Woman's Day Magazine

Woman's Day

by Fern Siegel , Wednesday, August 13, 2008
WOMAN'S DAY TAKES AS its motto: "live well every day." I agree, though I'd like "well" spelled out. In a world of crashing stocks and mega-layoffs, "well" is relative. Unlike Congress, or Kubrick, the rest of us operate with eyes wide open. These days, I'm just happy if the Chinese takeout remembers all the entrees and the TiVo grabs a Bette Davis flick. Davis knew something about grit. She's best known for "Now, Voyager" and "All About Eve," but when her star faded, she took out an ad in "Variety" asking for work. Hollywood was shocked by her temerity, but I applaud her practicality. Survival is everything.

In my book, that covers health, money, work, family and food, and according to an expert source -- my mother -- Woman's Day fills the bill. She is a huge fan of its clean cover, concise tips and wide appeal, insisting it speaks to young careerists and grandmothers alike. How would she sum it up? "Trustworthy." And I concur.

WD is more versatile than Martha Stewart Living, which focuses on the home, and is a bit more sophisticated than Family Circle. Also, it's not as gooey as the stories in Ladies' Home Journal, which fill people like Martha and Cindy McCain with class dread. If you watched Ms. McCain at a recent Nascar race, you know what I mean. Her husband may love politics; she faces the crowds with a queasier gaze.

The "One Minute to Calm" story may help.

It asks the question: What can you do to chill out right now? I ask myself that 50 times a day. But some of the tips -- count down from 60 or pop a prune -- strike me as overly simplistic. One prune does not release enough "feel-good serotonin" to transform the highly stressed into the Dalai Lama. The article also says "write it down." Usually, sound advice -- until you visit the blogsphere and see ordinary scribblers morph into lunatics. I'd rather slap someone silly or relax with a glass of wine, the advice of an Albany, N.Y., wine educator. And if you buy domestic, you've done your bit for the local economy. Cheers!

In fact, the cut line "living well" is explored in myriad ways, starting with getting a library card -- though why does the photo show two diet books? Looking fit is a laudable goal, but one title is ample. Frankly, I'd like to see women as conversant in Jane Austen and Colette as they are in complex carbs.

Since it's the September issue, there is a terrific "Real Life 101" kids' guide, which includes useful tips on saving the planet. There's also a back-to-school one, which lists three essentials to boosting grades: organizational skills (a completion date for assignments), an inquiring mind (ask piercing questions) and praise (recognize effort). Pentagon, are you listening? Points 1 and 2 are a must on any pre- or post-war to-do list.

The section also suggests getting your child involved in the presidential election. If Paris Hilton can rebut McCain's ad -- "I'm just hot!" -- probably her energy policy, your kids can plug in, too. In the 9-12 age category, WD invites them to visit scholastic.com and play "If You Were President," an interactive game that balances an imaginary budget. If only Washington would balance the real one! I suspect the average Woman's Day reader is more adept and less wasteful than the Feds. What woman in her right mind would pay $450 for a wrench or $42 for a can of Coke? Those figures come courtesy of the General Accounting Office. You can't make this stuff up.

That's why I enjoyed perusing the pub. It offers helpful info presented in a friendly layout. Who wouldn't love "Fake 'n' Bake," the secret shortcuts to impressive desserts? Living well is also about time management. Best of all: the health section recommends red wine, which has been linked to lower blood pressure and a reduced risk of osteoporosis and dementia. Say what you will about sleep, eating fish and socializing, when it comes to living la vida loca, color me red.

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Holliday Book Titled "Sexual Magic ~ SEX IN THE MINISTRY"

Dr. Holliday Announces New book, "Sexual Magic ~ SEX IN THE MINISTRY"

Dr. Holliday is releasing a new book, "Sexual Magic ~ SEX IN THE MINISTRY." It is powerful, well written and a must read. The awakened part of the Church of today has now no doubt of the real existence of the spirit beings of evil that are attacking families while the sleeping church remains under the cover of the powers of darkness.

Jacksonville, FL  -  April 23 -- Dr. Holliday is releasing a new book, "Sexual Magic ~ SEX IN THE MINISTRY." It is powerful, well written and a must read. The awakened part of the Church of today has now no doubt of the real existence of the spirit beings of evil that are attacking families while the sleeping church remains under the cover of the powers of darkness.

Dr. Holliday asserts in her new book, "Due to wide-spread pornographic material, many force their spouses into sexual perversions, leading the mate into deviate sex. However, in our day due to powerful sexual brainwashing by some churches, schools, televisions, radios and Medias, women and men have, in many instances, become willing slaves to sexual demons. Her research uncovers the spiritual truth concerning ruling evil demons over marriages and sexual activities.

Dr. Holliday cautions, "In order to understand the working of the deceiver-prince of this power of the air, and become acute to discern his tactics and his methods of deceiving men and women, such believers should search the Scriptures thoroughly to obtain a knowledge of his character, and how spirits of evil are able to possess, and use the bodies of people."

