tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40166242458140197852024-03-05T23:35:27.701-08:00Curiosity Cured the CatThe cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. ~Dorothy Parkercathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-92037124820972619732015-06-07T13:01:00.006-07:002015-06-07T13:04:13.443-07:00Submission In Perspective: A Comfort For Strong Women<h1 class="passage-display" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 20px;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="passage-display-bcv" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-right: 10px;">Ephesians 5:22-33</span><span class="passage-display-version" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;">New International Version (NIV)</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="text Eph-5-22" id="en-NIV-29327" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">22 </span>Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29327A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29327A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> as you do to the Lord.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29327B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29327B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span> <span class="text Eph-5-23" id="en-NIV-29328" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">23 </span>For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29328C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29328C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> his body, of which he is the Savior.</span> <span class="text Eph-5-24" id="en-NIV-29329" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">24 </span>Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29329D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29329D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> in everything.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="text Eph-5-25" id="en-NIV-29330" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">25 </span>Husbands, love your wives,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29330E" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29330E" title="See cross-reference E">E</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29330F" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29330F" title="See cross-reference F">F</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><span class="text Eph-5-26" id="en-NIV-29331" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">26 </span>to make her holy,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29331G" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29331G" title="See cross-reference G">G</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> cleansing<span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NIV-29331a" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NIV-29331a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%205:22-33#fen-NIV-29331a" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> her by the washing<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29331H" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29331H" title="See cross-reference H">H</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> with water through the word,</span> <span class="text Eph-5-27" id="en-NIV-29332" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">27 </span>and to present her to himself<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29332I" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29332I" title="See cross-reference I">I</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29332J" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29332J" title="See cross-reference J">J</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span> <span class="text Eph-5-28" id="en-NIV-29333" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">28 </span>In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29333K" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29333K" title="See cross-reference K">K</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.</span> <span class="text Eph-5-29" id="en-NIV-29334" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">29 </span>After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—</span> <span class="text Eph-5-30" id="en-NIV-29335" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">30 </span>for we are members of his body.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29335L" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29335L" title="See cross-reference L">L</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span> <span class="text Eph-5-31" id="en-NIV-29336" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">31 </span>“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”<span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NIV-29336b" data-link="[<a href="#fen-NIV-29336b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%205:22-33#fen-NIV-29336b" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote b">b</a>]</span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29336M" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29336M" title="See cross-reference M">M</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span> <span class="text Eph-5-32" id="en-NIV-29337" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">32 </span>This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.</span> <span class="text Eph-5-33" id="en-NIV-29338" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">33 </span>However, each one of you also must love his wife<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29338N" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29338N" title="See cross-reference N">N</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.</span></span></div>
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purpose is to follow God's will for God's glory and because they love their
wives as Christ loves the church. If they don't love their wives as Christ
loves the church, then they have zero authority in God's eyes. If they aren't
doing God's will, then wives should not submit to them. </span></span></div>
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sale of the land. The story of her death shows wives that we should never
