Shakin' The Salt

All of us are aging – like it or not. Some of us are thriving and enjoying our “Golden Years” while others hate getting older and they let everyone else know it! My mother will be 101 in two weeks!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

We all make friends through our lives, and some of us remain friends 50 years later! It may even be years between visits, but we pick up where we left off reminiscing and then making new memories!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

None of us like being judged, especially if it is an unfair or wrong judgment! But the whole reason for Christ coming was not to condemn us, but to save us! John 3:17. Have a blessed Resurrection Sunday! Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

When you know yourself and your loved one(s) you learn why you are attracted to certain “types” and not so much others. My husband and I have been together 57 years, married for 54, and we’re opposites!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

When you hear of someone going through the same thing you are, it seems you immediately share a “common bond” even if you don’t really know them. So it was with actor James Van Der Beek who shared his bout with cancer.Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

A friend recently told me she thought God was mad at her. After a brief discussion she admitted there was nothing to blame it on except for so many horrible things happening in her life! I believe whatever it is, God can use that – and us- to bring good!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Are you still exhausted from the holidays, and maybe have the flu or at least a bad cold? Maybe you are just “down” for no particular reason. Well, I can relate; and I have a few suggestions I gave myself!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

I got out of my heated pool to answer the phone. Family and friends “back home” were in a horrible snowstorm with flights canceled, their roads closed, and they couldn’t even find a store that was open. Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

My sweet grandmother spent over 60 years attending church alone each week until my “womanizing” grandfather at 83 decided at a funeral, he wanted a “Graduation Celebration” just like this one. But my brother, the Minister, told him he couldn’t because he didn’t know if he was going to Heaven or not!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

If you have had the flu going around like most of us have, you also want this flu to flee I am sure. But it hangs on, it is contagious and it so tiring that chronic fatigue is part of it. Yet, on we go!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

I never dreamed our neighbors would put up scary Halloween decorations at Christmas, mixing them with the nativity and other Christmas decorations. They call it The Nightmare Before Christmas…and boy is it! What would you do?Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

When everyone around you seems to have the Joy of the Christmas season, shopping, singing, looking forward to family fun, and you are miserable, what do you do? I have a few suggestions, as I have been there too!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

We know the teenage eye rolling with the words, “Whatever!” Most parents would love to them drop that attitude. But the growl of GRR in front of attitude can be the catalyst for a great attitude bomb!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Most mothers feel overwhelmed or unappreciated at times. Yet years later, all of us have thought of our moms in love, as we remember certain things our mom did for us when she thought that we weren’t looking.Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

When asked this question, many immediately think of a movie star or rock legend or super hero. But most think of a loved one, a favorite coach, teacher or friend. But what does it take to be a real hero?Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

I hadn’t seen her in almost fifty years! And now this former student of mine was going to be near me in Florida and wanted to do lunch! I was so excited to see her and hear all about her after 50 years of “life”!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Ask an alcoholic if alcoholism is real. If you have ever been under the power of demonic forces, you know it is real. Unfortunately, I have. But there is one word demons hate the most, and I traded darkness for Light.Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

If you suffer with excruciating pain as I have for 25 years, and it stops – it is a miracle! I would never think of how God healed me – but He did! And maybe you have an unexpected miracle coming too!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

This old Hee Haw song brings a smile if not more to most of us who remember. But those going through a serious depression may not find it funny at all. How do you deal with an ongoing long-term depression?Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

The longer we live the more we see that life really isn’t fair in our judgment! Some really good people – as well as really bad ones as we see it, just don’t get due justice! So how do we explain it?Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Have you ever felt completely broken, and unable to “fix” yourself? What if that very brokenness was exactly what you needed in order to surrender, so that you could be completely healed and made brand new?Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Did you ever have one of those weeks where everything was wonderful, celebrating an anniversary, and then you end up in the hospital? Although there was nothing tragic it still puts things in perspective!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Every month we have a Magnolia Circle Girls Night out. All of us gals from our street on the Lake here bring a favorite dish, and we become slumber party teenagers all over again. Inside, we ARE teens!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

What do you say to a friend who is so depressed she truthfully doesn’t even want to wake up in the mornings? Having also been through depression, I can assure her that she can learn to love life again.Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

People ask me why I love teaching, speaking and ministering  in jails. I always say, “But for the grace of God, there go I!” After all, my parents let me spend time in jail in Mexico when I was only 16!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Why does God heal some people and not others? I have been in pain for 26 years and keep trying everything doctors may advise, but I ultimately keep trusting the Great Physician. So another surgery? Why not!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

