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Lakeside Reflections: March 2010
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Monday, March 1, 2010. Nestled in my favorite green chair, warmed by the fire and MIss White's hand-sewn quilt, I was enjoying an unusually peaceful evening alone. Suddenly the stillness was shattered by a low, snarling growl from Daisy. Hesitantly, I stood up to turn the outside light on when I spotted the object of Daisy's over-zealous protection- a raccoon swinging form one of the bird feeders on the deck. My involuntary reaction was disgust. Those stupid raccoons make such a mess! Spend a few minutes...
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Lakeside Reflections: February 2009
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Saturday, February 28, 2009. No, this is not about abortion. Each of these choices are quite different and yet similar in that they hold an opportunity for moving toward life. (Perhaps especially. The man moving "home.") Frequently, I create a self-imposed burden of making the "right" choice.driving myself and others a bit crazy with the perfectionist pressure of it all ( you need to be feeling for Malcolm right about now). And yet, maybe it isn't what. We choose, but how we respond to our choices. My br...
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Lakeside Reflections: July 2009
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Thursday, July 30, 2009. If we are lucky, in the moment we die there is a circle of people around us who love us. But before that moment, there have been so many who have entered the circle and moved on. People from our childhood when we were little girls.all kinds of people." I listened to my friend share her insightful reflection and considered the implications. Of who we were are, what we have experienced, who has entered and left the circle. Who would I want holding my hand? Saying a final "goodbye?
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Lakeside Reflections: April 2009
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009. Mothers at the Cross. This year, Malcolm and I immersed ourselves in Holy Week services. Maundy Thursday we witnessed the altar being stripped of all ornamentation. A cadre of solemn, silent men and women systematically removed candelabras, chalices, and flowers. When Fr. Bob covered the crosses in sheer black shrouds and then methodically wiped the empty altar with a cloth, it was as though we were all being wiped clean, laid bare. Parents who have watched their alcohol or drug-...
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Lakeside Reflections: May 2009
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Friday, May 8, 2009. Yesterday while on the phone with a wise friend she said, "Sounds like you are riding the waves. You can feel the motion changing, but you just can't control it." It sounded so easy when she said it. At least I could understand why I had been feeling a bit "seasick" lately. Yet I wonder if we aren't always. Mark the balance point. Paddle with one arm at a time. Be calm and stay still when first trying to sit on the board. I have no idea how this might translate to riding life's waves...
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Lakeside Reflections: January 2009
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Monday, January 5, 2009. Do we offer enough opportunities? Do we offer enough opportunities? How often do we "adults" lament about the selfishness of today's youth? I believe our misgivings are misplaced. Perhaps it is not the youth who are misguided, but their guides, we parents, grandparents, stepparents. Days later I received this email, forwarded to me by a friend. All three kids went to Target and Wal. What a great lesson this mother can teach us-to offer our children the opportunity to respond with...
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Contributors - Make The Days Count by Kevin DeWitt
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Subscribe Free [ RSS. Chris is hard at work in attaining a life ambition of being a psychologist. He holds degrees in both Psychology and English from the University of Louisville, Kentucky. His focus in graduate school is behavior analysis and cognitive research. Les Hollon is senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Church. He is a global strategist for Reconciliation Networks of Our World and a leader with the Baptist World Alliance, among other organizations. Stefanie D. Johnson. In Birmingham, AL.Previo...
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Sending the Critic Packing - Make The Days Count by Kevin DeWitt
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Subscribe Free [ RSS. Sending the Critic Packing. Article by Mary Be a Sullivan, Edited by Kevin L. DeWitt. What happened to you? My friend Marjorie asked. Last time I saw you, you were so clear. Today, you are all over the place. Marjorie was right, my energy was scattered and my focus blurry. After a week filled with too much work, too many evenings out, and not enough silence, I was reverting to old, unhealthy ways of thinking. It is like the real you has vacated the premises and your inner critic.
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Lakeside Reflections: October 2009
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Saturday, October 31, 2009. Franciscan monk and contemplative, Richard Rohr spoke in Atlanta last Saturday. Over 500 people filled the pews at St. Phillip Episcopal Cathedral. Humble and humorous, Fr. Richard kept us spell-bound for hours. Below are just a few morsels from the ten pages of notes that I took. To be non-dualistic is to hold the paradox, the dark and the light. (way oversimplified, but gives a taste of his teaching on this). What we call contemplation today, was simply called prayer. The En...
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Lakeside Reflections: February 2010
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Friday, February 12, 2010. When the Snowflakes Fall. It is snowing in Alabama! Nothing like the blizzard folks are experiencing in other parts of the country. But it is highly unusual to get a dousing of white around here. Usually, if snow falls it is in the middle of the night, the beauty lasts about an hour, then the sun comes out leaving muddy slush in its wake. Not today. It is REALLY snowing in Alabama! The birds are acting very strange on this snowy day. They are partying big-time! Thirty minutes, ...
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