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Posted on May 21, 2026 by TonyMay 21, 2026

Sounds like one of those offers “as seen on TV.” How much would you pay for Stress Be Gone? But wait! There’s so much more! And don’t forget…

Stress Be Gone is a limited time offer.

So be sure to get your three months supply today.

OK, enough with the QVC or HSN marketing. But I am gonna share a couple more natural types of remedies for much of what goes on in the world of health. Or general lack of health I should say. In fact, I have two down to earth, somewhat old-fashioned, but very effective tools to help you take back more control over your health and wellness.

Are you a little bit stressed (or a lot) by so much of what’s going on in the world right now? Yeah, it can be difficult to stay calm with all messed up stuff out there. So, I believe that’s why a lot of people turn to drugs to help ease the stress.

But what if you could make that stress be gone without drugs? And without all those possible side effects. Well, I have a suggestion. Do what my grandparents and great grandparents, and possibly yours too, used to do on a regular basis.

They grew their own medicine. That wasn’t how they looked at it back then. No, they just wanted to grow their own fruits and vegetables. And they remembered, from their grandparents and great grandparents, a lot of the natural remedies for aches and pains and bruises and cuts.

The good news is what they knew is still true.

The not so good news is, it’s not so easy and natural to just grow your own garden anymore. Especially since government indoctrination camps don’t teach anything practical, like how to grow fruit, fruits, and vegetables in a garden. So, now people don’t even know where to get the right seeds to start. And it just shouldn’t be that difficult even in this day and age here on God’s green earth.

That brings me to something I just found that helps make the getting started part a lot easier. It’s called the Medicinal Seed Kit to help you grow a natural pharmacy in your own backyard. If you’re tired of the hamster wheel of pills and procedures that never seem to get you even close to well, this might be for you.

Elgielene already does some of the things you’ll see in the video when you click on this Medicinal Seed Kit link. And she’s helped me ween myself off several prescriptions I was on due to the stroke I had last year.

Matter of fact, I just had a follow up appointment with my PCP yesterday. It was to discuss my blood work, which showed my numbers as being basically what they consider normal. And my blood pressure, without the five prescriptions, was 128/74 on my right arm and 132/78 on my left arm.

Those numbers only confirmed my ongoing daily blood pressure checks. And they confirm how it can be done without very questionable drugs and their potentially destructive side effects.

I’m not a doctor.

And I don’t play one on YouTube or any other visual media. So, feel free to take any advice or information I share with a grain of salt. But I recommend Celtic sea salt because of all the extra goodness you get with just a pinch of it. I do that several times a day.

Anyway…

Check out the Medicinal Seed Kit video and you’ll see a very personable woman explain how she came up with it. And if you have a place where you can try it out, it’s very affordable for just about anyone. I hope you at least watch the video and consider it. Because the so-called healthcare system is not your best friend when it comes to your health.

And as a doctor, who Elgielene studied under to earn her health, coach certification, said…the best healthcare is self-care. A natural pharmacy in your backyard sure fits that bill.

And here’s another natural, drug free thing that can help you calm down.

Of course, I’m bias when it comes to music. As a lifelong musician, I’ve seen (and felt) its almost medicinal benefits. And, for me, there’s nothing more exhilarating than the birth of a new song (aka: songwriting)

So, my bias will show through anytime I share anything about the health benefits of music. But that doesn’t mean I’m wrong, of course. It just means I want the information to be true. And that might skew my view. Only a little. And not to the point of telling lies. Just to the point of encouraging action steps.

OK, that being said…what’s with this whole music and stress connection? Well, let’s say you have to go to the doctor because you’ve been having kidney or bladder problems. And your doctor says he’s gonna have to operate to alleviate your pain.

What happens the minute you hear you need an operation? Yeah, exactly. Your heart rate and blood pressure go up. But you know you don’t wanna keep dealing with all that pain. So, you agree, sign the form, and schedule the operation.

Then, the day of the surgery arrives.

And you’re prepped and ready. They wheel you into the operating room. And, as your doctor smiles at you and explains the first steps, you notice he has ear buds in his ears. He sees you looking and says, “Hope you don’t mind. I’m gonna listen to Beethoven while I operate. It keeps me calm.”

