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Apr
14

Writing To Pay The Rent

Writing To Pay The Rent This isn’t just about writing for income, and I will say that right at the beginning so no one is confused. But it is going to touch on that topic. When I first arrived on the blogging scene, I really didn’t know what it was all about, but many who were beginning to blog at the same time had a much more concrete view of what the purpose of their writing would be. Many of those writers/bloggers...
Mar
13

Interesting

I don’t feel strongly about following certain teachers or teachings (other than the Bible itself), but found this very...
Mar
11

My Legacy, True Grit

My Legacy, True Grit I was thinking about the legacy we leave our children. Not the type that is made up of stocks or bonds, or houses, but the kind that is a result of the DNA we passed to them and that more esoteric kind of legacy made up of passing on who we are. Some of my children want little that represents what I’m made of, and some highly regard it. But highly regard it or no, it is passed on to them in measures...
Feb
8

Can Makeovers Go More Than Skin Deep?

Can Makeovers Go More Than Skin Deep? I had an experience in the past year that propelled me out of my comfort zone, and has me thinking about relationships, acceptance, and yet again – the way society sets us up. Here is me: I stay at home, and have, for the past… oh, almost forty years that I’ve been married and had kids. You might call me insulated…. parochial… any number of limiting adjectives; because that...
Jan
23

Resolutions Are Better Late Than Never

Make art… not … other stuff! Maybe being late is just plain better when it comes to making resolutions, to give the brain time to handle the overload of a need for focused willpower ( Why 88% of resolutions fail ). That is one way to rationalize procrastination. I have come to include a few resolutions for 2013, the first of which is to start implementing them on February 1st. More delay, I...
Jan
16

Zombie Apocalypse Housewives

Gotcha. We were watching the series of the zombie show, “Walking Dead” recently, and in one of the episodes the ideal woman character is having a confrontation with the feminist warrior woman about the importance of each other’s tasks. Our family watched the previous seasons on Netflix, and this scene occurs in season 2 Which matter most, the household tasks and the making of a home, or...
Jan
15

Telling People They Are Awesome

Telling People They Are Awesome My disclaimer on this post is that I’m going to use illustrations that come from my experience in the church, but don’t think that people act like typical people just because they belong to a certain socio-economic or religious group. If you do that, you are going to miss the whole point. Pixie Dust and The Wizard Behind The Curtain Before I get to that story, let me tell you about an old...
Jan
14

Apologetics, What Good Are They?

Apologetics, What Good Are They? Apologetics Applied How useful is apologetics, making a systematic and reasoned defense for your faith? I’ve always loved the practice, since it combines the way my mind works, helps answer difficult questions for me, and is useful in arguments. I think it is that last part that raised the question of how useful a working knowledge of apologetics may be. Winning an argument with someone is not...
Jan
10

Productivity And The Trouble With Gurus

Productivity And The Trouble With Gurus I read a couple unrelated blogposts today which, of course, I am piecing together in my mind. They do have something, both of them, to do with productivity. Productivity is something I am interested in at the moment. Should I list the posts in the order that I read them? Why would I do that? … it really doesn’t really matter. The Posts First post, ‘Keeping Your Options Open…’...
Jan
4

I Made Plans Today

I Made Plans Today January is my number one planning month. I like to plan, but in the past I had more plan than execution which always translates into disappointment and frustration. In more recent years, I moved into an action-oriented way of doing things which then resulted in the type of LaLaland distraction which I have always been prone to. Come to think of it, I wonder if my love of planning had some of its origins...

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