Books

  • “Thou Shalt Not Be Aware.”

    I began another Alice Miller book, "Thou Shalt Not Be Aware"…and I could highlight the whole thing so far! She writes, "Our will for survival will never push us to invent painful stories, rather the contrary: to make up nice… Continue reading

  • What are we saying…

    In Sarah Ban Breathnach's book "Simple Abundance" she talked about the annual Christmas Letter…letters some of us write and most of us recieve.  How it does seem like we get the edited version of their lives, like they airbrushed out… Continue reading

  • Want and Love

    I heard something yesterday I had never considered, but it makes sense… While listening to Mark Nepo’s book ‘Seven Thousand Ways To Listen’. He spoke about how there are no weak folks and strong folks, that we are all strong… Continue reading

  • In a Heaven Someday.

    On Sunday Morning, why not one more section I love from "Velvet Elvis", by Rob Bell.  "In the accounts of Jesus's life, often the larger the crowds get, the more demanding and difficult his teachings get. In John 6 he… Continue reading

  • Spreading Hell on Earth.

    As odd as it seems to me, I once again will quote about God and Jesus from "Velvet Elvis".  I had give up these two names due to the way they were depicted in my old church…and now they have… Continue reading

  • Didn’t Value Me.

    Rob Bell is an author, who is reflecting my experiences with the juxtaposition between being a God created wonderful intricate moving living breathing piece of Art, and then what my church and parents believed about me. The space between is… Continue reading

  • Velvet Elvis!

    "The Sunday after 9/11 I talked about the need to forgive people who wronged us. The word forgive in the Greek Language actually means "To Send Away." People hurt us and harm us, and we end up carrying around these… Continue reading

  • What would churches sell?

    Today I listened to Rob Bell's book, "Love Wins"…as I drove along the mail route.  I was surprised and affirmed by his words.  He poses a lot of great questions and challenges the typical beliefs and mind sets of many… Continue reading

  • The Reasons why.

    In the last pages of "I am Malala" she speaks of how quiet her country is about her book, and her message….and how they see her so incorrectly.  Amazingly, the very people she is speaking out for, are not able… Continue reading

  • As an Equal.

    "I Am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai, shows the hard struggle for something so simple; a woman's right to education.   What the girl couldn't understand, was why her being knowledgeable was something that threatened Armies and bad men. All she… Continue reading