Posted by Editormum on 11 May 2016 in Uncategorized |
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I read today that Josh Harris has apologized for the effect that his book I Kissed Dating Goodbye had on some people in the most vulnerable, most sensitive years of their lives. And it took me back almost 20 years into my past. You see, 20 years ago, I was deep under the influence of […]
Tags: Bible interpretation, Bill Gothard, challenges, character, Christianity, church, cult, divorce, faith, false teaching, grace, IBLP, marriage, Religion, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 20 December 2015 in Uncategorized |
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Rushing down the highway today, anxious that I would be late to his funeral, it suddenly hit me that, actually, I probably ought to be late. Just a couple of minutes. Sliding into a back pew, gasping for breath, and fumbling in my purse for a pen. Dr. Hazlewood would have expected it from me. […]
Tags: challenges, Education, eulogy, grace, respect, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 25 May 2013 in
News Commentary |
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The decision earlier this week by the Boy Scouts of America’s National Council to accept openly homosexual boys as Scouts has raised a lot of anger and vitriol across the country. The BSA has been warned to expect a mass exodus of boys and leaders from the troops. I’ve seen Facebook posts from many who […]
Tags: Bible interpretation, Boy Scouts, boys, challenges, character, Christianity, faith, grace, homosexuality, Jesus, news, parenting, Religion, respect
Posted by Editormum on 13 June 2012 in
Just Another Single Mother |
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God has a funny sense of humour. And a sweet way of hugging me when I need it most. My sons are headed off this weekend, the younger for Boy Scout camp, the older to work for a week with Appalachia Service Project — he will be working in Kentucky this year. So after taking […]
Tags: Appalachia Service Project, ASP, boys, character, children, Christianity, errands, faith, grace, kindness, Religion, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 17 July 2011 in Uncategorized |
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A friend of mine who is exploring faith asked, “If salvation is a gift of God, not of ourselves, so that no one can boast, then is baptism a part of grace or part of works or neither? Or is it part of the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, etc.)? Can you […]
Tags: baptism, Bible interpretation, Christianity, grace, Religion
Posted by Editormum on 14 January 2010 in Uncategorized |
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We tend, in our human minds, to think of levels or degrees of sin. There’s the little white lie that “doesn’t hurt anybody,” and there’s the really evil-wicked-mean-bad-and-nasty stuff like murder and rape. So we see Hitler as this depraved man responsible for the murder of six million Jews, and think “He’s a terrible sinner!” But […]
Tags: Christianity, forgiveness, grace, Jesus, Religion, sin
Posted by Editormum on 10 January 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I’ve been thinking a lot about crosses lately. I daresay that sounds a strange topic of thought — it’s C.S. Lewis’s fault. Between Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, I’m getting a lot of input about what Jesus meant when He said that each of His followers must “deny himself, take up his cross daily, […]
Tags: challenges, character, Christianity, faith, fear, grace, Jesus, karate, pain, parenting, Philosophy, Religion, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 7 January 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I had actually intended to post about just the Law of Undulation today, as I have been listening to C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters over the last few days, and his concepts of the Law of Undulation and of humankind as a hybrid, amphibian creature subject to that law have been occupying my thoughts greatly. But […]
Tags: challenges, Christianity, CS Lewis, faith, fear, grace, Narnia, pain, Philosophy, Religion, scars, Screwtape
Posted by Editormum on 18 December 2009 in Uncategorized |
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For several years, I’ve had a wonderful online friend named Mike. I knew him better by his screen-name, Metochoi, under which he moderated a Yahoo Group called Gothard_Discussion. I found the group shortly after my divorce, and several years after leaving the parachurch organization called The Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) and its homeschool […]
Tags: ATIA, Christianity, death, eulogy, faith, friends, good works, grace, IBLP, kindness, logic, online relationships, Religion, True Stories, truth
Posted by Editormum on 4 December 2009 in Uncategorized |
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Back in May, I wrote in my Facebook Notes about the prayer that never fails me. I call it the “Finding Prayer.” When I have lost something and need to find it, I ask my Heavenly Father to help me. He always does. But it’s not just the “Finding Prayer” that God answers. He answers […]
Tags: Christianity, faith, Family Life, fear, grace, karate, prayer, Religion