On the Laughing at People thread, Eliza posted this comment: Rachel & Doreen – I’d be interested in hearing more about doubt has strengthened your faith, if you’d be open to saying a bit more about your experiences & thoughts around this… Eliza’s question got me thinking and here are some of my reflections on [...]
- Posted in General Conversation | 20 Comments »by Rachel This weekend I had the privilege of participating in Convergence, a conference sponsored by NW Emerging Women Leaders. It was held at McMenamin’s Edgefield in Troutdale, near Portland OR. This conference initially came to my attention because my best friend Karlene was one of the ministers organizing the event. Normally, I would prefer [...]
- Posted in General Conversation | 18 Comments »As an avid reader, I was recently prompted by some comments on another blog to make a critical examination of my reading list. The bloggers in that particular discussion were sharing with one another their book recommendations and I noticed that every one of the authors mentioned were Western white males. Since it is a [...]
- Posted in General Conversation | 19 Comments »I’m currently reading an excellent book called “My Grandfather’s Blessings” by Rachel Naomi Remen, MD. Dr. Remen has been counseling people with chronic and terminal illness for more than 20 years and the book is a collection of stories and insights she has gleaned from these relationships. Dr. Remen has found that people facing serious [...]
- Posted in General Conversation | 19 Comments »With the next presidential election just two years away, pundits are already speculating on who will be the candidates in 2008. Putting aside for the moment the leading contenders, suppose you could create your own “dream candidate” — someone you could be really excited to support. What would your perfect presidental candidate be like? What [...]
- Posted in General Conversation | 13 Comments »In Thoreau’s “Walden,” he said, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” In your own experience, have you [...]
- Posted in General Conversation | 11 Comments »Since summer is family reunion time, we often find ourselves in contact with our extended family and those encounters can be challenging. Do you have family members who have values, philosophies, goals or beliefs that are significantly different from your own? If so, how do you handle these differences? Do you follow the traditional advice [...]
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