An upgrade to my computer means that I once again can interact with my WordPress blogs. I actually wandered into Facebook and Farmville and Country Life … for a couple of years. It was fun for a while. I met some nice people around the world along the way. But the literacy level of too many FB users [...]
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We control our environment by creating routines and patterns. Consider how you feel when the supermarket changes the placement of products on the shelves. Confusion, irritation, time-wasting retracking steps trying to find that elusive item. In some ways, habits and routines help us to cope with the huge amount of information in the world around [...]
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To bring that focus back to Christ during the holidays, you can make a conversation jar to steer you in the right direction. Purchase a Christmas jar or canister, or decorate one of your own. On 2″x4″ strips of paper, write questions that pertain to Christmas. Fold the strips and place them in the jar. [...]
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Fire in my Bones by J Lee Grady http://strangmail.com/newslettersignup/ - subscribe to his newsletter http://charismamag.com/index.php/fire-in-my-bones/22308 http://charismamag.com/index.php/fire-in-my-bones/22308-from-the-deep-south-a-cry-for-racial-healing excerpt: Jesus told the Pharisees that their holier-than-thou traditions actually nullified the Word of God. They were obsessed with washing their hands and dishes to keep themselves pure; Jesus was focused on touching the untouchables of society so that God’s [...]
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… I think that emails are not the best way to disagree with or to correct someone. Old fashioned telephones or face-to-face conversations are better. Then intonations and gestures (the para-language cues) give more information – and less chance of hurt or misunderstanding.
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For MUMSense Magazine, NZ, (c) April 2009 Living Each Day of Your Life “What a wonderful world!” “Life is for living.” It’s a great day, a beautiful day; The kind of day that makes you want to say “I’m glad that I’m alive”, I’m happy to be me, and that’s the way to be … [...]
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My 9yo boy gets distracted doing workbooks, cleaning his room, doing all sorts of chores and tasks around home, but sit him in the middle of his lego or brainbox circuitry and he’s focussed for ages! So, I know he can focus in. (He’s a dreamer. I love him dearly.) I set the stove timer [...]
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Weaving Glory out of Goofiness I HAVE to share this with you, having found this in my archives. Wynton Marsalis is an immaculate classically trained jazz trumpet player – absolutely mesmerising. — Wynton Marsalis Rescues a Song Journalist David Hajdu recently told a memorable story about Wynton Marsalis, one of the most easily recognizable jazz musicians [...]
http://aholyexperience.com/2008/10/draw-god.html Imitate the imitator – read in Ann’s blog of the boy copying the artist with the easel set up in front of a famous painting in a museum. … “Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ” (Paul in 1 Cor. 11:1). … Our children imitate those they spend time with, [...]
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