http://www.daleandjena.com.com Blog en-us http://www.daleandjena.com/images/rss.gif http://www.daleandjena.com 100 50 http://www.daleandjena.com/blog.php?SelectedBlogPostID=65 If you knew you were about to die, would you waste time with meaningless chatter? Or would you choose your last words carefully? I know I would make absolutely sure, I shared the most important things with those closest to me. This is exactly what Jesus did in John 15. HE knew he was about to die and so he gathered his disciples around him and shared some important last words with them. Things they HAD TO KNOW in order to be successful after he left. In fact, he shared the http://www.daleandjena.com/blog.php?SelectedBlogPostID=64 We call each other Buford, I don't know why or when this started. He's from Georgia and I'm from Alabama. We are a couple of southern boys, I guess it just somehow stuck! My "South GA BU" as he is commonly known by me is a great friend. He is a people builder...God has used him more than once to speak into my life! This is what makes him come alive and he's good at it. At the end of this blog is a link to hear him share a challenge that every Christian needs to hear. http://www.daleandjena.com/blog.php?SelectedBlogPostID=61 We are so excited that we get to offer our Let's Get Reall Conference at home in Birmingham! Alabama ranks #3 in the nation for divorces and we are out to change that stat! http://www.daleandjena.com/blog.php?SelectedBlogPostID=58 If I told you that one of my resolutions was to lose weight and get healthy (which is usually always on the list somewhere!), you might ask me how I was going to accomplish this goal. If I answered, "I've decided to eat all the high sugar and fatty foods I can find and not exercise at all", I think you'd determine that I will certainly not meet my objective. Why? Because the resolution was right, but the pathway to reach that goal was wrong.... http://www.daleandjena.com/blog.php?SelectedBlogPostID=56 Every year after Christmas, I have to take a day and clean out my closet. I have all these clothes that I haven't worn for years that I keep thinking will either come back in style or I may just need at some moment in time. If I don't purge my closet, all I do is create more clutter and opportunity for me to get frustrated every time I try to pull something off the rack. As I set aside one day to make room for my new clothes, I am reminded to ask myself the question, "Am I http://www.daleandjena.com/blog.php?SelectedBlogPostID=55 Each January, our family sits down together and looks at the past year's resolutions. We celebrate the goals that were accomplished and forecast new goals for the next year. We always have a bunch of "carry-overs." You know, those goals that never seem to get accomplished but get pushed to next year, many of them remaining on the list for years! Anybody? http://www.daleandjena.com/blog.php?SelectedBlogPostID=53 Ok, so we thought we would have some fun this Christmas...you up for it? If so, then we need you to DO YOUR PART! Here goes...everyone one of us have some Christmas Memories and traditions, even some "oh-no's"...so how about sharing them with everyone. All you have to do is, post a comment to this blog, share your tradition, tell a funny Christmas memory, describe that AWEFUL Gift you received or describe that AWEFUL Christmas sweater that a family member wears! We'll start, last night was our http://www.daleandjena.com/blog.php?SelectedBlogPostID=52 We know these can be difficult days for many people. We remember Christmas of 1996 where our marriage was literally falling apart. I (Dale) heard stories just yesterday of marriages hanging on by the "proverbial" thread, just trying to make it through the holidays! Financial pressure, broken relationships, job loss, sickness, uncertain futures-in the midst of all of this, can we really find "glad tidings" and "joy to the world"? We are so glad you asked, because the answer to that is a YES!!! http://www.daleandjena.com/blog.php?SelectedBlogPostID=51 We (and hopefully you) are absolutely sick to our stomachs over the headlines for the last few weeks: A marriage that ends in 72 day - "REALLY?" Penn State and Jerry Sandusky - "Disgusting and Pure Evil", Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's - what a "pathetice view of marriage!!!" And while we are not going to cover all of these in this blog, we are going to help you with some amazing tips to PROTECT YOUR FAMILY, and especially your kids... in light of the Jerry Sandusky case http://www.daleandjena.com/blog.php?SelectedBlogPostID=50 Today is my birthday, and I am not thinking of myself today, but about a girl who shares my birth date, Demi Lovato. Some may know of her and some may not, but I was introduced to her by my daughter, Jorja, who fell in love with her voice, her music, and her heart. The more I heard about this beautiful, winsome, ultra-talented young lady, I was more and more endeared to her, and was so