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cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-28822207851859639072015-04-02T03:52:00.002-07:002015-04-02T03:59:40.659-07:00It's All In the Translation<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Coming back from a trip inevitably teases out travel memory fragments from my little grey cells...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He replied, but through his thick accent I couldn't understand. I kept repeating back what I thought he was saying, "bahz" hoping it would make sense to me, but I was stumped.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh. Got it!</span>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-42559275634534650622015-03-31T08:25:00.001-07:002015-03-31T08:40:36.172-07:00Trip Takeaway: Engage in life.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I should stop feeling like I have to "do" something. Sitting and staring at a beautiful view or even a city street IS "doing something!" I should not allow my kids' schedules, or ours, to dictate our "lifestyle." I should never spend my days rushing from activity to activity, but instead, plan breaks, downtime and rest to make a frazzled life an enjoyable one. </span><br />
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I need to take a breather in the afternoon by having a real kaffee break. I need to...take the extra five minutes and brew a fresh cup...ditch the paper and plastic and replace with glass and china...and, never, ever, ever eat over the sink! I need to sit down...to relax..to enjoy...look up from my device...see people...talk to those around me...to engage. I need to engage in life. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Disconnect. Though we visited some large cities with accompanying First World conveniences, much of our time was in the country and mountains at small inns. We experienced some sketchy internet connection, unreliable power sources for recharging, and TV was all in German. We had to--gasp!---talk to each other. Good.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. No news from "The Hill." Being in a news blackout didn't bite. It didn't bite at all. I learned about flight #9525 via CNN International in English at the US Consulate two full days afterwards. We had very little US news, and sports were of the European variety not Final Four. Grateful for zero, zilch, nada US political blather. My mind was at peace. <i>REFRESHING!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Security. The US Consulate security is waaay more intense than TSA. No microscopes, but close. They made me drink my bottled water in front of two separate officials, and they refused to touch the bottle until I had done so. They kept all of our electronics, including cords, mouse, and converters, under lock and key until we were done and had left the secured area.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. Stores close at night. Restaurants in the country close early and stores aren't open in the evening, even in the city. People go home and spend time with their families. They go to cafes and drink espresso/kaffee and bier and maybe eat some kuchen in the afternoon. Most cafes offer lap robes so you can sit outside in the cold and sip your beverage of choice, enjoying the company of others, or the sights, and the fresh air.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6. Language. It was fun to sprechen ein bisschen Deutsch, and though most people speak English, they were appreciative of our attempts. Out in the country, they spoke less English, so I helped a friend with an order. Thankfully, Schmidty, who spoke fluent German, taught me a bit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">7. Phone addiction. From what I experienced (and I'm sure this is debatable) US and Asian tourists spend a lot of time staring at and tapping on their phones, not so much the Europeans or European tourists that I saw. All tourists--Europe/Asia/North America--take copious amounts of pics, mostly on phones, and some groups were really attached to their selfie sticks--watch out as they swing 'em around. I often felt like a pinata!</span></div>
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9. Diet. PTL indeed that we did so much walking and hiking otherwise I would have gained 10 pounds instead of 5, ha! I truly relished my diet of gluten-rich kuchen, brot, brats and schnitzel! I went back on gluten about 3 weeks before we left so I could get my body used to the poison. Also, a shout out to NON-GMO foods!!! YAY!! Our tour offered gluten-free, kosher and vegetarian options for the included meals, yet there were a couple of people "starving" on the trip. Planning, people. Just call your tour company in advance and let them know. One. Phone. Call. </span></div>
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cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-64905042394280800772014-08-07T17:51:00.000-07:002014-08-07T17:51:17.097-07:00Word WarfareA few professors from the University of Mississippi have complained that the nickname of the school, which is "Ole Miss," is racist. Not being from the South and not understanding the historical context, I was flummoxed. A friend turned me to another article to explain. Researching yet further, I also discovered that there is debate on the true derivation of the moniker.<div>
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In the late 1880's the school held a contest to name the yearbook. Elma Meeks entered the winning selection of "Old Miss." While we'll never know what she meant, there are two predominate theories as to where the name might have come. One is that it is simply a diminutive of Old Mississippi. The other is that it's short for "Old Missus," from the slave's term for mistress of the plantation. The agitated professors subscribe to the latter.</div>
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As a writer, editor, and sometimes etymologist, I take great interest in words: what they mean, their historical significance, and how they're used both in speech and writing. For instance, one of my pet peeves is when people use "anxious" for "eager." Anxious is the antithesis of eager; for when one is anxious one is dreading something.</div>
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Memes on the Internet are ripe with bad grammar, horrific spelling and downright misuse of words. They're/there/their, it's/its, or lose/loose are commonly and incorrectly interchanged. I've seen plane for plain, accept for except, prosecute for persecute...well, the list goes on. The point is that even when we have a clearly defined meaning, humans are there to muck it up.</div>
