A Pain in the Pride

By Beth | April 30, 2009 |

  Last week I went to the Chiropractor. This man has a history of making me feel a whole lot better after I see him. This time I made the appointment because my right shoulder was killing me. It was so uncomfortable to sleep that I had to do something. My chiropractor/magician squeezed my shoulder…

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Sitting Tight

By Beth | April 27, 2009 | Comments Off on Sitting Tight

  “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40 My 18 month old granddaughter, Stella, is sick. It’s not life threatening, she has some kind of rash and is like a dishrag. She just lays around wherever you put her, preferring…

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Jesus Flake

By Beth | April 23, 2009 | Comments Off on Jesus Flake

  While getting my tires checked today I met a Jesus flake. Actually, I had met him before but today he was wearing a pin with little snowflakes all around the edge that said, “I’m a Jesus Flake.” I can be a pretty pesky Christian about doctrine and so I was curious about what he…

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Frustration or Reconciliation

By Beth | April 20, 2009 |

  This will not be a venting of my own frustrations. I posted an article on April 13th   that prompted someone to ask, “Is it really wrong to vent our frustrations?” The answer isn’t a simple yes or no. It has a whole lot to do with who we vent to and what our…

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1+1=1

By Beth | April 16, 2009 | Comments Off on 1+1=1

  Math was never my best subject. Then I got married and I got confused because it was my husband who taught me that 1 + 1 = 1 and he is good at math. One night several years ago I went to my husband about someone I felt had wronged me in some way…

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Yes and No

By Beth | April 13, 2009 | Comments Off on Yes and No

  I recently talked to a discouraged friend. A project for which she is organizing help is suffering from a lack of response and also from some serious back-pedaling. Where she thought everything was just about prepared, she now finds twice the work to do herself and has truly lost her delight in the project. In…

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