My very active friend who has broken both ankles is now physically halted temporarily. Yet, what a Godly example Annie is, perched atop her home hospital bed in front of her big picture window!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

I have always loved to celebrate special days in BIG ways. When we went to the beach for my birthday, I don’t care how old I am, I want to swim…and get caught up in the waves, and tumble and gasp for air!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

After celebrating Mom’s 100th birthday in St. Louis,  a week later my brother brought her and my sister here to stay while he performed a wedding. Where do you take a 100 year old in Florida? To the Beach!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Most of us can remember a crabby old person we knew when we were children. And hopefully we all had a really precious old person in our life as well! Which will you be one day – or are you there already?Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Everyone wants to have a care-free life with the perfect job, the perfect spouse, perfect children and to never have any problems or worries. Yet we all know that never happens. But I know a secret!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Some of my Midwest slang doesn’t coincide with my husband’s Alabama roots and vice versa. And the Northeast verbiage can sound like a foreign language to me! So when did I learn “Christianese” and use it with my friends who didn’t understand.Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Not many have the privilege and honor of living to be 100. My sweet mother “Bootsie” was born in 1925 when Calvin Coolidge was president, lived through the depression, WWII, and so much more. Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

If you have battled pain or illness like I have for 25 years, you too may really become discouraged at times. Maybe you have been mad at God like I was. So what is the answer? Why doesn’t God heal me?Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

We often hear the word ‘soul’ spoken today but do we really know what it means? Are soul-mate, soul brother, soul music, and soul food even related? And what does any of that have to do with your soul?Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Most people are shocked when they hear a professing Christian say that they hate Easter. I used to be shocked as well…until I became one who feels the same! I also used to be a C and E church goer, if that!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Have you ever been betrayed by a friend? A co-worker? Your spouse or loved one? Maybe even a family? I have, and I don’t know that we ever forget it, even if we forgive and move on with our lives.Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

For two weeks we thought he was healed! Have you ever gotten your hopes up and then the rug is pulled out from under you again? Now he has to be Bud in the bubble for 40 sessions – for 2 hour each day!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

After 25 years of success in radio and TV, then beating cancer twice, a  former student of mine and a St. Louis legend, Brian Mckenna was killed by a car while he was crossing the street Saturday night!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

It seems ironic that two years ago my husband was healed of prostate cancer, and now my brother Duke was recently also diagnosed with the same. He asked everyone on his nightly Words of Encouragement to please pray.Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Have you ever wondered why young children are so carefree and eager to try new things, and then somehow by the teen years, that totally changes? Confidence has been replaced by self-consciousness. Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Everyone needs to use the bathroom, but no one ever expects to see all blood! My poor husband had just gotten over two rounds of the flu, which was two years since his prostate cancer. ER here we come!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

When you go through life’s various trials, do you ever wonder if you are somehow being “tested” to see if you make it? I know I have! As a retired high school teacher, I know that no one likes taking tests!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

I knew at Christmas that she was on hospice, and I knew she would be leaving us soon. But she looked so pretty, and so healthy and we chatted for hours. I just knew I would see her again…and I will!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Everyone has disappointments from time to time. But what about the same disappointment time after time after time! This is the 25th year and 17th doctor to inform me they couldn’t help with my chronic pain.Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

This year I have decided to do something new. Instead of adding a resolution, I am resigning - getting rid of things that bog me down. Would you like to get rid of an attitude, an addiction, a habit?Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Not another weight loss resolution, right? Right! It is simply an extension or continuation of the resolution I first made when I was six or seven, on through my teen years, and up until now!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

For those of us who celebrate holidays in a BIG way, there comes a time when we must say, “Enough!” No more decorations, parties, singing and dancing, but time to get a little rest!  Right? Right!  Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

Do you ever wish you could just turn off your brain and stop thinking, stop remembering, stop grieving, stop feeling, just stop dreading? We have both great and horrible memories, if only we could filter them!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/

As long as we live, we add a number to our age every year. But even through the aches and pains and trials, we can still have JOY and enjoy every day. When we remain young at heart, each day is new!Support the showSupport our ministry by clicking "Support the show" above where you will be directed to our website. You will find a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. Thank you and God's blessings.Dr. Debra Peppers,  "Dr Pepper" https://saltandlightministry.com/