Archive for April, 2008
“Ya’ can’t let cancer ruin your day,” says James Birrell, an eight year old who recently died from a neuroblastoma. I’ve had the privilege to share part of the journey to death with another family whose daughter also died from this kind of brain cancer. Here’s what people have said about James’ journey of joy [...]
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Love Written in Stone
Recently I had the opportunity to see a large display of the earliest Christian art, beginning around 300 A.D., and progressing through the year 560. What struck me as profound was this: there was no evidence of any lasting artworks about Christ earlier than the year 300 because Christianity appealed primarily to the poor, down-trodden, [...]
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Tags: Biblical Art, Brennan Manning, God's love
Raising Your Odds for Joy
Okay, so I’m doing Mike Mason’s challenge to “fast” from depression. (See the book Champagne for the Soul.) However, given my bent toward depression, I sometimes have to acknowledge the metaphorical rain clouds when they begin to roll in. Whenever depression starts crawling over me, I’m trying to learn to address it in a healthy [...]
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“Shut Up” and Enjoy It
I was riding in the car with my six-year-old daughter and she said, “Mom, I know the word ’shut up’ is a really bad word, but saying it just feels like a massage to my mouth. I don’t say it to be mean at all, but I say the words ’shut up’ and my mouth [...]
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Savoring the Incompatibility
I have always been a fan of Sesame Street, especially Ernie and Bert. Lately I was watching some of my old favorite skits and this one grabbed my attention. I’ve been thinking about accepting differences in other people without attaching negative stigmas to them. How easy would it be for Ernie and Bert to use [...]
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No One Wins the Rat Race
It seems crazy that people actually do this. But come to think of it, I think I do it, too. Just keep pushing me until I am stuffed into my life? Thanks! Is there any way this ride would be comfortable or fun? Personally, I’d rather be a human being than a human doing. It [...]
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Most of us have to find some way to live with “difficult people” and sometimes a significant part of the problem is that we have decided that person is a difficult person. We think surely everyone has the same experience or we focus on the way our own wold is “worse” because of their influence. [...]
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Mad Skillz for a Phat Mom
Skiing is one of the few things my family all enjoys together. We are all decently skilled and willing to accept the challenges. We just so happened to be at Park City during the X-Games World Championship Superpipe Tournament so thrill-seeking and showing off were part of the hype. One day my son decided to [...]
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The Piñata of Doom
I will never forget my first day of wedded mortification. We got married at the ripe old age of 20, so people weren’t quite sure whether we were ready to tackle adult topics or not, even though we assured them we were. Apparently not! Like everyone, we we spent the first night after our wedding [...]
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Tags: Humor
Cats, Dogs, and Enjoying Today
The Champagne for the Soul challenge update- one week of joy. Mike Mason’s challenge was to choose joy intentionally rather than default to depression. Well, I’m ashamed to say I actually suffered withdrawals from going off depression.;-) Two things have stood out to me this week about the state of mind. One I learned from [...]
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Tags: Relationships/ Psych
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