How could you mind? Right? Anything that helps your surgeon stay calm and do the best job possible sounds like the right thing. But then, he tells you, “Oh, and we’re gonna give you some headphones so you can listen to the same music. And we’ll keep you awake during the operation. Sound good?”

Wait a minute. Headphones? Music?

“Uh, how about some anesthesia, doc?”

“Now, relax. Of course, we’ll administer anesthesia. But we won’t need to use as much supplementary intravenous sedation. Because the music is gonna help you calm down.”

Would you go for it? I would. Because research shows patients, who need an operation, and who listen to music, need less calming medication. And the less meds you’re on, the faster your body can get back to work on its natural ability to heal.

Plus, music helps to lower blood pressure and heart rate. And it helps boost immunity. Even as it lowers the stress hormone, adrenaline, in your blood. Oh yeah, it also helps lower cytokine interleukin-6, small proteins that can promote inflammation. And you don’t want that.

Keep in mind, I’m not talking about just any run-of-the-mill music. After all, how calm are you gonna be during your operation, if they blast some heavy metal or hip-hop into your head? No. Professionals will know your health and well-being are gonna require the good stuff. Beethoven. Or Mozart. Or Haydn.

But don’t wait till you need an operation to find out how well this works.

Calm yourself down today.
Music is an awesome way.
Make your day go right and sleep better at night.
That’s what good doctors say.

If you like healthcare more the way God intended, let’s stay connected. It’s super easy. Here’s how:

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It’s good stuff based on the power of God’s love. And, to show my sincere appreciation for your time and attention, I’ll send you download links to music and The Very First 6 Days (a rhyming book for kids about the creation week) right away. Kids from 3 to 103 can enjoy these fun goodies. Just add your email to the form and let’s connect right away.

Stay tuned,

Posted on May 20, 2026 by TonyMay 20, 2026

Imagine you’re in a desert in the middle east. It’s a hot, terrible place with basically no way out. No food or water or shelter. And no idea which direction to take.

Then, out of the blue, a ghost appears and leads you to food. In fact, you walk into fields of juicy, tasty produce. Not only that, but the ghost shows you how to get honey and good fats from the ground. Now, that’s what I call hittin’ the jackpot.

Well, the ghost is a real person. And the scenario I just shared is based on a true story found in the Bible. It’s about how God took a man named Jacob and made him into a nation…Israel.

And his no way out story went like this:

“He found him in a desert land and in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. As an eagle stirs up its nest, Hovers over its young, Spreading out its wings, taking them up, Carrying them on its wings, So the Lord alone led him, And there was no foreign god with him. He made him ride in the heights of the earth, That he might eat the produce of the fields; He made him draw honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock…”

Wow. From sand and rocks to honey and oil. Do you believe the Bible is just a “bunch of fairy tales” or “myths” or “made up stories by delusional men?” Those are all quotes from centuries of doubters.

If you’re a member of any of those categories, you’re walking alone in a desert land whether you know it or believe it or not. And I gotta tell ya, that’s unimaginably sad. Because the road to happiness isn’t a road you take alone.

Also, it’s a road paved with love and gold.

And it’s a road that leads out of the wasteland and into Heaven. No one will ever force you to go, if you don’t wanna go. But, just so you know, there’s no way out of the place where you’ll end up.

So, I encourage you to read the Bible. And discover why it’s the bestselling book of all time.

Read it with an open mind and heart. Because it can change your wilderness-roaming heart to one full of love, purpose, and focus. And I can tell you about the power you can feel, when you KNOW where you’re gonna live forever. But you need to experience it. And it ain’t some silly metaphysical “feeling” either.

It’s a promise from God. And it’s where you’ll find true Love and Gold…

Dig deep and find the treasures for your heart.
The Bible is the perfect place to start.
And as the words unfold, revealing love and gold,
The life God gave you never will depart.

If you prefer this kind of love and gold, let’s stay connected. It’s super easy. Here’s how:

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It’s good stuff based on the power of God’s love. And, to show my sincere appreciation for your time and attention, I’ll send you download links to music and The Very First 6 Days (a rhyming book for kids about the creation week) right away. Kids from 3 to 103 can enjoy these fun goodies. Just add your email to the form and let’s connect right away.

