Sitting Tight

By Beth | April 27, 2009

  “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40 My 18 month old granddaughter, Stella, is sick. It’s not life threatening, she has some kind of rash and is like a dishrag. She just lays around wherever you put her, preferring…

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Jesus Flake

By Beth | April 23, 2009

  While getting my tires checked today I met a Jesus flake. Actually, I had met him before but today he was wearing a pin with little snowflakes all around the edge that said, “I’m a Jesus Flake.” I can be a pretty pesky Christian about doctrine and so I was curious about what he…

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Frustration or Reconciliation

By Beth | April 20, 2009

  This will not be a venting of my own frustrations. I posted an article on April 13th   that prompted someone to ask, “Is it really wrong to vent our frustrations?” The answer isn’t a simple yes or no. It has a whole lot to do with who we vent to and what our…

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1+1=1

By Beth | April 16, 2009

  Math was never my best subject. Then I got married and I got confused because it was my husband who taught me that 1 + 1 = 1 and he is good at math. One night several years ago I went to my husband about someone I felt had wronged me in some way…

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Yes and No

By Beth | April 13, 2009

  I recently talked to a discouraged friend. A project for which she is organizing help is suffering from a lack of response and also from some serious back-pedaling. Where she thought everything was just about prepared, she now finds twice the work to do herself and has truly lost her delight in the project. In…

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What’s So Good About It?

By Beth | April 9, 2009

  My husband and I are planning to attend our church’s Good Friday services. At the beginning of the week I asked about inviting our Young Adult Small Group over afterwards. We would usually meet on Sunday night but had cancelled so we could all be with our families on Easter. As I was talking…

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