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May.10.2013
When we let our minds sleep, often we become oblivious to the things going on around us. Through times of grief, depression, sickness, and even the influential drama in our own little worlds, we find a way to shut down our minds to things we would rather not be a part of,...
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Mar.20.2013
In the Song of Creation, otherwise known as the Book of Genesis, the writer says of the first two mythical representatives of the human race, “And God breathed into their nostrils the breath of life and humans became living souls” (Gen. 2:7)
What is the “breath of life?”
Is it not the life...
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Mar.10.2013
Today is the official “Rock the Red Pump® Campaign” Day, a day when bloggers around the country wear red pumps and blog about women and HIV/AIDS to raise awareness of this crisis.
Launched by the Office of Women’s Health, NWGHAAD is a nationwide observance that encourages...
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Feb.08.2013
Why spin tales, why listen to them, enact them on stage, dance them, ritualise them, read them, write them, re-write them? We tell stories to ourselves and each other, to entertain, inspire, amplify events, or in search for meaning.
When it comes to stories, fact-finders...
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Jan.26.2013
When Jesus said, “Love your neighbor as you love yourself,” I must say that, through most of my life, I’ve heard much about the former–you should love others; not much, however, about the latter–you should love yourself.
To love yourself.
Just saying the words sounds a trifling selfish. Or, maybe...
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Jan.12.2013
Literature thrives on flawed characters. With the sinister Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, for example, Emily Bronte tapped into the shadowy aspect of masculinity.
C G Jung calls the latent masculine within women the Animus. Both in its light and dark aspects, this archetypal...
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Dec.16.2012
As white clouds sail above my garden today, and robins peck at morsels the fat turtle-doves dislodged from the feed-balls I hung into tree branches, I’m thinking of the hectic buying-frenzy in town, and what springs to mind is that it’s all about feeling loved. In that spirit...
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Jul.13.2012
One of the many reasons I hope I am granted long life is that I think it is going to take me quite a while to finish rewiring my brain. For instance, if you are like me, a cache in your mind holds a photo album crammed with snapshots of decisive moments from your personal history. You know the...
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May.20.2012
We need a new rallying cry. Van Jones has an idea that’s not quite cooked, but suggestive.
On Saturday, someone who heard Jones address a Scott Walker recall rally in Wisconsin tweeted this quote from Jones’ remarks: “Don’t adapt to absurdity.” He was making the point that over time, even what...
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Jan.16.2012
PLUS Model Magazine, according to an article by Tamara Abraham for the United Kingdom-based online blog Daily Mail, has sparked controversy. See if you can guess what the controversy is from the accompanying photograph. Then check out my Living in the Heartland blog to find out more.
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