GrowTheHeckUp Christian Info-Edutainment

May, 2019

• 21 May

  What impact will the U.S.’s 30 Year Low Birth Rate Have?

  

  A recent article on Bloomberg covered startling news about the latest birth rate stats in the United States and it caught my interest when I first saw it on Twitter this past week. According to statistics, the U.S. birth rate is now at a 32 year low! This caught my …

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• 20 May

  What Are IPOs and Which Are Doing Well in 2019?

  

  By now we all know that the two most popular ride share companies, Uber and Lyft have gone public. Whether you invested in these companies or not isn’t the focus of this article. The focus is to discuss some other IPOs that launched in 2019 that are doing pretty well. …

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• 10 May

  The List Every Dating Woman Should Make

  

  You’re going to need a few lists, Sis, but a successful dating life starts with this one. Grab some paper and get ready to list out your wants and needs in a man. Yes, Sis, you’re really going to put words to these abstract ideals you have about your future husband. Why? Because now, you …

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• 7 May

  There Is Opportunity to Grow When God Shows Us Who We Really Are

  

  Lately I’ve come face-to-face with my fallen humanity in ways that are extremely uncomfortable. God has a way of showing us who we really are and uses others around us to do it. It can be a scary thing when we display the ugly inside of us. It’s scary because …

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• 6 May

  Why You Should Get Life Insurance Today

  

  Having life insurance gives your family a peace of mind that in the midst of your untimely or unexpected demise, your final expenses won’t be a burden. Raise your hand if you have seen a GoFundMe page set up to handle the final expenses for someone. GoFundMe is not a …

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• 3 May

  What Truly Compels Men to Commit

  

  You have everything a man is looking for, so why aren’t men checking for you? Hey Gorgeous!  You’re an established woman, acquainted with success except when it comes to dating. You meet men who interest you, you enjoy your dates with them, and you want more…more interactions with men, more dates, …

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• 2 May

  How One Man Spent One Week in Virtual Reality

  

  That’s 168 hours of sleeping, eating, and working all inside a computer-simulated world. Jak Wilmont, co-founder of the VR content studio & community, Disrupt has taken on the challenge to spend a full week living in virtual reality and documenting his experience. We’ve previously discussed briefly some of the implications of extended reality (augmented and virtual …

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April, 2019

• 30 April

  How Poor Judgement Left Me Embarrassed

  

  Recently, my best friend and I met at Starbucks to do homework together.  I noticed a woman sitting at a huge table with two children and their stuff spread across it.  She had arts and crafts, St. Patrick’s Day hats and necklaces, snacks, books, computers, and grocery bags filled with …

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• 29 April

  Hate Hoaxes and the Myth of the Rise in Hate Crimes in America

  

  Is white supremacy on the rise? Given the perpetual sinful nature of man, it’s absolutely possible. In the context of the end times, I suspect most things that we would call evil are increasing by some measure. In a 2006 bulletin, the FBI detailed the threat of white nationalists and …

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• 26 April

  Ep. 014 | Japhia Life Interview | Hip-hop Artistry and Church Culture

  

  Hip-hop artist, Japhia Life talks to Lavoisier about growing up in church, being shunned by the Christian music scene and rejecting the Christian label on his music. Listen on Spotify

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