by Mark Smith CIU | May 22, 2020 | Blog, Faith, Hope, Mark Smith CIU, Perseverance, Transformation
Graduation is a time to reflect, remember, and dream. The four years spent working towards earning a diploma can often be busy and even stressful, however, looking back it always seems that the time flew by. Every obstacle that was presented offered an opportunity for...
by Mark Smith CIU | Apr 22, 2020 | Faith, Hope, Mark Smith CIU, Perseverance, Transformation
There are a number of religions that celebrate the arrival of spring. Of course, in Christianity, Easter takes place during springtime each year and represents the day of Jesus Christ’s resurrection. Similarly to Easter, springtime is about new life and new...
by Mark Smith CIU | Apr 21, 2020 | Faith, Mark Smith CIU, Perseverance
Thursday, May 7th is the National Day of Prayer in the United States. The National Day of Prayer was created in 1952 and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman after a joint resolution was reached the United States Congress. Each year the day falls on the first...
by Mark Smith CIU | Mar 26, 2020 | Faith, Hope, Mark Smith CIU, Perseverance, Transformation
Anyone looking at the news today has reason to lament. Thousands of people are dying from the coronavirus. There are earthquakes and wildfires ravaging parts of the world. A horde of locusts three times the size of New York city are terrorizing parts of Africa and the...
by Mark Smith CIU | Mar 26, 2020 | Faith, Hope, Mark Smith CIU, Perseverance, Transformation
It can be a test of our faith when prayers go unanswered. Everyone needs encouragement and sometimes weeks and even years can pass by while waiting for a particular request made to our compassionate Lord. However, God gives us many graces and teaches us that there are...
by Mark Smith CIU | Mar 2, 2020 | Faith, Mark Smith CIU, Transformation
Many Americans have gotten a fixation on food in recent years. While we usually think of someone with a food fixation as being obese or given to gluttony there are other ways that the fixation on food can manifest itself. Obsessing over organic foods, using fad diets,...