Stay tuned,

Posted on May 19, 2026 by TonyMay 22, 2026

Scientific process would just make a big mess

I don’t know about you (well, I have a pretty good idea about you). But I know I’m not the byproduct of some scientific process. I prefer to think of me as God described it, “fearfully and wonderfully made.”

That sounds so much more creative than scientific process.

And it sounds that way because it IS that way. The fact that you and I were made, designed, by the infinitely creative and one, true, living, loving God sounds just plain wonderful. And it’s much cooler to be here on purpose instead of accidentally.

Now, I know you’ve heard of a double helix. Right? It’s the best illustration scientists have come up with, so far, to represent Deoxyribonucleic Acid. You probably know it better by its initials, DNA. And DNA is scientific proof (not process) you and I are fearfully and wonderfully made.

Not just carbon copies of carbon lifeforms.

Yeah, even the term “carbon lifeforms” contradicts itself.

Anyway…

I’ll share some tidbits of information about information that’s inside you right now.

Almost all the 30,000,000,000,000 (that’s trillion, by the way) cells in your body contain duplicate copies of your DNA.
Each human cell contains 46 segments.
You got 23 segments from your mom and 23 from your dad.
No one else on Earth has the same DNA as you.

(facts and figures from “In the Beginning” by Dr. Walt Brown)

Cool, huh? And the information in the DNA is like a blueprint for how to build you. Only you! How you’ll look, much of how you’ll act, and how every cell in your body will function during your life.

But it gets even more interesting.

If you took out all the DNA from one of your cells and uncoiled it, then you connected and stretched it out, it would be about 6 feet long. But It would be so thin you couldn’t see it. Not even with the most powerful microscope in existence today.

The coded information found in just one cell could fill a library with somewhere around 4,000 books. And if you took all the DNA in your body and stretched it out end-to-end, you could go to the moon and back more than 165,000 times. I call that mighty impressive. And how about this?

The information found in your DNA could fill books that could fill the Grand Canyon almost 30 times. But you could take one set of DNA from one cell of every person who ever lived, put them all in a spoon, and they’d weigh less than an aspirin.

When you ponder the power of the scientific discoveries we’ve made so far, you should start to get an idea of how fearfully and wonderfully made you truly are. And ain’t it better to know you’re made instead of just an accidental scientific process?

No matter what you believe about how life got here, you made a choice to believe it. No one (at least virtually no one) is being forced to believe how we all got here.

So, question. Why would you want to believe you’re just the random result of trillions of mutations? Especially when there’s so much information inside you that proves how wrong that is.

You’re an information-based life form.

And the fact that so much information is coded into your DNA proves there must be a super coder. The good news is…that coder loves you. He made you a human being in His image and likeness. And He allows you to choose whether to love Him back or not. Choose wisely. Remember…

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
There is information locked inside your cells.
When you choose to discover why you’re here,
You’ll find out what the information tells.

And you’ll see you’re not just an accident
Fumbling through the hours, days, and weeks, and years.
All the evidence is pointing out the way.
Trust your Maker. He’ll erase your doubts and fears.

By the way, kids who are sent off to government, indoctrination camps, also known as public schools, will most likely never learn those facts I shared with you. But a lot of parents, who homeschool their kids, make sure they get this kind of knowledge too. Because they realize how much it helps kids grow up with a happier, healthier perspective.

If homeschooling sounds like something you’d like to do for your kids or grandkids, but you don’t know where to get started, consider the Charlotte Mason homeschool method.

Stay tuned,

Posted on May 18, 2026 by TonyMay 19, 2026

Green stamps, good stuff, and it was all good enough

When I was a young boy, my mom saved S&H Green Stamps. They were like rewards you get on your apps these days. Stamps a shopper received at stores, gas stations, or just about anywhere housewives shopped. Yeah, I know. “Housewives” is a politically incorrect term. But it wasn’t back then. Ah…the good old days.

Especially the S&H Green Stamps good old days.

