by Teresa Shields Parker | Oct 27, 2018 | 10-Day Sugar Challenge, Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration
I don’t like Halloween, but as a kid we did celebrate Halloween because my mother loved it. As I got older I did wonder why my devout Christian family celebrated Halloween, which seemed to be a time to scare kids to death. It’s a time when we encourage children to... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 24, 2017 | #KickWeight, 10-Day Sugar Challenge, Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration
Jesus came to set us free from the struggles of this life. We are free to struggle if we want to, but why would we? Many of us continue to go round and round the same mountain anyway. We are feeding the struggle and we feel like we can never get free. We are chained... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Jan 30, 2017 | 10-Day Sugar Challenge, Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration
What does it take to move a mountain or to make a monumental problem disappear? No matter what the mountain looks like, it can overwhelm and paralyze us into a state of confusion. Moving it looks like a daunting task, so we stay where we are in an uncomfortable... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Dec 31, 2016 | 10-Day Sugar Challenge, Uncategorized
Everywhere you look various people are giving advice about losing weight and kicking sugar addiction. Here’s the truth, I’m very suspicious of most of their advice. Are they really, or have they ever been, bonafide sugar addicts? If they aren’t, I... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Sep 25, 2016 | #KickWeight, 10-Day Sugar Challenge, Devotional, Health
Have you seen these ads? You know the ones that promise three steps to quick and easy weight loss? The weight loss industry has made a fortune promising us what they cannot deliver. Yet, we still purchase these plans and products because we hope, no we wish, they... by Teresa Shields Parker | Sep 2, 2016 | #KickWeight, 10-Day Sugar Challenge, Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, sweet change
The word “Hallelujah” is not just a Christian exclamation. Like, “Well, Hallelujah. Great to see you!” It actually means, “Praise be to God” or “God be praised”. In Bible times the worship leader would say,...