Tag: god
member name: Patricia Arnold
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December 01, 2009 10:47 PM EST --
Is it the season, the recession, the stars, or something in the water? The number of “Somebody did me wrong” stories I’ve heard from colleagues, friends, even strangers in line at . . .
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February 09, 2006 02:12 PM EST --
My dear friend, the Reverend Dr. Vici Derrick of Joy Chapel in Seattle, often says, "God made man in His image (Genesis 1:27); then man spun around and returned the favor." Apparently, we've . . .
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December 07, 2009 01:03 PM EST --
What to Do When Someone Does You Wrong, Part II
Perfect timing! A couple of stellar volunteers crept out of the woods this week to give us a real world example of what to do . . .
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February 05, 2008 05:06 PM EST --
I stopped watching the evening news and switched to online newspapers. Not only was I was burned out, after 20 years in TV news, I typically felt emotionally drained at the . . .
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February 01, 2006 09:51 PM EST --
This no-drama queen loves a good sit-com. New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin has admitted that remarks he made during his Martin Luther King address were "totally inappropriate". I think he meant . . .
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February 26, 2006 09:53 PM EST --
Ah, the good ol' days! Travel used to be so simple then.
When I was a kid, part of the excitement of any trip south of Chicago was the picnic in the car. There were always sandwiches, fried chicken . . .
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August 20, 2006 12:54 PM EDT --
Several months ago, my friend Elaine introduced me to a free online subscription to receive thought-provoking quotes from John-Roger, a prolific metaphysical author. One of his books is entitled Loving . . .
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October 04, 2006 11:36 PM EDT --
I'm not one who likes to watch news about tragedies. It's probably all those years in TV newsrooms that made me scream, "Enough is enough!" After seeing only a few minutes of a report . . .
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December 30, 2007 11:14 AM EST --
Upon returning to the lovely gateway of the Beliefnet Community today, I spotted a question asked by one of my neighbors: "Is it a mid-life crisis?" he wondered.
He made me . . .
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May 22, 2006 11:21 PM EDT --
If you think for a moment that the furor over The DaVinci Code has absolutely nothing to do with you, think again. Do you think that folks are jumping up and down, screaming and waving their arms wildly, . . .
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September 10, 2006 09:57 PM EDT --
If God doesn't cause or sanction human suffering, how do we explain 9/11 and other tragedies that visit truly wonderful people?
I've been pondering this question, since receiving word the other . . .
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February 04, 2007 02:18 PM EST --
Humans are a lovely and loving lot-except when we forget we are. And that memory lapse scripts all human drama.
From the missives in my e-mailbox, there's many a beautiful soul out there . . .
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December 15, 2009 12:25 AM EST --
Several times within the past few days, I’ve received emails admonishing me not to buy a bright yellow T-shirt that says: “Pray for Obama, Psalms 109:8.” If you haven’t read . . .
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March 02, 2009 12:25 AM EST --
Truth shows up in the most unlikely places. I recently stumbled upon one of the most profound bits of truth printed on the tag of my tea bag:
"The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a . . .
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June 21, 2009 11:06 PM EDT --
I visited a friend in the hospital yesterday. As I approached the reception area, I noticed a beautiful little boy accompanied by a couple that might have been his grandparents. This cherub couldn't have . . .
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July 12, 2009 08:47 PM EDT --
It happened Thursday. I was taking my daughter to the airport after a blissful weeklong Independence Day vacation from everything. I even played hooky from the home-church:
"Uh oh, here comes . . .
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January 24, 2006 11:18 PM EST --
Conventional wisdom says we must ask the right question to get the right answer. So when I spotted a Chicago Tribune column asking, "If God's so intelligent, why is every last thing on Earth so . . .
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June 14, 2006 10:38 PM EDT --
If I see that photo of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's lifeless blue face one more time, I think I'm going to barf. It was on the home page of the Yahoo! news section. It was on the front page of the newspaper . . .
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August 06, 2006 09:42 PM EDT --
If you've noticed that I've been eerily silent for the past eight weeks, it's because I've been traveling exhaustively—and staying in places where folks really make noise: hotels. . . .
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January 15, 2007 03:37 PM EST --
“Mankind must evolve, for all human conflict, a method that rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is Love.”
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. . . .
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