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The nickname "Ole Miss" has been used at the university for over 100 years. Can it now be said to refer only to the school, even if it might have had roots in a shameful past? Can it not now mean only a beloved institution of higher learning? Has the meaning become synonymous with a school?</div>
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cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-74303703625922951542014-06-23T10:02:00.001-07:002014-06-23T10:02:50.183-07:00Watch out for those planks!So, a friend (I use the term loosely here) said to me, "can we talk privately?" Meaning out of earshot of the kids.<br />
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Oooookaaay. Bracing.<br />
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Hm.<br />
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I won't gossip about what she said, but suffice to say, she had some pretty sound conclusions as to why my child isn't acting the way she imagines a good child should act and much of it boils down to my parenting style.<br />
<br />
Whoa.<br />
<br />
I listened for about all I could take, then I finally said, "let's get to the paper." She had been clutching a note. Turns out there was a sketchy bit that had my kid's personality written all over it. So, yeah, I talked to said kid about it afterwards and we came to the conclusion it probably wasn't the best choice to make. So, my kid erred in judgment. But, ultimately, the friend implied that my child wouldn't have stumbled if I were--how would she have put it?--a better parent.<br />
<br />
Now, I was proud of myself. I took the high road. I even apologized. And, I thanked her for her concerns. Certainly, the fact they are moving to Pennsylvania next month helped my calm attitude. I do wonder how I would have responded if they were going to continue to be a part of our lives. Naturally, I would want to salvage the relationship--my kid adores hers and vice versa--but I would probably have to have a long talk about our different parenting styles, and how it's okay that we're different. Though, I think she's probably a person who thinks there's only one way to slice a banana.<br />
<br />
Do you ever find yourself critical of how others parent, or handle their dog, or workout, or spend their free time, or slice a banana? I do. There are so many times I just want to say to someone, "STOP doing that! You're making a mess of things!" It's really easy to see how other people are doing it wrong. It's easy to see the speck of sawdust in their eyes, and tell them to get it out of there. Ah. But it's MUCH harder to see our planks bulging out of our sockets. We all have a giant plank.<br />
<br />
Maybe I do need to look at some of the things which my "friend" pointed out about my parenting. But, she doesn't know what really goes on in our house, and she was drawing some pretty broad conclusions. She doesn't know how far my kid has grown on my kid's scale. She doesn't have a child with my child's personality. You can't put up one child or one parent as a blueprint for all others to aspire. God didn't make us that way. He made us unique people. There was a reason God gave me the children he gave me, because he wanted me to raise them the way I would raise them.<br />
<br />
After explaining the encounter to my husband, I thought his comment was rather interesting. When he finally understood which friend's child I was talking about, he said, "Oh, you mean the one that doesn't smile?"<br />
<br />
I pray for them and wish them the best. I hope her daughter can find some joy while she is busy behaving properly for her mom. I hope my daughter can make some better decisions in the future.<br />
<br />
But, most of all, I hope I can again take the high road the next time I'm confronted about my speck. And also remember that there's a plank in there, too. <br />
<br />
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<i>"Why do you look for the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye, and pay not attention to the plank in your own eye?" ~Matthew 7:3</i>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-43870542470415829242014-04-12T05:50:00.001-07:002014-04-12T05:54:32.634-07:00Take Your Privacy Back<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I was just reading an article in the Huff Post
(shocker, eh?), detailing that 70% of parents struggle with being unable to
keep off their phones at dinner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Whoa!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">For everyone's sanity, we have to address this
issue of being constantly in contact. And it starts with me...and you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Excluding emergencies, phones should be off at
dinner time. Remember when we used to NOT answer the phone because it was
"dinner?" Or, you'd tell your friends, "don't call during
dinner!" It was accepted that you could not be reached at dinner time or
other times. These days, we're much too available. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">"I texted you three times and left a
voicemail, WHERE were you?" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">"Um, in the bathroom." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">People are annoyed if they can't get you right
away. We need to change that, but we can only change that as we each make
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">First of all, calmly and firmly tell people,
"I was unavailable." No excuses. You are simply not able to be
reached, end of discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Next, when you are crying inside to check your
messages, give yourself a time. I'll check messages in 40 minutes. Space out
the times you check to pull yourself back from the immediate contact. Make
social media and messaging something you do in chunks, not throughout the day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Put your phone in your purse or pocket (esp. whilst
driving!), and don't be online or messaging all the time. Go outside and
enjoy the fresh air. Talk to a human being face to face. Pick up a
book (readers are okay). Pray or meditate. Take up a hobby (but
don't constantly post your achievements or step by step accomplishments).
