 Iglesia de Hogar 1071 W Kirk Place, SA 78214 (210) 433-9993 Iglesia El Jordan 13003 SW Loop 410, SA 78224 (210) 628-4772 Iglesia Vision Y Restauracion 1845 Donaldson Ave, SA 78228 (210) 432-1265 International Bible Church 2369 Benrus Blvd, SA 78228

(210) 434-5541 www.church.ibctx.org/ Jesus’ Church 5726 Mobud St, San Antonio 78238 (210) 682-5224 JMB Outreach Ministries 9558 Cantura Crest, SA 78250 (210) 607-1537 Kingdom Life Christian Ministries Inc. 10635 IH 35 N, Suite 313, San Antonio 78233 (210) 650-5334 www.kingdomlifecm.org/ Kings Mission Fellowship 610 Moursund Blvd, SA 78221

(210) 922-5366 www.kingsmissionsa.com/ Living Water Faith Church 118 Fredericksburg Rd, SA 78201 (210) 733-1980 Living Word Christian Fellowship 4952 Windsor Hl # 103, Windcrest 78239 (210) 650-0712 Love Gospel Church 8102 Crosscreek, San Antonio 78218 (210) 650-3400 Mission of Mercy Ministry 502 E Southcross, SA 78214 (210) 425-3365 New Creations Christian Fellowship 8700 Fourwinds Dr, Windcrest 78239

(210) 646-7997 New Life Christian Center 6610 W US Highway 90, San Antonio 78227

(210) 679-6050 New Life Church 1503 Standish, Floresville 78114 (830) 216-1008 Nuevo Amanecer 502 E Southcross, San Antonio 78226 (830) 281-1162 Primera Iglesia 437 W Johnson, Pleasanton 78064 (830) 570-4999 Real Christ International Church 1136 W Woodlawn, San Antonio 78201

(210) 913-5435 Redeeming Grace AME Zion Chr 1690 Rigsby Ave, SA 78210 (210) 359-6240 Road To Damascus Church 2105 Pinn Rd, SA 78227 (210) 673-4924

Shalom Outreach Ministries 3107 Guadalupe, SA 78207 (210) 438-1257 Shekina Glory Church 614 Chalmers, SA 78214 (210) 577-8212 Souled Out - BFA 3439 Willowwod Blvd, SA 78219 (210) 862-5221 Souls for the Kingdom Ministries 3802 W Salinas, San Antonio 78207

(210) 534-8186 www.souls4.org/Home_Page.html Templo Amor Y Gracia 332 Wilcox Ave, SA 78211 (210) 923-1929 Templo Espiritu de Verdad 96 Ninth St. , Somerset 78069 (210) 639-5328 Thousand Oaks Christian Church 13007 Jones-Maltsberger, SA 78247

(210) 490-7729 Todo Esta Pagado Mission 8305 S Foster, SA 78222 (210) 413-6602 Tower City Church 11220 Perrin Beitel Rd, Suite 110, San Antonio 78217 www.towercitychurch.com/ True Christian Unity Church 10311 Lee Roy Lane, Adkins 78101

(210) 707-1837 Winds of Grace Church 1512 Bandera Rd, San Antonio 78228

(210) 954-2370 www.windsofgrace.org/ P E N T E C O S TA L

Harvest Time Fellowship Ministry 1815 S Ww White Rd, SA 78212

(210) 304-6000 www.htfm.org Iglesia Emanuel Pentecostal 2908 Mission Road, SA 78214 (210) 789-8340 Lively Stone International Christian Church 210 S Grimes St, Ste 103, San Antonio 78203 (210) 226-1234 Mission De La Fe Pentecostes Hwy 35, Derby 78061 (830) 317-6001 PRESBYTERIAN

Faith Presbyterian Church 1307 Blanco Woods, SA 78248 (210) 492-8038 First Presbyterian Church San Antonio 404 North Alamo Street, SA 78205 (210) 226-0215 www.fpcsanantonio.org/ Holy Trinity Presbyterian 16245 Nacogdoches, SA 78247 (210) 654-3411 Stone Oak Presbyterian Church 20024 Crescent Oaks, SA 78258 (210) 497-7974

Northern Hills UMC 3703 N Loop 1604 E, SA 78247 (210) 654-0881 www.nhumc.org/ University United Methodist Church 5084 De Zavala Rd., SA 78249

(210) 696-1033 www.uumcsatx.org Windcrest UMC 8101 Midcrown Dr, SA 78239 (210) 654-0404

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PETS

When All Seems Hopeless, Don’t Give Up that pet live many months or even several years!

