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God and Other Big Stuff: Burying My Youth
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God and Other Big Stuff. Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Why is the sky blue? How come all my socks are lonely? Everyone needs a good question to chew on. Sunday, January 1, 2017. I recently came upon this quote from George Elliot while reading Alix Shulman's book Drinking the Rain. When I buried my youth, I immediately felt 20 years younger." Having turned 50 this year, the quote resonated for me and I found myself asking, "What does it mean to bury your youth? Should I go, too? The World H...
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God and Other Big Stuff: February 2014
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God and Other Big Stuff. Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Why is the sky blue? How come all my socks are lonely? Everyone needs a good question to chew on. Saturday, February 1, 2014. The Quiet Echoes When Lives That Brush Against Us End. When I was in high school, I had one of those memorable teachers. Who made an indelible mark upon my life. Her name was Maureen O'Donnell. No man is an island,. Entire of itself,. Every man is a piece of the continent,. A part of the main. Europe is the less.
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God and Other Big Stuff: November 2014
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God and Other Big Stuff. Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Why is the sky blue? How come all my socks are lonely? Everyone needs a good question to chew on. Monday, November 24, 2014. A Sacred Responsibility: Grieving a Class Pet. Nearly six years ago, I began a remarkable new phase in my teaching journey. Made it happen. They decided they wanted to earn a class pet. Sarge, the year we got him. Sarge, from the Oregon Humane Society. Sooner or later, all living things die. This fall, I faced th...
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God and Other Big Stuff: September 2014
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God and Other Big Stuff. Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Why is the sky blue? How come all my socks are lonely? Everyone needs a good question to chew on. Saturday, September 20, 2014. For Ourselves and Our Posterity. This past week was Constitution Day. And it's been on my mind ever since. What does it mean? What are the values laid out as the foundation for this great experiment upon which the founders of our country were embarking with no certainty of how it would turn out? 6) The blessin...
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God and Other Big Stuff: January 2017
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God and Other Big Stuff. Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Why is the sky blue? How come all my socks are lonely? Everyone needs a good question to chew on. Sunday, January 29, 2017. I cannot fathom how anyone who believes in the Christ of the New Testament cannot see that they must resist the actions of the new administration. God calls us to welcome those in need. How can we turn our backs on refugees? Or thirsty, and gave you drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger, and took you in? 40 And...
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God and Other Big Stuff: October 2015
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God and Other Big Stuff. Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Why is the sky blue? How come all my socks are lonely? Everyone needs a good question to chew on. Sunday, October 18, 2015. Politically Biblical, Biblically Political. Embody the worst of the hypocrites. We are not capable of full understanding in this life, that now we see through a mirror darkly. On the other hand, the Bible does get political. That one's about taxes. I'm particularly hesitant about referencing the Old Testament.
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God and Other Big Stuff: June 2014
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God and Other Big Stuff. Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Why is the sky blue? How come all my socks are lonely? Everyone needs a good question to chew on. Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Finding a Kindred Voice. I just finished reading Leaving Church. By Barbara Brown Taylor. And I found myself wanting to post in here, after a long time away. I came upon Ms. Taylor's name in an article in Time Magazine. Cynthia J. McGean. Labels: Barbara Brown Taylor. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Find out how you c.
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God and Other Big Stuff: November 2015
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God and Other Big Stuff. Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Why is the sky blue? How come all my socks are lonely? Everyone needs a good question to chew on. Monday, November 30, 2015. Cynthia J. McGean. Labels: future of the world. Responding to horrors in the world. Responding to violence in the news. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Paddling Her Own Canoe. For the first time since my ATV accident, I went skiing. Pamplemousse: A Writer's Playspace. The World Has Entered My Classroom. Cain and Abel...
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God and Other Big Stuff: December 2014
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God and Other Big Stuff. Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Why is the sky blue? How come all my socks are lonely? Everyone needs a good question to chew on. Thursday, December 25, 2014. I am a mortal, and liable to fall.". Scrooge and Christmas Past, in performance. Is visited by the first of the three spirits, the Ghost of Christmas past. And the spirit beckons him toward the window, he is reluctant. " I am a mortal, and liable to fall. We made it a regular point to make offerings and sacrifi...
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God and Other Big Stuff: Beauty, Imperfection and the Divine
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God and Other Big Stuff. Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Why is the sky blue? How come all my socks are lonely? Everyone needs a good question to chew on. Saturday, January 30, 2016. Beauty, Imperfection and the Divine. Can feel like chaos. Human beings are complex. Therefore, we are also awash in chaos and imperfection. We can strive for lofty goals, but we have to embrace our flaws. They are beautiful, flawed riots of complexity. They remind us what is possible. Just as we appreciate a var...