Because when a woman saved enough Green Stamps, she could redeem them for all sorts of household items she found in the S&H catalog. It was like free money. I remember my mom talking with her friends and family about some clock radio or dish set she just got with her stamps. It made for fun, and sometimes lively, conversation. And they’d share the news of double stamps days at the local grocery store. Then, bam! Time to storm the grocery store.

Speaking of time, how is time like Green Stamps? And that’s not actually a trick question.

Answer. They can both be redeemed. Well, I don’t think Green Stamps can anymore. Because I don’t think there’s that kind of rewards program around anymore. But time can still be redeemed.

Dan don’t believe me? Don’t think you could redeem time and get something “for free?”

Well, you can. And guess what you get? OK, I won’t make you guess.

The answer is more time.

Yeah, I don’t mean you can turn 24 hour days into 30 hour days. But you can buy more time by making good use of the time you have here on planet Earth. In fact, you can buy time that never runs out. How cool is that?!

But you can’t just sit on your time. You gotta redeem it. Here’s how you do that. First, become a Christian. And if you’re already a Christian, you gotta “Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.” That’s getting a lot harder to do. Because more and more the world doesn’t wanna hear the name Jesus mentioned under any circumstances. So, it’s important to emphasize the “grace” and “salt” part.

I do that here on my blog. I’m redeeming the time I have left by sharing the power of God’s love and His enduring message of eternal life with anyone who cares to listen and/or read.

Now, are you paying attention to the clock? Because there’s a lot more than green stamps at stake.

“All I need is some time to hold in my hands.
All I want is some time to hold in my arms.” ~Tony Funderburk

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It’s good stuff based on the power of God’s love. And, to show my sincere appreciation for your time and attention, I’ll send you download links to music and The Very First 6 Days (a rhyming book for kids about the creation week) right away. Kids from 3 to 103 can enjoy these fun goodies. Just add your email to the form and let’s connect right away.

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Posted on May 17, 2026 by TonyMay 18, 2026

Enriched in everything is a good reason to sing

Hey kids. Have you noticed, when you go to the grocery store, how you see the word enriched in just about everything? And did you know most of the time, if not all, that’s not a good thing?

But there is a time when it’s awesome to see enriched in everything.

And that is when we’re talking about, get this, YOU. And me. Or anyone who’s not ashamed to call himself or herself a Christian.

For just a second or two think about the grace of God, which was given to you by the one whose name you use to describe yourself as a Christian. There’s a place in 1 Corinthians that shows how grace made sure you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you so that you come short in no gift

Hey, who doesn’t like gifts? How much would you be willing to give for those gifts? But wait! There’s more! Because in that same section of 1 Corinthians it says Jesus will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hang on. I don’t know about you, but that sounds glorious to me. Because I know if there’s one thing I’m not, in this life and in this world, it’s blameless.

And I’m gonna go out on a limb and say you probably aren’t blameless either. But Jesus made sure that we will appear that way when we stand before God one day. And He did that by taking our blame and covering us in…

The Glory

You got the glory in you,
The glory of God.
When people don’t understand,
You just smile and nod…

And trust the good things in you,
The Spirit, The Word.
And you can know that it’s true,
This good news you heard.

One day, when Jesus comes back,
To make things all right,
He’ll lift you high up because
You walked in His Light. © 2013 TF

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It’s good stuff based on the power of God’s love. And, to show my sincere appreciation for your time and attention, I’ll send you download links to music and The Very First 6 Days (a rhyming book for kids about the creation week) right away. Kids from 3 to 103 can enjoy these fun goodies. Just add your email to the form and let’s connect right away.

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Posted on May 16, 2026 by TonyMay 18, 2026

Your dreams come true one day if you know the Way

Let’s say you have a beautiful vision of a loving future where no bad people live and everybody lives forever. If that’s you, I can confidently tell you that your dreams come true. But there is a condition.

Your dreams only come true if you know the Way to make that happen.

About 17 years ago, I wrote a collection of lullabies for kids, even though I never raised any kids myself. But with each song I just thought about what I would have sung to them if I had raised my own kids.

And the songs flowed out of me very easily. I wrote lyrics, from scratch, composed the music to go with the words, recorded all the parts, and produced 10 completed songs in 10 days. And the first song was…

In Your Dreams

I don’t know if you can see me in your dreams,
But I’ll be here
In case you need a helping hand to pick you up
Or calm your fear.