The reason for my success? Unlike conventional doctors, I focus on HEALING the pet rather than TREATING the disease.

This is a foreign concept to many doctors. When I was in veterinary school, I was taught to diagnose and treat disease. Our goal was never to improve the health of the pet but simply to win the battle against the disease.

When that is not possible, the only other alternative is euthanasia.

However, using integrative therapies, I can now focus on improving my patients’ health rather than simply trying to win the war against a particular disease. Even when the disease ultimately proves fatal, I’m often able to improve the pet’s health and help it live much longer than the previous veterinarian thought possible.

I see these “miracles of healing” every day! If you would like to read more about pet owners who refused to give up on their pets and instead discovered the miracle of natural health, you can read their stories in Unexpected Miracles-Hope and Holistic Healing for Pets Dr. Messonnier, a 1987 graduate of Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, is the author of several books, including The Natural Health Bible for Dogs & Cats, The Allergy Solution for Dogs, and the 8 Weeks to a Healthy Dog and Unexpected Miracles: Hope and Holistic Healing for Pets.

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Every day I see pets whose owners share with me the same tragic story. Their veterinarians have told them there is nothing they can do to help their pets. Many of these pets were seen by their veterinarians for checkups or what appeared to be minor problems. During the visit, a serious condition, often cancer, was diagnosed. As a result of the seriousness of the disease, the veterinarian offered no hope. Instead, the veterinarian told the owners that their pets had only a few weeks to live and recommended euthanasia when the pets’ condition declined.

Unfortunately, many pet owners around the country are also given a similar tragic diagnosis and hopeless prognosis and follow their veterinarian’s advice, ending their pets’ lives a few weeks after what appears to be a hopeless situation is diagnosed.

What would you do if you were in a similar situation?

Would you follow your veterinarian’s advice and give up all hope of your pet recovering from its serious illness? Or would you do what my clients do and seek out another opinion and another system of healthcare?

Integrative/holistic/natural/green therapies can offer “hope for the hopeless.” While I can’t always cure all of my patients, I can offer all of them hope and make them healthier. It is not uncommon for me to treat a pet who is given weeks to live by the previous veterinarian and have

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FAITH

A Healthy Soul - Overcoming Negative Emotional Messages

BY STEPHEN CERVANTES

Humanity, according to the Bible, consists of three parts: body, spirit and soul, which are intrinsically woven together to compile the complete person.

The body is the physical part; our five senses allow us to communicate and connect. The spirit within longs to commune with our maker. When we sing and pray and worship, it is our spirit reaching out to connect with God. The soul is that portion

containing the mind and the emotional system: thoughts, beliefs and perceptions.

The emotional system begins developing soon after birth and continues throughout life. Good or bad experiences affect emotions and can cause negative attitudes and behaviors. Have you ever tried to understand the inner workings of your soul?

Emotions and the reactions they cause are repetitive, predictable and knowable. We can identify negative emotional systems.

Once identified, we can work to change them to those that are more positive and healthy.

The following are five common negative emotional messages I’ve found that weaken the spiritual walk and burden our souls.

Growing means learning how to effectively rid our minds of deception and confusion.

“Then you will know the truth, and the trut h will set you free.” John 8:32.

1. “Shame” whispers- “You don’t have any friends. No one wants you. You will never be accepted or included. You are not like other people. Everyone knows you’re weak! ” 2. “Failure” repeats- “You always fail. You can’t do it. Don’t start. Don’t try.

You always fall short. Many believe you are a failure.”

3. “False Identity” murmurs- “You are a

disappointment. You are stupid, a loser, a mess. No one wants you. You are not enough and never will be!”

4. “Fit-Throwing-2 Year Old” screams - “I don’t want too! Why can’t I have what I want: I deserve it! Give it to me now!”

5. “Sexually Rebellion” whines- “I don’t need boundaries. I want to flirt, fantasize and act out. It won’t hurt anyone.”

A solution becomes much easier if the problem is clearly identified. Pray for wisdom, pursue truth, receive grace and keep growing.

You were made by God and for God. He is the great healer of your soul.

