My husband and I went to see the movie Captain Phillips for my birthday. He asked if I would like to go see 12 Years a Slave http://bit.ly/1bfJ9xB or check out different movies. When I looked at the movie previews I knew right away I wanted to see Captain Phillips http://bit.ly/16ZMwcJ instead. I told him that I’ve seen so many slave movies over the years I wanted to watch something different and I don’t think I ever saw a movie about…..
I had a radio interview this morning with WFCJ fm and was asked how this book might help a person overcome Holiday Stress with all the preparations and everything that has to get done. While she was talking the first thing that came to mind was the story about Martha and Mary and Jesus. Martha was all busy getting things ready for dinner and Mary was sitting at Jesus’ feet. It’s a story about relationship, people gather together more for relationship…..
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Yesterday I had the privilege of leading an Adult Ed class at Bethlehem Lutheran Church (ELCA). I was invited to present by the Parish Nurse, bless her soul. About 20 people attended. When we were reviewing the manifestations of unresolved stress we talked about persecution and bullying; it was a short but interesting discussion that caused me to…..
What can I say? This is an interesting experience for sure. Becoming an author takes concentration, time, effort and a certain amount of courage. In my book I have a chapter titled Fear, Faith and Stress.
All those emotions come into play in the process of becoming an Author. At least they have for me. When I sent my first copy in and waited to hear from Westbow Press I continued to write other things. They have a process for…..
My Parish Priest carried over All Saints Day to this Sunday so he could ask us some questions and talk to us in practicalities about saints and their lives. While he didn’t ask if they had they stress free lives he did ask us if they were all perfect. And of course we said no.
So why do so many Christians try to pretend they have perfect lives…..
Holidays are fun, they are meant to be times of families spending time together for a specific purpose. It’s interesting how these can so soon become times of stress and division for so many different reasons.
Today is Halloween and for many people it’s a time where kids and their parents dress up in costume and walk around the neighborhood with a bag or bucket, someone opens the door and hands out candy or treats of some kind. It’s innocent…..
What else do I like to do? Obviously I enjoy writing. What else? I enjoy people watching, observing people and listening to them in a variety of settings. I enjoy the sounds of nature and good music – what sounds good to me might not sound good to another, so that’s up for discussion and discovery. I enjoy flower…..
People like to know something about the author of a book. I’ve always disliked the ‘Tell us a little about yourself.” kind of writing challenges and ‘getting to know you’ question and new small group meeting openings. Tell me/us a little about yourself, who are you, what do you like to do, etc. I enjoy listening to other…..
In order to forget how to do something, first you have to known how to do it.
I grew up in the church and I had learned how to pray in church and in Sunday School and at home. I learned prayers that we memorized. Now there is nothing wrong with memorizing prayers. But sometimes when we memorize something it just becomes a ‘pat’ response to something. Kind of how our greetings are when we pass people on the street…..
That’s a good question that I hadn’t really considered while I was writing it. I could have written (and I have, but they aren’t published – yet). It just seemed like I had to write this book. I guess there are several – the introduction of the book explains one of the reasons. But there is probably more to that. I think…..