Learn something new. Help a friend. Help a stranger.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I learned this first hand when we homeschooled our brood. For three years, I set out to restructure my wildlings into the stereotypical homeschooling drones I dreamed they would become. I fantasized about the hours we'd lounge in the living room studying literature and philosophy in a classical classroom setting, creating intricate scientific experiments using common household chemicals, and, perhaps, building an air-breathing combustion engine in the garage. All the while, they'd dive into learning with ravenous glee, demanding to know more about the solar system and Ancient Egypt.</div>
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Yeah. I was on the fast track to Fantasyland.</div>
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My children are leaders, not ducklings. They are warriors, not philosophers. They are captains, not mates. The ADD one still has ADD regardless of how many years we homeschooled. The Dyslexic one surprised me with intelligence that masked the disorder so well we've only recently confirmed a diagnosis. In short: they are who they are and no environment on the planet can change their inner being.</div>
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Once, when we were on vacation in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, we stood atop a vista, gazing at misty blue mountains. I glanced over to a family standing next to us, noticing the kids were calmly licking ice cream cones and blithely staring off into the distance. I was suddenly aware my own progeny were not beside us enjoying the view, so I turned around. Atop a table in a nearby picnic area my kids were kung fu fighting.<br />
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Some kids will want the given experience, and some kids will want to make their own. Neither is correct, they are simply different.<br />
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Can we demand obedience, teach empathy, and guide our young away from the paths of destruction? Of course! We need to do that. But, that's not what I'm talking about here.<br />
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A child is a human being; a child of God who was known to the Creator in the mother's womb, not a un-programmed computer awaiting code. Unfortunately, we, as parents, don't get to decide what type of child we get. Fortunately, we get to decide how we raise our child based on preconditioned settings, the ones God has bestowed.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-139-13" id="en-NIV-16253" style="position: relative;">For you created my inmost being;<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16253Q" title="See cross-reference Q">Q</a>)"></sup></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-13" style="position: relative;">you knit me together<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16253R" title="See cross-reference R">R</a>)"></sup> in my mother’s womb.<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16253S" title="See cross-reference S">S</a>)"></sup></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Ps-139-14" id="en-NIV-16254" style="position: relative;"><sup class="versenum" style="display: block; font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: bold; left: -4.8em; line-height: normal; position: absolute; vertical-align: top;">14 </sup>I praise you<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16254T" title="See cross-reference T">T</a>)"></sup> because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-14" style="position: relative;">your works are wonderful,<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-16254U" title="See cross-reference U">U</a>)"></sup></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-14" style="position: relative;">I know that full well.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-57411815791250361622013-11-13T05:18:00.001-08:002013-11-13T05:19:54.226-08:00BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!WHY does everything in my home have to BEEP, BEEP, BEEP like nails on a chalkboard!? Printer empty. Dryer finished. Dishes done. Coffee brewed. Nothing, I mean nothing that beeps like a nuclear reactor emergency is of any consequence to my day. People are dying in the Philippines or in Africa or anywhere on the planet and we in the Western World have to know the millisecond our printer runs out of paper or we'll freak? What is WRONG with product designers? cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-12930425515205108272013-11-06T04:45:00.000-08:002013-11-06T04:46:20.610-08:00Lie To Truth In 3 Simple Steps<b>Make the lie big. Make the lie simple. Keep repeating it and it will become truth.</b><br />
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You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare;<br />
You can keep your healthcare insurance plan; you can keep your doctor; premiums will be $2,500 less with Obamacare...cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-82730132898899803772013-10-14T05:26:00.002-07:002013-10-14T05:33:23.923-07:00Get Them While They're Young<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Article: school teacher mandates kids decide which characters live or die for assignment.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Um, death panel indoctrination, anyone?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I know, you think I'm going overboard. I harken back to the days when they first started teaching kids that the Allies were the villains in WWII. Do today's kids even know who won, or why, for what ideals so many lives were sacrificed?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">This is how it starts. We numb our kids to evil by teaching them that it's okay. They will grow up to believe it. W</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">e can create an entire generation of kids who think that death panels are the norm simply by casually slipping it into their curriculum. A little nudge here, a little nudge there, and suddenly, "it's all for the common good." They lap it up like kitten's milk, and when they're cats, a death panel is the right thing to do for the good of everyone.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">For the common good...</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Feed the children a constant diet of liberal ideals in a childcare institution called public education draped in snooty intellectual tenets and you can completely change history in one generation.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">As Che sang in Evita, "Get them while they're young, Evita, get them while they're young."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Oh, and yes, I send my children to public school.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The gunman in San Fran pulled out his gun on a crowded Muni light rail, waved it around, even scratched his nose with it, and NO ONE on the train noticed. They were too busy looking at their phones. The article said that officials were troubled by the lack of attention to their surroundings by the passengers. Sadly, SFSU student Justin Valdez was shot and killed by the gunman.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Why is it so hard to look up from our smartphones? Why are we so enraptured? Are we bored? Afraid of missing something? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Take fountain girl...</span><br />
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<br />cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-48446744654336909882013-10-07T04:23:00.000-07:002013-10-14T05:36:01.831-07:00Tongue Wagging<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Actually saw a picture of Miley Cyrus today without her tongue hanging out. She looked beautiful.. Gorgeous smile, pretty face. Too bad she hides her beauty behind a sex toy persona. I think she may be talented, but it's hard to tell...</span>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-80321574108711280062013-01-24T10:13:00.000-08:002013-10-14T05:33:45.775-07:00Pre-Modern Multiculturalism, OR I Was Cool Before You Were Born<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Reading the
President's Inaugural Address this morning, I am saddened that the
Left/Liberals/Democrats have demonized us
Right/Conservatives/Republican/Libertarians as the front line in their their
political rallying cry so greatly that they cannot see that we stand for the
same principles of fairness, justice, racial harmony, economic opportunity and
love of country as so evident in the speech.