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is something I am thankful for. However, Going to college in the Bible belt with should we as Christians be content with kids who grew up in the Bible belt is an this comfort or is it holding us back from interesting and sometimes confusing expeour true potential? rience as a Christian. Coming to college, I John A. Shedd said it best in 1928, “a ship anticipated meeting a diverse group of peoin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships ple and being challenged in what I believe. are built for.” This phrase has been publicly Instead, I found it difficult to find anyone applauded and adapted by who doesn’t at least profess great Americans such as PresiChristianity. Is this a good “a ship in harbor dent problem to have or is the bubTheodore Roosevelt and is safe, but that is U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Grace ble mentality weakening young I believe that this believers? not what ships Hopper. applies perfectly to the situaAs a high school student, I wrestled with the issue of havtion of a bubble society that I are built for.” find myself in. ing a faith that is my own This close Christian community should rather than just what my parents or friends believed in. My first semester at college was be the harbor where we can come to a demanding but rewarding time as I began encourage and assure one another. God did not make us to live in comfort our whole to uncover what Jesus meant to me, espelives and to stay in our respective harbors. cially in such a new phase of life that is We were made to go forth into the ocean, often regarded as the beginning of true into the seas of non-believers and add more independence. At the end of the semester I looked around and realized that all my clos- ships to His fleet.

As believers, the outlet to seek out nonest friends were Christians as were most individuals that I spent significant amounts believers is everywhere you look. Do not be content staying in your harbor. Do not be of time with. I began to assume what some content planting yourself in the place where might call a bubble mentality, the idea that peers who didn’t involve themselves or pur- you will be the most comfortable. Use that community to build you up and help propel sue Christianity or Christian ideals would you forward into the sea. not fit into our style of socialization.

Let me first say, I am fortunate to be in a Micah Bires is a student at Texas A&M, and invests his time into writplace surrounded by a multitude of keen fol- ing on local subjects. If you have any remarks on his writing, you can lowers of Christ. The proximity of fellowship email mbires45@yahoo.com.

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SENIOR

5 Things That Successful Retirees Do Well

BY BOB LOWRY

the plane it is a little late to worry if you I have never met a retiree who is trying to “fail” at having a satisfying retirement. By rolled the chute correctly. As you fall at 120 fail, I mean spending time worrying instead miles per hour, wondering if your training of enjoying, stagnating instead of experienc- was really complete isn’t likely to cross your mind. Retirement isn’t that dramatic, but ing, and second-guessing major decisions. the point is a valid one. Once you leave the We expect retirement to be the payoff for working world behind, the preparation you years of working, commuting, saving, and completed beforehand should be sufficient. delayed gratification. Does it always work Adjust with change, yes. Second-guess that way? For too many of us the answer is, everything you did to get where you are “No.” I believe there are five definite traits and today, no.

4) Believe attitude makes all the differdecisions that separate the truly “successful” retirees from the rest of us. While things ence. would run more smoothly if we exhibited “Attitude is a little thing that makes a these attributes well before big difference.” I agree with the end of our full time Churchill. Our While a legacy might Winston working life, the good attitude determines how news is that any of us can mean money for your happy or unhappy we are improve the quality of our for a moment, or a family, I tend to think either retirement journey by lifetime. It is completely adopting them now. of it as warm memo- under our control. Even 1) See retirement as a under the most trying of ries, an example of a times, how we react to beginning not an ending.

For many of us, what stress determines its life well-lived, com- that we do for a living defines power over us. Abe Lincoln us. Our job or career conpassion for others, and said something about how either see the thorns on trols how we think of and a faith that nourishes we the rose bush, or the describe ourselves. “What do you do” is the first quesand supports us and blooms. A satisfying retiretion virtually anyone asks ment tends to recognize those we love. of a stranger. A successful the thorns but keeps its retirement requires that focus on the blooms. we celebrate our working 5) Want to leave a leglife, are proud of what we contributed, but acy that empowers others. see the future as a new and exciting stage of When all is said and done, we want to life. Retirement is the beginning of what can leave something behind. While a legacy be the most creative, productive, and fulfill- might mean money for your family, I tend to think of it as warm memories, an example ing part of life. It is not the end of our releof a life well-lived, compassion for others, vancy. and a faith that nourishes and supports us 2) Believe retirement can be the best and those we love. My parents left me and stage of life. my two brothers a financial cushion that I will quickly qualify this sentence, with has smoothed out any rough spots in our my belief that a happy life means we think future, and for that we are eternally grateful. of each stage of life as the best. Each holds joys and experiences that are usually unique But, even more important was the example to that time in our lives. It should not be the of a 63 year marriage, concern for others, and a desire to do no harm. One of the case that we simply exist until retirement. important choices we can make during our But, retirement brings with it a freedom to retirement journey is the legacy we are leavexperiment, to adjust, to focus on what makes us happy and satisfied. Those with ing behind. this attitude will prosper.

