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Helping another
A netfriend wrote (both persons shall remain anonymous, as the issue I want to raise here is about helping…) You are a sick women, a very sick and Evil women. You do not and never have spoken for God. You are not God and only he matters. You are as nothing to me. Please pray […]
Protecting – and over-protecting – our children
Occasionally an article comes our way that highlights very succinctly an emerging trend in modern life. Jane Cadzow published such an article in January 2004. We have been looking ourselves at the dynamics of control – how excessive control is an outworking of undealt-with fear. This article (without specifically focussing on that aspect) examines this […]
‘Missed Business’: how to improve access and services
‘Missed Business’ – a missed opportunity November 2004 Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Sev Ozdowski, today launched a new guide for small businesses on how to improve access and services to their customers titled ‘Missed Business’ ‘Missed Business’ provides practical advice on how small businesses can make their premises or services more accessible and user-friendly […]
True Friends in Crisis Times
Recent entries in Gordon’s journal include crashes, Jesus, and mismatched socks. by Gordon MacDonald, Leadership editor at large The other day in Hannover, Germany: I am walking down a city street and see a man riding a bicycle in my direction. He turns his head away to look at something, and in that instant he […]
I Got Flowers Today
Note: there are other versions of this on our site (http://jmm.org.au/articles/5113.htm ; http://jmm.org.au/articles/5094.htm ). See note at the bottom re attribution. ~~~ I got flowers today. It wasn’t my birthday or any other special day. Last night we had a fight and he hit me, But I know he is sorry Cause I got flowers […]
Volunteers with Computers
And as you’re reading, bear in mind this quote from near the end of the article: Within minutes, Jones can strip the parts from a computer for use in other machines. “When I started doing it, I didn’t even know how to turn one on,” he says. “But I’m learning a little.” ~~~ Church retirees […]
Coping With ‘Flashbacks’.
Most abuse or domestic violence survivors of any kind, (like myself) find that sooner or later we begin to experience flashbacks. A flashback is when an old memory suddenly ‘flashes’ across our minds and then just as suddenly goes away again. I still have frequent flashback experiences, and they can be quite confronting, because they […]
Why Does A Woman Cry More Easily Than A Man?
A little boy asked his mother, “Why are you crying?” “Because I’m a woman,” she told him. “I don’t understand,” he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, “And you never will.” Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?” “All women cry for no reason,” […]
A story of abuse
My Story (‘Jill’ is a single, 36 years old woman, ‘a Christian (personal relationship sense) for 10 years but always believed in God, abused from around age 3 to 7ish by father.’) ~~~ You conceived of her, Just as the three brought treasure for your Son You gave her treasure, gifts to share Part of […]
Does heaven have a phone number???
Mummy went to Heaven, But I need her here today, My tummy hurts and I fell down, I need her right away, Operator can you tell me how To find her in this book? Is heaven in the yellow part, I don’t know where to look. I think my daddy needs her too, At night […]
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