There is so much hatred and name calling from both sides, that we fail to
see we are ALL Americans, and want pretty much the same thing: life, liberty
and the pursuit (but not promise) of happiness.
When we take a group of people (Right or Left) and stereotype them,
speak filth about them, tell lies about them, name call and laugh at them, we
show how petty and small we really are...this nation is better than that. I don't know how all this acrimony can be
abated, but my prayer is that it will, and maybe we can find common
ground. I hope for a day when a Democrat
and a Republican walk into a bar together and it's not the beginning of some
sick joke, but the beginning of a friendship. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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afraid and they want to protect themselves, and since no one can protect
themselves from crazy, they want to legislate safety so they can feel better. I
understand this, it's horrible to feel afraid. So, the calls ring out to legislate
the fear away. We see it all the time in tighter federal restrictions. For
instance, take the FDA. This past fall, 39 people died and 370 were sickened
from meningitis due to negligent practices at a compounding pharmacy in Mass. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">My hubby</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2c2c2c;"> and some of you work in the pharmaceutical industry and he and you understand
how extremely tough the FDA regulations are. Yet this pharmacy was rogue. There
was visible mold in the medicine from the pharmacy. Even with ALL the FDA
restrictions, 39 lives were lost. We can't protect ourselves from idiocy by
implementing stricter government regulations, especially when those regulations
aren't followed. But, I understand why people want to. We want to be safe. We
want to keep our loved ones safe. But, trust me, we can't. We can put bike
helmets on our kids and ban texting while driving, but we can't stop an idiot
on their phone while driving from hitting our biking kids. We can put drunk
driving laws into effect, but we can't stop an idiot from getting hammered and
getting behind the wheel. Government regulations can only go so far and they
never protect from crazy or idiocy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Our world is not safe, because we are mortal.
That is the plain fact. I am not safe. You are not safe. We are not safe. But
we can be comforted and comfort others by resting our fears in God. He can
offer us peace in a warlike world. He can be our rock and our salvation. He can
give us eternal hope. I myself have suffered years from panic attacks, and God
helps me. He gives me quiet and security so that I can face each day without
fear. In my Bible (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)..."For He
Himself has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.' So we may boldly
say: 'The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?'"
Hebrews 13:5-6</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Liza poured her heart out about her mentally disturbed son, and Sarah commented negatively on the posting, decrying the privacy breaches of a minor, as well as scrutinizing other questionable posts in Liza's blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's spats like these that point to personality differences, not necessarily issue discrepancies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You see, Sarah is a logical, probably left-brained thinker, having recently obtained a PhD in anthropology. Most of what she's published has been scholarly dissertations and articles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Liza is a creative type, probably right-brained thinker, who blogs mostly and uses imagery and metaphor with ease.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These two women could easily write essays on the exact same subject and come up with vastly different pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Sarah criticizes Liza for writing about walking up the mountain with her son and evoking the Abraham and Issac story, one can immediately see that Sarah is taking Liza's writing as more factual fantasy than metaphor. I'm pretty sure Liza does not want a knife in her hand, neither does she desire God to call her to kill her son. Creative writers use imagery to convey thoughts, ideas and feelings. Sometimes these feelings are distasteful to others, but they are feelings all the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a creative writer myself, I understand that we often take poetic license to express ourselves. And, when one is driven to the breaking point, then sometimes these pictures written in words on a blog can be disturbing. Most especially so to a logical thinker, who doesn't possess the "grain of salt" necessary to understand that the piece is not written by a madwoman, but rather by someone who would have written mythical stories in the days of old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you've ever had a tween or teenager in the house, and multiple children sparring with each other, then you as a parent can empathize with much of what Liza writes. She pens, "I quit! Let the state take care of you and your compulsive inability to stop poking people."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sounds like a lot of moms I know, including me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There isn't a week that goes by in my homeschooling madness and stay-at-home horrendous housekeeping that I don't just want to throw all the textbooks and crafts away and drive them to the public schools nearby. "I quit! Let the public educators teach you and your inability to stop poking each other!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay, Logical Brained peeps, what do you think of that? </span><br />
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<u>Joint Statement from Both: </u>http://sarahkendzior.com/2012/12/17/a-joint-statement-from-sarah-and-liza/</div>
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cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-62538174576184158182012-12-17T17:46:00.000-08:002012-12-17T17:47:30.228-08:00Out of the Mouths of Babes...<span style="font-size: large;">A boarding school chum of mine is a school librarian, and a first grader hunted her down today...this is what transpired...</span><br />