Bob Lowry is the author of the definitive retirement guides: Living A 3) Prepare financially and emotionally Satisfying Retirement and Building A Satisfying Retirement. You can but don’t over-think or second -guess decivisit his blog at https://satisfyingretirement.blogspot.com sions.

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS

SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY WELLNESS

BY JARED WHITE

Spirit, soul, and body wellness: “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:23 In the end, true wellness comes down to peace in the Biblical sense of the word – wholeness and connectedness (spirit, soul, and body). We were made to be connected to God, to family and friends, and to God’s creation. God created We were us to be free, to love and loved, to move, to made to be in be breath, to rest, to get relationships. sunshine, to get outside, and to eat the foods he created. Optimum health requires PEACE. A healthy Spirit is the foundation of true wellness – because, no matter how healthy they are, our bodies will all die someday.

The Bible teaches that out spirits can be reborn by believing in Jesus and receiving adoption into God’s family. If we have a new spirit, then one day we will also receive a new and perfectly healthy body that will never die! If your spirit is healthy, it will be that much easier to have a healthy

soul and a healthy body, and you will be building health on a solid foundation.

Strengthen your spirit by spending time communicating with the Father through Jesus and meditating on God’s Word, the Bible. The Apostle Paul said that physical exercise profits a person only a little compared to Spiritual exercise.

After a healthy Spirit, your soul’s health is the next most important for overall wellness. Your soul consists of your mind, will, and emotions. Some of the greatest threats to your soul’s health are: fear, unforgiveness, hate, lust, pride, selfishness, idleness, and impure thoughts. In order to have a healthy soul it is crucial to know the truth and to act on it. Jesus said that “you shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Knowing the truth requires honesty and open soul searching. It requires paying attention to the response of your mind and your body in certain situations. Your body will tell you if you are angry, fearful, and stressed. If you pay attention to the signs, then you can figure out what is causing the negative reactions and ask God to heal you in those areas. Unforgiveness and fear are extremely detrimental to overall health.

The stress and decay caused by these attitudes are not readily measurable, but psychologists have recognized the harmful effects they wreak on the mind and body.

Finally, we were made to be in relationships. Anything that prevents us from having healthy relationships with others will have negative effects on our well being. By contrast, positive relationships with others, especially Christ-centered fellowship, will greatly enhance our mental and spiritual health. At a training I attended once as a probation officer, the psychologist giving the presentation said that the most effective treatment for depression is a combination of sunshine, exercise, and positive relationships. This makes so much sense! Adam and Eve had all of these things in the Garden, and we still need them today!

Physical health is highly dependent on spiritual and mental health; however, by eating the foods God intended for us to eat and moving our bodies the way they were created to move, we can build a sound physical structure on a strong foundation. Once spiritual and mental health are addressed, physical health is relatively simple – it comes down to: Eating healthy foods (and avoiding unhealthy, industrial foods), exercising on a regular basis, and resting. The goal of this site is to go into more detail in each of these areas.

Jared White’s passion is sharing what he knows about living life to the fullest, which is why he founded creationbasedhealth.com. He has two BA degrees, and a MA degree in US History. Jared enjoys backpacking, weight-lifting, surfing, rock climbing, and sprinting (100-meter dash). He and his wife, Amanda, live in Sacramento, CA, where they’re actively involved in their community

REAL ESTATE

When Selling a Home in San Antonio, Photos Matter

BY DAN EASEN

A picture is worth a thousand words, right? Well, when it comes to real estate, a picture can actually be worth thousands of dollars. Often your photos are the first (and

sometimes only) impression on potential homebuyers, and first impressions mean a whole lot when selling your home.

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Here are some basic home photography tips: 1. Turn on lights to brighten the room.

2. Take photos at dawn or twilight – when the light outside is similar to the light inside. This will avoid over exposure from the windows, which will make your home look dark and dingy.

3. Get a good angle to showcase as much space as possible.

4. Look at your photos and think of them in the way your prospective buyers will look at them – in a split second. If you

don’t think your buyers will think a photo looks good, don’t use it.

5. De-clutter before taking photos. This will make your home cleaner and more visually appealing.

88% of the 6. If a room is empty, stage it. This will country uses give potential buyers an idea of what their own the Internet things will look like in to search for the room.

