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Somewhere in the bowels of this blog I’ve had a post similar to this one, where I showed my page spread of weekly notes on the topical Christian Science Bible Lessons. Well, I still do this. I find it very helpful to capture the thematic focus of the week, to ponder it better at the … Read more
Feeling Grateful for My Husband He’s good at a lot of things. He knows the Bible inside and out and is my go-to theologian. The King James Bible sounds perfectly normal when he reads it aloud. He has been growing plants organically since before most people knew what that meant. His garden is amazing, and … Read more
Here are some great quotes by Martin Luther King Jr: “All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.” “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” “When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too … Read more
I had to laugh, looking back on last year’s resolution, which –quoting a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon– was to “wing it.” As Dr. Phil would say, “How’s that working for you?” Believe me, I liked it a lot in one way– the freedom of it– but the result part? Not so much. Whenever in an … Read more
“In this new year, may you have a deep understanding of your true value and worth, an absolute faith in your unlimited potential, peace of mind in the midst of uncertainty, the confidence to let go when you need to, acceptance to replace your resistance, gratitude to open your heart, the strength to meet your … Read more
More than any other reason, we came to Amarillo to see my husband’s Aunt Clara and Uncle Harvey. Uncle Harvey is my husband’s mother’s brother, and he scored big time over 50 years ago marrying Aunt Clara, a wonderful German girl he met in D.C. when he was there working in the Patent Office. (Uncle … Read more
A friend of mine on Facebook evaluates SAT essays professionally. I have been fascinated to learn from him how little time each essay gets; it is less than two minutes of consideration for each one, if I remember correctly. Anyway, yesterday he posted that he had just gotten done scoring 500 essays on the topic … Read more
I was at an event that was graced by the amazing Bagpipe player Iain Massie who even played for Prince Charles and Princess Diana the day after they were married. Today he played an inspired version of Amazing Grace that brought everyone to their feet. It was very moving to say the least, and there … Read more
My long-time blog readers know that Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy is one of my all-time favorite books. I thought you might like to
Last March, I had just finished reading The Power of Habit and I was convinced that focusing on good habits was important. But how do you actually do it?
“She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go. She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She let go of the committee of indecision within her. She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons. Wholly … Read more
Ever buy stuff off the internet and see a place to enter a coupon code to save money and wish you had one? I’ve taken to googling for coupon codes and have learned that you can almost always get one for whatever you are looking for at Retailmenot. I just bought software, for example, at … Read more
Yesterday we were out of pocket for 22 hours going to Maryland and back to attend our daughter’s Senior Oral at St. John’s College in Annapolis. We had a great day and she did an excellent job. Getting started at 4:30 am we saw dawn’s glow on the GW Bridge, as you can see in … Read more
This thought of three rules instead of one was shared at our church testimony meeting. I liked it and wanted to share it. Do you know the Silver and Diamond…
This is the first book I’ve ever read of Anthony Trollope. I liked it well enough to add it’s sequel, Barchester Towers to my reading list. I give it four stars. It took a while to get into it, and the warm-up and detailed description at points seemed quite drawn out, but the character development … Read more
This sounds like heresy and sacrilege in our society. But it is a foundational Christian concept that if correctly adopted would go a long way to solving all the ills that confront us, not only individually, but societally as well. I always thought Jesus sounded harsh asking people to follow him when he wouldn’t let … Read more