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I was at my desk in the hallway (Yes, we have a Hallbrary not a Library) and a first grade student walked by and stopped to share the following:</span></h4>
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Student: “Mrs. Cimmino, I was looking for you”</span></h4>
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Me: “Here I am”</span></h4>
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Student: “Did you hear about the kids that were hurt at their school?”</span></h4>
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Me: “Yes, I did”</span></h4>
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Student: “Well, I was thinking the other kids must be really sad and when you read that Amelia Bedelia book to us it was really funny and made us laugh so maybe you could go read the book to them and it might make them laugh and forget they are sad”.</span></h4>
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Me: “I think that is a wonderful idea but the school is far away.”</span></h4>
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Student: “Maybe you could send them the book. Could you send them the book?”.</span></h4>
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Me: “I tell you what, I will send them the book and I will tell them that it is from our students to theirs.”</span></h4>
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Student.”Will you do it today?’.</span></h4>
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Me: “I will do it today.”</span></h4>
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Student: “Cool”</span></h4>
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cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-818779057640080432012-12-14T16:01:00.003-08:002012-12-14T16:01:47.485-08:00Newtown, CT Shootings<span style="font-size: large;">My heart aches for those affected by this senseless act of violence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I pray for those parents who mourn their children tonight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't imagine saying to my precious children as I dropped them off at school, "See you tonight!" And, then never seeing them again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">God bless and comfort those who grieve tonight. God bless those who lives are shattered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">God be with them, with the caregivers, the first responders, and with us all.</span>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-31163008245536767432012-12-08T10:15:00.002-08:002012-12-08T10:20:02.969-08:00Loving the Neighbor Whose Dog Poops In Your Yard<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's funny. It's easy to be resentful, greedy or envious and we can stay our same, wonderful selves <i>when</i> we justify it.</span><br />
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<li><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can't love him, he doesn't treat you like he does me.</i></li>
<li><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can't pray for her, she has more than I do.</i></li>
<li><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can't be honest and repay the store, it was their fault they didn't charge me enough.</i></li>
<li><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can't give to them, they believe and live lies.</i></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">We can always justify incorrect actions on our part when something doesn't sit right with us about another human. It's convenient to withhold grace and love when people don't act or live the way we think they should.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But God doesn't give us an "out." He demands we offer forgiveness and grace in every situation, with every person. He doesn't say, well, not if you got your feelings hurt. No, you must love your neighbor, even when his dog poops in your yard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, it's hard to pray for someone we believe is being selfish. Yes, it's hard to love someone who steals from us. Yes, it's hard to give when we feel depleted. Yet, we must.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>(Now, of course, we all know that boundaries must be set up with dangerous people, and certain people cannot be in our lives--I would never let a sexual predator near my family--and we remember that forgiveness does not mean forgetting, and that it benefits the forgiver not the one forgiven. All that has been talked about ad nauseum, so no need to rehash it here. I mention only to keep perspective.)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All this difficult toil is necessary for our own well-being. We don't have to put ourselves into unnecessarily difficult situations, but we do have to offer our best to everyone. That's what differentiates us from those who would rather wallow in the misery of selfishness, greed and anger. Shun these things and peace can be found. Pray for those who are astray, and happiness can be achieved. Love those that hate, and find contentment.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I want to find reasons why I can't be generous or loving. I want to lash out at those who persecute me. I want to find fault with others' boasts and diminish them. I want to hate my neighbor that allows his dog to poop in my yard. That's my flesh, desiring the hatred and self-elevation that brings a rush of adrenaline and excitement--momentary satisfaction but with long-term misery.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">God knows the best for us is a positive attitude and a positive view of others. That's why He implores us time and again to love others as ourselves. We mask our own failings when we acknowledge the faults of others. <i>Something about a speck and a plank, I believe? </i> It's not for us to judge, but for God. He'll take care of what needs to be done, we just need to keep on living well regardless. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Because, let's face it, we are sinners and other people are sinners. Only one perfect man walked the earth and he beat death. People will fail us. People will frustrate us. People will drive us bonkers. But, love them, we will. (Too Yoda-esque?)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">God instructs us to love, to forgive, to offer up prayers for others not based on our own ideas of necessity or entitlement, but on God's.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">~Ephesians 4:29-32</span></span></div>
cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-83696667193070134002012-11-20T08:10:00.000-08:002012-11-20T08:15:58.289-08:00Post Script to Agree to Disagree<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's the funny thing. I gave up politics a little while ago, remember? I don't pursue things political, and I certainly don't post on fb anything political. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And so I'm just posting stuff that appeals to me, you know, stories, pictures, cute sayings, heck even a kitten photo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, I guess that's why I'm all the more amazed that people can turn what I post into a political debate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A sad statement of our society: EVERYthing is politicized.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Interesting to note. And, tiring.</span>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-82156214984104987022012-11-20T08:03:00.001-08:002012-11-20T08:14:29.143-08:00Agree to Disagree<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Post on fb about guns (I love sporting clays and targets whilst hubby is a competition shooter and hunter), election year politics (I'm a devout Libertarian), or my support of Israel (as Christians, Israel is our heritage), and my Leftist buddies will offer hot debates or intellectual discourse and comments up the wazoo. Post a personal note about my mom's battle with Alzheimer's or such and it's just not "that interesting" for them to comment or interact.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, don't get me wrong, I appreciate and encourage this discourse. I love my Liberal friends, because they help me see the debate from the other side, so I can reassess and adjust my own beliefs and/or remain stalwart in them. </span></div>
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cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-13602120453557634882012-11-19T06:53:00.001-08:002012-11-20T08:13:01.518-08:00JC Penney and Gay Marriage<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A dear, sweet Christian friend private messaged me to tell me that JC Penney has a history of "coming out." She wanted to inform me that JCP openly supports gay marriage and uses gays in adverts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you know me, then you know my history, and you know the difficult line that people like me walk when many Christians attach a status of leprosy to gays. I want to tell them, "Don't worry, you can't catch it!" </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My cousin wa</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">s gay and died of AIDS two years ago.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">My best friend growing up came out
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cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016624245814019785.post-11580801867310697992012-11-17T08:35:00.001-08:002012-11-20T08:14:02.415-08:00Face Off with Facebook<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm an admitted and addicted fb poster. I go there everyday, multiple times a day, and probably post or share a minimum of 2 to 6 times daily. It's consuming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I <i>am</i> working on cutting down my fb time. I only have so many hours in a day and I really need to get the laundry done, or at least take out the recycling. I would love to quit fb, but now it's part of my social calendar, too. Can't have a meeting without an "events page," ya know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I do see the lunacy in it. Just because I'm in daily contact with a friend I haven't seen in 25 years doesn't mean we're close. I know what she ate for breakfast and who she voted for in the election, but could we even survive a lunch together? I don't know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The election did me in, as far as posting my political views on fb. It was a nightmare and I even ended up "unfriending" a recent addition to my friends roster. She felt my timeline was her posting venue for all things far left, including wacky conspiracy theories. She left link after link, but no real substantive debate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even my waaaay liberal friends know that you comment, have a little discourse, and then you move on. She never moved on, she moved in. I tried the nice approach, explaining to her both publicly and privately the rules I have for my timeline, but she just didn't understand. Or, maybe she didn't want to. I'm not sure, but I am sure that I don't need more of that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There's only room for one conspiracy theory nut on MY timeline, and it's me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have a love/hate relationship with fb. I couldn't live without it, I'm sure. How would I know what events to attend without the event calendar? How would I know what Mahayla fixed for dinner? Or what trending cartoon Bob just posted? And, let's face it, we all love the kittens. Bring on the kittens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Okay, okay, you think I'm only saying that because my guy lost, or because of the negative attitudes and adverts, or because my liberal friends hijacked my Facebook timeline.<b>*</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While those things were certainly annoying, they are not the reason I'm giving up politics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm giving up politics because God has made it VERY clear to me that I'm to follow HIM, not a political agenda.