The composition of homes, your photos isn’t the only player in the game though. The number of photos you have can also play a big role.

Another study by RISMedia revealed a direct relationship between a listing’s number of photos and its number of days on market.

According to the study, on average, homes with only one photo stayed on the market for 70 days, but homes with 20 photos sold continued on page 18

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ALL ABOUT EYES

by MONICA ALLISON, OD

Being Thankful, a Tradition at Stone Oak Vision Source

BY DARRYL W LYONS

In the first presidential election debate, Donald Trump claimed that our economy was in a “big, fat, ugly bubble.” We can all infer that bubbles pop, and when they do, people lose jobs. If it’s a big, fat, ugly bubble, then you will lose your job. But what is a bubble?

There are two bubbly markets to consider.

The first is the stock market. Usually people associate an inflated stock market by the continuous green arrows they see on television or on their investments statements. However, an upward trend has nothing to do with bubbles or overprices.

Remember, the stock market serves as a way to put money into the hands of businesses who have ideas, products, and services. The responsibility of those businesses is to create income (also known as earnings). If people pay too much for these businesses without an appropriate amount of income, then the stock market is considered to be in a bubble. Right now, people are paying slightly more than historical prices as measured by price-to-earnings ratios, but it is based on earnings rather than an upward trend. Keep an eye on earnings. If companies keep selling Grande lattes and Pokémon, we’ll be ok.

The second market is the real estate market. I do get a bit nervous when there is so much speculation in the real estate market. However, there is no letup in sight.

There are far too many people wanting a home than there are homes available. Inventory data from the National Association of Realtors show that homes have been gobbled up at a pace that has made it more difficult for buyers for 15 straight months.

Even with a few data points, how do you brush past the political screaming about market crashes? How do you turn off the commercials for gold? How do you avoid the subconscious messages of pessimism? I don’t have a solution to avoid the negatives,

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but I do have a solution to counteract them.

Ask yourself this question: “Have you ever met a successful pessimist?”

Now, of course you’re not a pessimist, you’re a realist. But, take note: the people who do considerably well with their money long term are optimists. They are optimistic in our country. They know that innovation has been the foundation of our economic growth. America has grown as a result of railroads, automobiles, televisions, computers, wireless devices, biotech, and nanotechnology. As long as we continue to innovate, our country will prosper. As a key point, America just so happens to lead the world in patent grants with over 300,000 per year.

So despite its challenges, our country is inventing.

Inventing is the precursor to innovation. Innovation begets a healthy economy, and a healthy economy births a healthy stock market and real estate market.

Now mix optimism with faith.

As a believer, it is important to be optimistic as long as the optimism is not solely on the backs of humans. Ultimately, that type of optimism will be a letdown and cause cynicism and frustration. Christians must have optimism in the creator of all things and His plan. Because His Word discusses money 2,350 times, He knows that cash is a central focus of our hearts. It is time we interconnect our world data points with God’s Word. We are not called to be lukewarm with our financial future. We cannot in one hand be afraid of the financial future because of the outcome of one election, yet proclaim we trust God in the other.

We have to trust in Him everywhere - for our personal financial future, our economy, and humanity.

Darryl W Lyons, author of Small Business Big Pressure: A Faith-based Approach to Guide the Ambitious Entrepreneur darryl@smallbusinessbigpressure.com

Cherokee Nation Rural Eye program. Her For the past 7 years I have used the November column to take some time and clinical training entailed comprehensive medical and emergency eye care includshare a few things that I am thankful for in my practice, so now it has become tra- ing anterior segment ocular laser therapy.

We are blessed to have a great team of dition. First and foremost I am again staff and doctors. To show our appreciathankful for all of the families that trust their eye care to our team. We have been tion to our patients, we are hosting our the owners for over 11 years now and it is Annual Holiday Open House, Friday, remarkable the growth we December 2. We will have We have been the refreshments, raffle drawhave experienced and the relationships we have built and great specials for owners for over 11 ings, in caring for the eyes of all to enjoy. We have some Stone Oak. I am thankful years now and it is new frame lines that we are for my staff and I appreciand it will be a remarkable the highlighting great opportunity to use ate them as they are an invaluable part of my pracgrowth we have your year-end benefits!

