Both of my parents grew up during the Great Depression. Even though my mother was very well-off later in her life, I never saw her leave the house without some snack inside her purse. She said she just didn’t feel ...
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Survival Wisdom From The Great Depression
Survival and preparedness is on the rise today, and for many Americans, that means looking to the past for guidance. For example, how did our ancestors survive, with next to nothing, during tough times? On this week’s edition of Off ...
Read More »9 Forgotten Survival Lessons From The Great Depression
Of the many tragedies which have struck our nation through the years, the Great Depression of was the longest lasting and in many ways the most severe. Few people made it through those trying years without feeling its impact. Millions ...
Read More »Stock Market Chart On Track For Next Great Depression?
Some Wall Street insiders are anxious because of a chart indicating the stock market is following the same patterns, month by month, seen before the great stock market crash of 1929. Most historians blame the 1929 stock market crash for ...
Read More »No Recovery: Walmart’s Sales Plunge
There is no economic recovery for lower income Americans. At least that’s the word from an organization that should know: Walmart. The retail giant reported that its sales have been falling for several months despite the media claims of economic ...
Read More »How Faith And Off The Grid Living Combine
What does it mean for us as Christians to prepare for possible hard times ahead? How do we reconcile the commandment to seek God’s kingdom first rather than worrying about our physical needs with the responsibility we feel to provide ...
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Hello folks, this is Bob Whitten, coming to you from beautiful, sunny Thomson, Illinois. Today I would like to tell you about a journey I have been on for the last few years. God put a passion in me, as ...
Read More »On Natural Disasters and Man-made Politics: The Great Flood of 1927
1927 was a banner year in a banner decade of American history. It was a time of growing prosperity that seemed to have no limits. Astounding inventions had changed everything, making life easier for all. Trains, cars, and even airplanes ...
Read More »How Ready is Your Neighborhood?
During the week or so after Hurricane Katrina slammed into Louisiana and Mississippi, the world watched in shock as over half of New Orleans was covered in water and nearly two thousand people lost their lives. While politicians bickered and ...
Read More »Lessons from the Great Depression
I am a child of a child of the Great Depression and what I know of it rests in bits and pieces of largely unheeded conversations between my mother and grandmother. With the economic future that very possibly looms ahead, ...
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