Life’s Transitions
Everybody makes a big deal about turning forty, as if somehow that number was the embodiment of bad karma or something. I don’t know. Forty is just a number. I’m turning forty this year, and I don’t feel any different. Quite frankly, I am looking forward to a new decade. I spent the last one […]
“Mommy Porn” — What Do You Think?
And no, it’s not what you think! I often read Penelope Trunk’s blog “The Brazen Careerist,” because she’s very up-front about the fact that she’s not perfect, work-life balance is not possible, and some days just stink. Sometimes her ideas for coping are outrageous; some days they actually make sense. I was VERY touched by […]
Superstition or Religion? Where Does the Person of True Faith Stand?
True Christianity has on work gloves and snake-boots. It wades in and attacks problems while relying on God for strength to persevere through whatever difficulties may occur. …true faith removes a person from the tyranny of fear and allows the person to live in peace.
First Sunday Musings
Today is the first Sunday of February, so we had Communion at church. It was unusual, almost difficult, for me, as it was my almost-six-year-old’s first. He asked Jesus into his heart a couple of weeks ago, and I told him he could take Communion with me today. I was very happy for him, of course, […]