Those HSA dollars can be tice. We are excited to end experienced and used on eyewear and this the year in our new buildbe a great time to use ing with some additional the relationships would them. Also, it’s always a doctors as well. Drs Lindwe have built in good idea to think about a sey Denison and Kim Ip are pair of sunglasses for still with us and Lindsey’s caring for the eyes cool Christmas for that hard to husband, Dr. Jed Martin shop for person! Stop by and joined us this summer. In of Stone Oak. meet and greet the team at October, we had another our open house. doctor join us to help in our new buildIf you have any eye questions at all or ing, Dr. Victoria Perez. are looking for a family eye doctor, please Dr. Victoria Perez is a native of South visit us online at www.visionsourceTexas. She attended Texas A&M Universtoneoak.com or give us a call 210-495sity at Kingsville where she graduated 9020 and come in. We are now located at Summa Cum Laude with her Bachelor of our new building at 810 Knights Cross ste Science degree in Biomedical Sciences.

101, at the NE corner of Knights Cross Dr. Perez continued her studies at the and Stone Oak University of Houston College of OptomParkway. (behind etry where she earned her Doctor of the Excellence ER Optometry degree. Dr. Perez conducted her clinical rotations at Hastings Hospital building) in Tahlequah, Oklahoma as part of the

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Switchfoot is a band that has been inspiring believers and non-believers with their thought provoking lyrics, powerful alternative rock, and live concert shows for 20 years. They come to San Antonio on their Looking For America Tour (with Relient K), Monday, Nov. 14, 7:30pm at the Aztec Theater. See Switchfoot.com. Switchfoot guitarist, Drew Shirley, talked with us about this DS: I think we write about things that band of brothers, about how the life of a are hard to talk about in real life sometimes, rock band is not always as glamorous as it things that you’re struggling with or wresseems and how life on the road can cause tling with or wish that you could work challenges for marriage relationships and through and go write a song about it and how to deal with that and how their “wives then that’ll spark a conversation with the are really the champions.” Drew also talked band and then we’ll all start talking about it about the band’s tenth album (just released and then sing about it to millions of people. this summer), Where The Light Shines So, it’ s sort of strange the way songs go Through, and how it came out of hard times because you write them in your darkest and darkness. Listen to the entire interview moments at 3 a.m., when you’re contemand more relationship wisplating life and love and dom from Switchfoot on “It is a struggle and I’m relationships.

You know, Beacon Radio, Saturday, we’re all married and marglad that it’s a struggle, Nov. 5, Noon-1pm on KSLR riage could be hard.

RelaAM630 or KSLR.com or go because if it wasn’t then tionships are very difficult to saBeacon.com Monday, Nov. 7. Here are select inter- we’d just be sort of let- especially when you want them to be good and they’re view excerpts: ting it go and forgetting not good. I think love and Steve Teel: Today we women have brought the get to talk to guitarist, Drew about it.” greatest highs and some of Shirley of Switchfoot. How the greatest lows and some of the hardest are you doing, my man? understanding for us as a band sometimes.

Drew Shirley: Hi, guys, I’m doing great.

ST: I can only imagine the strangeness We’re out here on tour making our way to of your life of being on this 50 plus city tour, San Antonio so yeah, things are awesome.

I assume that you don’t get to take your wife ST: Tell us about the tour then and tell and children along, so it seems like it would us about the new album, Where the Light be pretty natural for some of those struggles Shines Through, it’s an incredible album, as of relationships.

How do you deal with those they all are. relationship challenges?

DS: It’s our tenth record we’re touring DS: That is one of the hardest things here and the record is called Where the about what we do, maintaining a sense of Light Shines Through and that comes from solid home life because we’re just not there a song on the album called, The Wound is for large chunks of time. Kind of like a miliWhere The Light Shines Through. It’s a tary guy or something except we’ve got guirecord that started off as a dark album, to tars and not guns.

We’re out for a long time be honest with you. It was dealing with and we’re on a mission and our wives some of the hard times over the last two or believe in it as well so you know it’s the kind three years and this particular song is of thing where they’re 100% on board but where I guess, light broke through the it’ s like when you just can’t talk to someone wounded-ness and we’ve found that often or be face-to-face for a relationship for days times that places that bad things happen at a time, things get hard and I can’t say turn around to be the places where either you learn the most or are shown something that I’ve figured it out totally to be honest with you. It is a struggle and I’m glad that new or God redeems something in your life it’s a struggle because if it wasn’t then we’d that you didn’t know could happen. just be sort of letting it go and forgetting ST: Can you just give a little bit more about it. And I’ve got to hand it to my wife glimpse of what that (darkness) looks like? to be honest.