"These Marriage Breaking Spirits," she goes on to inform, "are principalities called Asmodeus, Osmodeus, Abaddon, Apollyon and Beelzebub that cause rejection, divorce and overpowering tendencies to rage, lust, impetuousness, impurity and psychic activities."

She warns that there are serious consequences concerning "playing" with sexual demons. Dr. Holliday says, "These ruler spirits cause rejection, divorce and overpowering tendencies to rage, lust, impetuousness, impurity, psychic activities and lose of faith. Due to wide- spread pornographic material, many force their spouses into sexual perversions, leading the mate into perverse, deviate sex. However, in our day," she says, "due to powerful sexual brainwashing by some churches, schools, televisions, radio and media, women and men have, in many instances, become willing slaves to sexual demons."

Dr. Holliday gives notice to the Church that the greatest threat today is the willing neglect of guarding against sexual sin. "Sadly, sexual evil is prevalent even among Christians leadership and perhaps no other area in the life of a believer where he or she is more vulnerable to spiritual attacks than the area of his or her sexuality."

She believes that the Church must understand the power of deliverance. "Sadly, sexual evil is prevalent even among Christians leadership," she asserts, "and perhaps no other area in the life of a believer where he or she is more vulnerable to spiritual attacks than the area of his or her sexuality."

Sexual Magic ~ Sex In The Ministry:
Dr. Holliday goes on to express her concern for Church leaders, "Standards are collapsing in the pulpits. Just before a former pastor of a Christian Church was arrested and charged with capital sexual battery in 2006, another associate pastor and counselor resigned or fired from the staff. The church leadership had been warned of the associate pastor's sordid past in North Carolina, but they hired him anyway! The Church critics consisting of former and present members want to know how the cavalier, even reckless, disregard for innocent youth can be justified by ministers of the Gospel. Church leaders are to protect the sheep from preying wolves not pay wolves to ravage the sheep. Sexual predators should be in prison, not the pulpit."

She writes, "Today there is a special attack of deceiving spirits upon the Christian Church. She considers that this is a deliverance manual that will explain how demons that are engaged and operate." She reveals that the awakened part of the Church of today must now have no doubt of the reality of the existence concerning evil spirit beings and that the Church has the spiritual keys to the power of solution.

"This is a book," she says, "that challenges the church to awaken from its spiritual slumber that there is an organized realm of supernatural powers, set up in opposition to Christ, and His kingdom, bent upon the eternal ruin of every member of the human race; these believers also know that God is calling them to seek the fullest information for withstanding and resisting these enemies of Christ and His Church."

Dr. Holliday believes that, "Today there is a special onslaught of (Chaotic sexual) deceiving spirits released upon the Church which is the fulfillment of the prophecy the Holy Spirit expressly made known to the Church through the Apostle Paul, 'that a great deceptive onslaught would take place in the "later times.' Since the utterance of the prophecy, more than two thousand years have passed by but the special manifestation of evil spirits of deception today, points unmistakably to the fact that we are at the close of the age."

Dr. Holliday demonstrates that Satan is sending his agents into the Church to cause ministers to fall into sexual sins. "Leaders must make special efforts to guard against "opportunities", she cautions "while counseling people of the opposite sex or with sexual problems, could find themselves in compromising situations."

Dr. Holliday cites the following incident, "A pastor that I know received a hysterical call from a woman who was in his congregation. He agreed to make a "house call." Fortunately for him, he took his wife along because when the woman opened the door, she flung her robe open and he was face to face with this Jezebel spirit. The pastor's wife stepped in front of him and when the seductress woman saw the wife, she slammed the door shut. Satan will lay all kinds of traps to make you fall into sin. Be careful."

"If you have fallen into sexual sin, you must submit to deliverance," says Dr. Holliday. "You have subjected yourself to demonic powers and you must repent confront the demons through the power of Jesus Christ to deliver the demons and their control. When you invite a devil in, you have to kick him out."

Dr. Holliday writes, "These demonic spirits are responsible for divorce and the source rejection of sexual genders and characteristics, such as -- overpowering tendencies to rage, lust, impetuous, impurity and psychic activities. Asmodeus wars against all marriages, also keeps many from getting married. He is "king of the demons", and sometimes equated with Abaddon, Apollyon and Beelzebub. He is known as the "angel of the bottomless pit." And in the last days this spirit will take on the form of frogs and locusts."

"Remember this is not fiction but a true drama in the Christian Church. Sexual Magic in the Ministry is real and it is on the rise and it is widespread and happening now!" says Holliday.

Pat Holliday, PhD. can also be reached at Miracle Outreach Ministries:
P. O. Box 56527
Jacksonville, FL 32241
(904) 733-8318
Web page:http://patholliday.com

Press Contact: PAT HOLLIDAY
Company Name: Miracle Outreach Ministry
Phone: 9047338318
Website: http://www.patholliday.com