Off-the-grid living usually involves a lot of hard work. Yes, there are trade-offs, and many of us may have sought the off-the-grid life in part because of the spiritual, physical and psychic toll we pay to be “plugged in”. Still, ...
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Diabetes and the Grid: Living Off It and Thriving
“A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey…” Deuteronomy 8:8 Diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases in the world. Whether it comes in the form of ...
Read More »Cracking the Reading Code
Congratulations! Whether you have chosen to send you child to a public school or you are home schooling, your child has started school. But do you ever wonder what’s going on there? All this pressure about reading readiness, all those ...
Read More »Prill Beads and Water: Our Health Writer’s Answer to Your Comments
Recently, Off The Grid News published my article on The Healing Powers of Water. In it I go to great lengths to advocate for water. In a time when it is just as easy to reach for a glass of ...
Read More »The Limits of Dental First Aid
Nobody much likes the idea of going to the dentist, the medical specialty probably most associated with pain. Now, suppose because of remoteness—due either to your general choice of where to locate your home or to hunting or some other ...
Read More »Role Reversal: Mom and Dad Moving In With You
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.” ...
Read More »Protecting Yourself Against the Threat of Radiation Poisoning
God blessed the earth with an abundance of natural resources, which has allowed human society to evolve, grow and prosper. However, man’s addiction to technology and better living through chemistry has led our society in dangerous directions. Nowhere is mankind’s ...
Read More »Oh, My Aching Head!
Living brings headaches—and not just the metaphorical ones. Some people are blessedly free of headaches, or virtually so; many of us suffer them occasionally or periodically; for some of us they can be major disruptions in our lives. Head pain ...
Read More »The Secret Healing Powers of Water
We have all heard many times about how important it is to drink plenty of water. Eight glasses of eight ounces each per day has become the standard prescription, and people everywhere concerned about their health have conscientiously tried to ...
Read More »Take Health Advice with a Thank You and a Smile—And a Grain of Salt
Seems like a person can’t get sick in privacy and peace. No sooner is it known that you’re ailin’ then somebody – Aunt Martha, the supplement salesman in Bible study, or the eccentric neighbor across the way – has got ...
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