Monthly Archives: July 2011

Learning To Trust Instead Of Worry Is A Process

It is natural for human beings to worry. We live in an unsafe world. Anxiety is a seemingly reasonable action in protecting us from future harm. It is the act of looking backward to prevent what may lie ahead. It … Continue reading

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Four Legged Healers

I had an old yellow tom who was my dear companion for 14 years. He came into my life on a cold, rainy, October day. My children and I were in the grocery store parking lot when we heard a kitten … Continue reading

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To Prepare For Treatment Is To Prepare For War

 Whether one is facing treatment with high-powered chemicals or by undergoing surgery, they are facing battle ahead. To prepare for treatment, is to prepare for war. Every soldier must properly train and equip to best enable victory. Pursuing health through medical treatment … Continue reading

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Spiritual Abuse, Healing, and Full Health

I’ve spent a lot of my time in the last decade writing and conversing with people online. I hear too many stories of people who have been or are being spiritually abused. This isn’t a new problem but the label of … Continue reading

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The Chronicle Of Our History

If my husband and I weren’t failed hippies, as my oldest son calls us, we might look something like this couple by now. However, we grew up and changed. Like many people of our generation, we are not at all … Continue reading

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Horror In Norway

The terror attack in Norway on Friday was not only terrifying but a horror. The actions of, Anders Behring Breivik can only be condemned. There is never any reason to kill innocent children. Breivik is labeled, Christian, by the media and I , as a … Continue reading

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What Good Will Faith In Jesus Do Me?

I’ve heard that the Christian religion is dying. Some are glad about this while others mourn. I also hear people say that the Bible is just another book among many books. Some say that it and faith in the Christian God is ancient and … Continue reading

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Where Were You During July, 1968?

Do you remember where you were and what you were doing the summer of 1968? I was twelve that year and excited about starting Jr. High in the Fall. I bought two blouses with full length, overly puffy, sleeves and … Continue reading

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Isolation:Shut In and Shut Out Of Life

Isolation imposed by ill-health is the equivalent of serving a prison term in your own home. To become a shut-in is to be shut out of life. Human beings are made for relationship with others and when relationship is cut off, … Continue reading

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How Is Art Influencing Our Culture Today?

I love the work of Claude Monet. Upon the first sight of one of his original paintings, I was at first surprised and awed not only by the beauty portrayed but by the fact that the painting contained its own … Continue reading

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