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MEN

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The Value of Mentoring

Unity Among Brothers

BY BRIAN WALTMAN

When I was 8 years old, my dad died of cancer, leaving a gaping hole in my heart... and in my life experience. I didn’t have a father-figure to model manhood for me, so I faltered and floundered throughout adolescence.

But God had a plan for me. When I was 20 years old, a man by the name of Charlie helped me begin a relationship with Christ and began mentoring me in my spiritual life.

He taught me how to study the Bible, how to memorize scripture, how to have a quiet time, and how to pray conversationally with my Heavenly Father. In short, he taught me how to grow in my relationship with God.

Not only that, Charlie also helped me grow in character. He challenged me in my relationships with the opposite sex. He helped me grow relationally. He taught me the importance of Christian fellowship. But most of all, Charlie modeled the Christian life for me and gave me a living example of what it means to follow Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1).

So, how did Charlie help me grow in all these areas? First of all, he spent time with me. He was present in my life. We ate lunch

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together. We lifted weights together. We went camping and canoeing together. We went to church events together. We served together. We studied the Bible together. We prayed together. And when we were separated by distance (when I went back to school), he called me every week to see how I was doing -- and to quiz me on my scripture memory verses!

By mentoring me, Charlie became a father-figure in my life and filled many of the gaps that were left by the loss of my dad.

And by God’s gracious plan, I have also had many other mentors in my life after Charlie, who had an equal impact on my growth and development. The man I am today has been largely influenced by the mentors that God has put in my life, and I am tremendously grateful!

After I had been “walking with God” for a few years, I began to mentor others, as Charlie had done with me. And by God’s grace, I have been mentoring others ever since. And it is a BLESSING! The men I have invested in are dear to me. They are my “glory and joy”! (1 Thessalonians 2:19-20) Sadly, I think that my story is quite rare.

Many Christians--dare I say most Christians--have never been mentored in their faith, nor have they had the opportunity to mentor someone else.

And in the recovery realm, very few men have received personal help in their recovery from sexual struggles and strongholds.

Be Broken Ministries launched a Recovery Mentoring Program, so that we can offer 1-on-1 assistance for men seeking to break free from lustful patterns and grow in sexual integrity.

If you would like to be trained as a Recovery Mentor, or if you would like to get help from a mentor, please go to RecoveryMentoring.com.

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within 32 days.

More studies have also shown a correlation between photos and price. When homes had only one photo, they sold for 91.2% of the original/asking price. On the other hand, homes with 6 or more photos sold for at least 95% of the original/asking price. The best thing to do is hire a professional photographer to take your photos.

You’ll be amazed at how reasonable their

prices are – especially for the value.

If you want to increase your likelihood of success when selling your home, don’t leave this part to chance. Make sure you and/or your Realtor puts time into the photos that are going to create the first impression and make or lose you thousands of dollars.

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Psalm 133:1 “How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity.”

We live in a day where there are many sons, but there are few fathers to guide those sons. I can think of nothing deeper, no ache common to man than to be affirmed, blessed, and guided into his on one another when the food arrives. Or is place as a man. It takes a father to do that. spotted. Who will get it? I must claw my God sets himself up that way. He uses the way through the crowd... language of father describing himself.

My biggest yearning is to be blessed, by I love the line from Iron John by Robert God, by good fathers, and yet so is everyone Bly, “A land with no fathers demands a king.” of my brothers who are equally starving for We too easily fall prey to that thinking, wor- the same. All deserving of the same. The shiping idols over seeking fathers since question is, can we all be blessed, is there none seem to be around. It seems the case enough food to be passed around, or does from Israel’s first king Saul, who everyone just one of us get that? Are all our lives of wanted to be their great deliverer, onto equal importance, or are there just a few the present day Obama. Everyone is so disapking has in mind for greater things. pointed he has not lived up to his potential I think of that scripture in the Psalms as king. about living in unity with brothers really I think it’s because we need more grabbed me as I read it. How truly a beautifathers, not more ful thing that is. It I think it’s because we need more means a king has kings.

