: About Me

Hi, I'm Joyce Wheeler and I live in West Tennessee with my husband and three blessings. My oldest is a girl, 18 attending the local college. My two boys are 13 and soon to be 11 and are homeschooled. I completed my associates in business online June of 2009. My greatest desire is to be the person God created me to be. I love to help others, have a great passion for children, love the outdoors, exercising, and learning. I am independent consultant for Story Time Felts and Usborne Books and More, founder of a non-profit organization called Education Jump-Off. I love to write about things I know and am passionate about. The Food Network is my favorite channel along with TLC. I am originally from Chicago where I was born and raised and have lived in Tennessee for four years.

My passion is ...

Helping to educate children

I know too much about ...

Nothing

My parents always told me ...

You're going to get yourself in trouble.

My childhood ambition ...

To go to France and study art

My favorite memory ...

Don't know that I have one

Why I write ...

To inform and help others

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Nothing

My first job ...

Finance investigator at a used car lot

My best moment ...

My children

My inspiration ...

God

Religion & Spirituality > Speculations & Criticisms Organized religion or God

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Organized religion or God? My heart jumped as I read this title because the truth is that both exist.  As a believer it is not beyond me to tell others that I do not claim a religion. The reaction from this statement usually ends with me sweeping a chin up off the floor. For some reason people think that a religion needs to be claimed. This is how religion is organized, individuals going through the motions and rituals of the religion they have become a part of. Looking back on the history of various religions it is clear to see that many of them were indeed influenced by individuals ...

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