by Jamie Holloway | Jan 17, 2018 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Every so often I read a novel that I simply cannot put down. Cold Water by Samuel Parker is one of those novels. This is not a warm and fuzzy novel. It is thrilling, adventurous, captivating, and spine chilling. The characters are well developed and the descriptions...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 16, 2018 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Healing is something that has been on my mind since I discovered that I had trachial stenosis from my Wegener’s and RA. I have gotten off my own trail towards wellness and healing that I decided that my focus word for 2018 would be rebuild. That is when...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 14, 2018 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
This week I have been sick, thankfully it isn’t the flue. Just a normal cold, but with a trach it is extra hard to handle. I am thankful that Kristen Kill’s book Finding Selah showed up in my mailbox. I dove straight in, while blowing my trach and taking cold...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 6, 2018 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
My focus word for 2018 is rebuild. I chose this word carefully. I have been dreaming for months of rebuilding things including a kitchen, my bathroom, and living room so I need God was speaking to my heart about reconstructing my life. Many times in the Bible God...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 4, 2018 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Max Lucado is one of my favorite authors, ever since I read his book He Chose the Nails I have been hooked. In his latest, Trade Your Cares for Calm I am still in awe. Lucado’s newest book has come at exactly the right moment for me. I’m embarking on a new...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 1, 2018 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Why We Don’t Suck by Dr. Denis Leary came at just the right moment. I needed a good laugh. In fact, New Years Eve I read the section with the Tweets from people in our past history that had my friends Karen and Summer up in stitches along with me....
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 30, 2017 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I was given the opportunity to read Restore by Vince Antonucci. I wasn’t sure what I would be reading about, but the title intrigued me. I’m glad that I have read this book. Here is why. My focus word for 2018 is rebuild. I know rebuilding something is...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 29, 2017 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, Inspiring Nutrition, Products I Love, The Magnificent Journey
The Keto Diet is something I have been interested in and since my friend at Wellness Works NW has started selling Ketones Supplements from Pruvit I became even more intrigued. I checked out at my library a great book called The Ketogenic Bible: The...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 28, 2017 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Prayer has and is important in my daily life and relationship with God. When the opprotunity came for me to read Barry C. Blacks book Make Your Voice Heard In Heaven based on his 2017 speech at the U.S. Senate Prayer Breakfast I thought it would be insightful to read....
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 24, 2017 | The Magnificent Journey
2017 is almost over. Hard to believe. Time moves faster and faster as I get older. Although, it moved fast a lot of wonderful things have happened to make my 2017 a blessing to me. I am positive 2018 will even show more moving forward when it comes to my health. Last...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 21, 2017 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Ron Hall and Denver Moore’s true story of respect, kindness, friendship, and different backgrounds shows how much we miss by assuming things about others just by looking at them. We miss opprotunity’s to engage in meaningful relationships. Denver was a homeless...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 18, 2017 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Betty Robinson was an Olympic God medalist in running in 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. This is a fantastic story, full of ambition, and determination. Betty’s accident before the Olympics in Los Angels derailed her dream, but she made up for it in...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 12, 2017 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Spending time with God every morning before I begin my day is one of the best self-care routines that I have established for myself. I don’t feel right without sitting, devouring his word, and contemplating my day. I have enjoyed using Christine Caine’s...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 9, 2017 | Supporting Each Other, The Magnificent Journey, Weight
The Hard Decision If you follow me on Facebook or are one of my friends on Facebook you might have read that I am Pursuing Bariatric Surgery. This was not an easy decision for me to make. It has taken me years. Choosing to change your stomach with surgery shouldn’t be...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 8, 2017 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
As someone who is a chronic illness warrior I love reading inspirational and comforting books by authors who struggle and thrive with their chronic illness. In Sarah Forgrave’s comforting book Prayers for Hope and Healing that is exactly what I am...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 7, 2017 | Books/Music, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I have been following Nick Vujicic for many years on his Facebook page, so when the opportunity came up for me to review his book Be the Hands and Feet I took it. Vujicic has an inspirational, encouraging, and adventurous testimony on the power of God. With his...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 5, 2017 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I am not a fan of diet books. Often times feel yucky after reading them. That there is something missing in their information. I didn’t feel like that while I read Nourish by Katie Farrell. I believe the reason why is because she wasn’t only thinking of...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 4, 2017 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Rest and sleep are not the same thing. Did you know that? I didn’t. Not until I read Saundra Dalton-Smith’s book Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity. How many of us have gotten the proper amount of sleep and still felt tired,...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 1, 2017 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
In exchange for my review of Ashley Reitz’s book You are Beautiful I was given a free copy from Faith Words. The opinions I express are my own and I was not influenced. When I was growing up, I never saw myself as beautiful. I was fat, walked...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 26, 2017 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
When I think of the word one, I think about being by myself, to be one individual, or solitatry. I don’t think of a team, but yet that is how God sees us. We, as Christians are one body focus on doing team work for God’s plan. Collaberation gets all of...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 24, 2017 | Books/Music
In exchange for my review I was given a free copy of Jim Turner’s book The Disconnected Man by Faith Words. The opinions I express are my own and I was not influenced. Relationship is vital for every human being that God created. Sometimes a disconnect...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 22, 2017 | Books/Music
In exchange for my review I was given a free copy of Seeking Aliveness by Brian D. McLaren from Faith Words. The opinions I express are my own and I was not influenced Being alive, what does that mean to you? In Seeking Aliveness the reader explores what...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 21, 2017 | The Magnificent Journey
Recently I watched The Corrie Ten Boom Story from the Torch Lighters series. Corrie and her sister Betsy were in a concentration camp and they were thankful for fleas. The fleas stopped the Nazi’s from going into their barracks and stopping the prisoners from reading...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 18, 2017 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
In exchange for my review I was given a free copy of Damian Chandler’s book The Crooked Christmas Tree by Faith Words. The opinions I express are my own and I was not influenced. Christmas is only a month away. Time seems to be moving faster as I get older. I...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 14, 2017 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
In exchange for my review I was given a copy of Memory Rescue by Dr. Daniel G. Amen by Tynsdale. The opinions I express are my own and I was not influenced. Brain health is something that I have been paying attention to since I have had to have throat surgery every...