I don’t know if you can hear me in your dreams
But I’ll be there
To sing a tune and hold your hand or pat your back
And stroke your hair

In your dreams you fly up high
Beyond the clouds, beyond the sky
And the sun and all its beams
Will keep you smiling in your dreams.

Golden birds and rocket ships are in your dreams
To help you roam…
And it don’t matter where you wander in your dreams,
You’ll still come home.

Tell the sandman and the stardust in your dreams
You’ll see them soon.
Every night you’ll go and visit in your dreams
Inside this tune. © 2009 TF

By the Way (pun strongly intended), the way to make your perfect dreams come true, is known as the Way.

If this landed somewhere good with you, let’s stay connected. It’s super easy. Here’s how:

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It’s good stuff based on the power of God’s love. And, to show my sincere appreciation for your time and attention, I’ll send you download links to music and The Very First 6 Days (a rhyming book for kids about the creation week) right away. Kids from 3 to 103 can enjoy these fun goodies. Just add your email to the form and let’s connect right away.

Stay tuned,

Posted on May 15, 2026 by TonyMay 17, 2026

Oh brother, I was so naive. Yeah, I used to believe that Americans were all on the same side. Old people never did bad things. Pretty girls were all saving themselves for marriage. Crazy, I know. But I believed those things. And I assumed most anybody would know I was talking about God when I wrote “higher power” in a song. Boy, was I wrong. And like I said, naive.

Fast forward a couple of decades and I wasn’t so naive anymore.

It was a good AND bad thing.

Good because I grew up, matured, and discovered much more actual truth.

Bad because my world wasn’t rosy anymore.

And it would never be that rosy again.

But that’s as it should be. I’m sure you have some sort of similar story you could share. Right? Where your hopes, dreams, and aspirations were crushed by reality?

What do you do when that happens? Well, I can tell you what you don’t do. You don’t give up hoping for better things. Because they’re coming. At least for a few.

The higher power that will save the world is coming.

That’s not a headline from a movie trailer. Because the Higher Power is the Creator of heaven and earth and the rest of the universe. And, at the risk of offending many, I’ll mention His name. Jesus.

Going back to when I was so naive, I wrote a song about worry and not worrying. The lyrics are below. And I want you to see if you find yourself in either part, the worry, or not worrying.

If you worry, do you understand why? And if you don’t worry, do you understand why not? Either way you choose to position yourself, there’s only one reason you’re even able to ponder the question. Because you were created with your very own brain. Any questions? Here are the lyrics to help you consider…

The Power

If I sat down, and I took the time
To correct the lines and absorb them all,
I would sit in place for so long
That the hourglass would surely rust and fall.
But there is no need for me to worry.
I don’t need to see. And I don’t need to feel.
I might expect a change here and there,
But surely you must see,
Or at least you can feel
The power is higher and all we have to do is close our eyes.

If I stood still, and I counted days
And made up ways to collect them all.
I would never move
‘Cause there are no ways
I can save them all and take the time.
But there is no need for me to worry…

If this landed somewhere good with you, let’s stay connected. It’s super easy. Here’s how:

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It’s good stuff based on the power of God’s love. And, to show my sincere appreciation for your time and attention, I’ll send you download links to music and The Very First 6 Days (a rhyming book for kids about the creation week) right away. Kids from 3 to 103 can enjoy these fun goodies. Just add your email to the form and let’s connect right away.

Stay tuned,

Tony Funderburk

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Stress Be Gone is a limited time offer.

The good news is what they knew is still true.

I’m not a doctor.

And here’s another natural, drug free thing that can help you calm down.

Then, the day of the surgery arrives.

Wait a minute. Headphones? Music?

But don’t wait till you need an operation to find out how well this works.

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And his no way out story went like this:

Also, it’s a road paved with love and gold.

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That sounds so much more creative than scientific process.

But it gets even more interesting.

You’re an information-based life form.

Especially the S&H Green Stamps good old days.

The answer is more time.

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Your dreams only come true if you know the Way to make that happen.

In Your Dreams

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Fast forward a couple of decades and I wasn’t so naive anymore.

The higher power that will save the world is coming.

The Power

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