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Anorexia
Received this today from an online friend… Reactions? I was on my smoko break at work and I sighed as I looked up into the heavens ¢â‚¬Å“there must be more to life than this? ¢â‚¬ No answer came…. well straight away that is. But, a lot happened after that moment. I was diagnosed with anorexia in the […]
Affairs and the mid-life crisis
by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com Many Christians, mainly men, have affairs in their 40s. Why is this? Do we really believe that another partner (more often than not someone younger and sexier) will give us what we think is lacking in our lives? Many of us talk about unmet needs, meaning sexual fulfillment, so we […]
The Wisdom of Age
Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio . “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more: 1. Life isn’t […]
Ifs for the New Year
If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, If you can eat the same food everyday and be grateful for it, If you can understand when loved ones are too busy to give you time, […]
SEX AND THE CHURCH
RETHINKING SEX AND THE CHURCH By Sarah Coakley ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 14 JUL 2010 IT IS A FEATURE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC AND ANGLICAN SEX-CRISES THAT ALL THE PRESS ATTENTION IS FOCUSSED ON SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS, WHETHER PAEDOPHILE, “EPHEBOPHILE,” OR (MATURE) HOMOSEXUAL. Anyone who has attentively followed the press coverage of the recent sex […]
Encouragement
¢â‚¬Å“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ¢â‚¬ Leo F. Buscaglia
Christmas Quotes
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale Christmas is a time when you get homesick – even when you’re home. ~Carol Nelson He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. ~Roy L. Smith I have always […]
Five kinds/levels of relationship
(From a Christian psychiatrist-friend): 1. the stranger 2. the project 3. the acquaintance 4. the friend 5. the intimate These are general levels of relationship and (wisely) dictate the quality of communication between individuals. Mismatch the level of personal sharing and you risk either “casting your pearls before swine” ie. offering aspects of self that […]
Carl
Carl was a quiet man. He didn’t talk much. He would always greet you with a big smile and a firm handshake. Even after living in our neighborhood for over 50 years, no one could really say they knew him very well. Before his retirement, he took the bus to work each morning. The lone sight […]
Blue Christmas
For many of us, Christmas is a bittersweet time of year. It is a time for remembering both persons and events that have been a part of our lives in the past, but that are now changed or gone. Some excellent resources here – http://www.nbdumc.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=39661&PID=623462
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