I find myself come, and fathers fathers, not more kings. doing that more are blessing sons. often than I wish. To be near a king, to be It means they can respect and enjoy one around power and prestige is far too often a another. Cheer one another on. Bless each denial of the true fathering I need to grow other’s success, and pray for their struggles. into the man I need to become. A king is I think somehow that is what SHALOM like a genie in a bottle instantly granting means. It will finally come at the King’s you wishes. A father is more a guide to grow coming to finally restore us as fathers and you up. I’d much rather take the safer route sons, filled with the blessings. I pray till of just being instantly zapped. Then walking then, unity can come through more fathers out the pain and process it takes to become blessing more sons. I think the more food that man. we see, the less we will be crawling on one But, we find ourselves in a world in need another thinking there is only a few sources of fathers. We have a king. One set in the to find it. We will most certainly be feasting throne above now guiding all men who look at a large table. And I am glad there will be to him. We need fathers guided by our king plenty of food. The wedding feast of the of kings passing down the blessing of the lamb. That’s going to be one big meal with Father. But few of them seem to have been lots to go around. through the agonizing process themselves from a son to a father, and live the day to Xan Hood is an author, speaker and the co-director of Training bless the sons.

And here lies one of the issues of unity in Ground, an experiential discipleship program for young men. He is also the founder of the clothing startup, Buffalo Jackson Trading Co. brotherhood. While brothers can bless one He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and three daughanother, it is the father’s blessing we are ters. after. There appear few who can give it. We are like refugees starving for food clawing

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IMPACT PLAYERS

by JIM FAULK, Area Director-FCA

I’m thinking the answer is all those with compassionate, humble, servant hearts.

We all know them, from the most fanatical spectator to the often least-interested fan. We know their names, their fame, probably their jersey numbers along with some stats, and most importantly? Their commercials! I mean, who can top an H-E-B television spot that features Tim, Tony, and Manu – other than Mean Joe Greene’s 1979 ad, tossing his game jersey to the kid who give him a Coke?

They are the Tim Duncan of basketball, Alex Rodriguez of baseball, Peyton Manning of football, Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps of swimming, and of course Allyson Felix and Usain Bolt of world track and field fame. I’m aware that there’s a good chance that I passed over your favorites, like LeBron James, J.J. Watt, Aaron Rodgers, or the

hundreds of other superstars spanning the world of sports.

The point is that we all get pretty caught up in that athlete who always seems to be the playmaker at the exact time the play had to be made. This extra-special group of athletes that pull their teammates through are most often referred to as “impact players”. And, just like those superstar, well-trained, over-achieving athletes, the believers’ Coach, the Almighty and Everlasting God, has been preparing and enabling His high-impact players since the dawn of time. You know their names, you know their fame, the Hall of Faith guys like Moses, Sampson, and a kid with a slingshot named David. Those were the mighty men of God, all “heart-picked” to be part of the greatest championship team EVER. As I was scribbling, scratching out, tearing up, and rewriting this article, it occurred to me that we get all caught up in the high profile folks both athletically and Biblically, and tend to forget so quickly God’s words to Samuel: But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord

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looks at the heart.” (I Samuel 16:7, NASB) No doubt, even we spiritual types love our spiritual giants, but God’s choice is the one willing to be the least, willing to lose it all, to take up his cross and follow Him, no matter what! Who, then, makes those bigtime plays for the Kingdom? I’m thinking the answer is all those with compassionate, humble, servant hearts. You know them: teachers, coaches, friends, business associates, family, even many of your church’s staff – their fame is just everyday folks being faithful. I want to line up with THOSE Impact Players! They’re playing for the Championship that never ends. How about you? ? Check out our Facebook, Twitter, Alamo FCA’s Website, and Instagram accounts.

ST: What do you find works for you?

Maybe it doesn’t work for everybody in the band but it works for you.

DS: So what do I do to make it work?

Honestly, the humble road is the best road for me. It’s just a good tip for everyone, to be honest with you. Because defensiveness doesn’t get you very far. Ever. Let’s just say there’s a conflict and to fight back and to be defensive a lot of times just makes things worse and you kind of have to read through because a lot of times the issue isn’t the issue, if you know what I mean.

ST: I’m really glad and appreciate you opening up and you know, you’re not just rock stars, you’re people that make mistakes, you’re living your faith out just like we are, only you wind up on a stage and you wind up with 4,000,000 YouTube hits, it’s a little different but really when it comes down to it God has given you these gifts and you’re using them to make an impact DS: Thank you for listening and thank you for supporting us and I don’t often do an interview that’s so in-depth about family but it was a real pleasure to speak with you.

ST: Drew, thanks again for your time, and we’re going to see you soon here in San Antonio.

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