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was actually like a warm wave washing over me, I felt so relaxed and content in my release of all things political. I eschewed Fox News, CNN, talk radio, and anything political on Facebook and Twitter. The most I've done is scan the headlines to see if there's anything important--and there never is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I haven't taken the slightest interest in the latest Washington sex scandal, the healthcare debate as it pertains to pizza, or which side will push us off a fiscal cliff. I really don't care. I can't control it, so it can't touch me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The politicos have led us to believe that we are important in the process, we count, our vote matters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In truth, it doesn't matter one bit. Not a particle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let's face it, the politicians in Washington are after two things: money and power. They care little of what happens to us, and even less about our causes. They USE our pet causes to advance their careers. They don't care about gay marriage or family values or gun rights or entitlements. Maybe they do a bit, but in regards to their careers, they don't. They use those hot button issues to drive voters to the booths so they can keep a steady stream of blood flowing into Washington to satiate their vampire hunger. They need blocks of voters (regardless of issue) to vote for them so that they can do two things: stay powerful and rich.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In a similar vein, one must also reason that the press also benefits from this political warfare. They stay powerful and rich as long as the voting blocks are riled up. MSNBC and Fox News have determined their core markets and have gone after them with a vengeance. While certain personalities on either side of the spectrum may fervently believe in one cause or another or one side or another, what ultimately matters is the money and power they receive from pandering to their audiences. If the winds shifted to cause bank rolls to move in another direction, you'd see them follow suit, too. The press uses the voting block just the same as the politicians. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the end it really doesn't matter if the Democrats or the Republicans win or lose. It doesn't change my life one iota. Sure, you can argue that the Democrats will turn our country into a socialist regime or the Republicans will set us back socially 50 yrs, but in reality neither of those will happen when their sides win. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">We'll continue to teeter-totter on the triangle of a governmental system designed to support and encourage averages not fringe elements. Things will change, but that will have more to do with us as a people in our society and daily interactions than what is regulated in Washington.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, with such little control over things I used to think were so vital, so necessary for our country, I have turned to God. Solely to Him to meet my every need. I worship, pray, and read the Bible instead of delving into the political spectrum. I find His word and His direction so much more appealing and satisfying. It is ultimately God not politics that will change MY world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Needless to say, my dear Christian friend friends' subsequent reactions centered on the axiom regarding no political preaching from the pulpit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sigh. My reaction? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Preach the politics, pastors!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the deal: political discussions SHOULD be prominent in our churches because being Christian means putting God in every aspect of our lives, not just "at church" or "during worship." So, Oval Office set, preaching politics and voter registration? I find that just fine, thank-you-very-much. The Ronald Reagan bust and endorsing specific politicians? I'm not good with that, even as a former Reaganite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We need to understand God's view on the political positions of our day so we can vote according to His will, not our own. Too many people exclude God from the voting booth, when He should be front and center. We MUST bring God into the voting booth with us, so the governors of our land will be instated by God not by man. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The whole exclusion of God from politics and politics from churches seems to me to come directly from the enemy. If you can keep the church silent on political issues, then the only voices will come from humans. If you can keep people from thinking about God while they are in the booth, then you can keep them voting with their emotions and feelings rather than God's will. <i>This smacks of enemy stealth to me. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1954 an amendment was made to the IRS tax code specifying that tax-exempt organizations were prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for elective office. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is commonly believed that this amendment prohibits churches from talking about politics. Ask most Christians and they are fervent in their belief that politics and church don't mix.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They couldn't be further from the truth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe that Christians have been duped into believing an enemy lie. To me this passage states that tax-exempt organizations such as churches can't support or oppose any specific candidate, a person not an issue. I believe it provides leeway for churches to talk about political issues that affect our daily lives, just not the behavior of endorsing candidates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In an event called "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" on October 7, 2012 over 1000 pastors have pledged to talk about and endorse certain candidates. While I can't go as far to agree with their preaching about candidates, I am encouraged that a discussion of politics will enter our churches. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We live in an age where churches have watered-down their messages to attract larger "audiences," and not only have eschewed political issues, but rather any inflammatory Biblical teachings. God's Word has become a cafeteria line of picking and choosing that which mollifies the masses and discarding any prickly subject that would repel church goers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope that Christians as they approach the voting booth on November 6 will study, prepare and pray for God's guidance in their choices. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Emmanuel.</span>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077564803104272462noreply@blogger.com0