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Category Archives: Art
It’s Not Abnormal to Want to Be Alone
The American corporate/entertainment society has a difficult time with people who want to be alone. “It’s abnormal to want to be alone!” we’re told. “You’re introverted and shy, anti-social and afraid of people.” (It’s odd how the opposite is considered … Continue reading
Posted in america, Art, blogging, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, self-improvement, simple living, success
Tagged alone, country, noise, normal, silence, think
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Are You Important?
Important people get their portraits painted. That way, we get them on postage stamps (once they’re dead), or buy a print of their face to put in our home. And there are always the history textbooks and pop culture magazines, … Continue reading
Posted in america, Art, blogging, celebrities, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, Family, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, self-improvement, simple living, success
Tagged grandchildren, important, important people, indian, native american, nesjaja hatali, portrait, president, regular people
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Movies Aren’t Real — But Life Is
Real life doesn’t look like the movies. It looks real and deep and genuine. Continue reading
Posted in america, Art, blogging, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, Entertainment, Family, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Relationships, self-improvement
Tagged entertainment, life, love, movies, real, TV
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End Your Day on a Good Note
Too many people end their day in the same way they began it: rushed and hurried, anxious and worried. Think about it: it’s a cultural norm to wake up to an alarm clock or some song on the phone. And … Continue reading
Posted in america, Art, Culture, Daily Life, home, Job, Life, Lifestyle, self-improvement, simple living
Tagged anxiety, corporate, cultural norm, day, job, life, work, worry
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Is Anyone Interested in a Little Privacy?
Mother’s Day was brutal. Not because it was a bad one at our house — it was wonderful, filled with warmth and family and love, elements that make every day, and every holiday, special. No, it was the posts streaming … Continue reading
Posted in america, Art, Christian, Culture, Daily Life, Family, Life, Lifestyle, Relationships, simple living, Social Media
Tagged Facebook, mother, posts, privacy, Social Media, special
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When Bad Things Happen, It’s Not Because We’re Bad
Too many Christians believe that they are unsatisfactory to God, and His primary purpose is to punish them for wrongdoing — in order to make them “better.” Why kind of father thinks like this? Continue reading
Posted in Art, children, Christian, Encouragement, Faith, Family, God, home, Life, Lifestyle, Parenting, Relationships, religion, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged authority, bad, children, Christianity, daughter, father, God, job, love, parenting, son, teaching children
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Something to Remember When You Feel Afraid
Just a thought for today. I’ll let Emerson, and the image, speak for themselves.
Posted in Art, Christian, Current Events, Daily Life, Encouragement, Faith, Family, home, Life, Politics, success, World Events
Tagged bold, innocence, Ralph Waldo Emerson, strong, weak
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Why You Don’t — And Won’t — Fit In
“They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.” John 17:16 If you did not fit into the group at high school, you won’t fit into our contemporary corporate-based society. That’s the bad news … Continue reading
Posted in Art, blogging, Christian, Culture, Current Events, Faith, Family, home, Life, Lifestyle, school
Tagged acceptance, Christianity, church, corporate, Franklin Graham, group, Jesus, school
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When Being Frugal Becomes Non-Christian
“A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.” Luke 6:38 The last few weeks, I have been itinerantly cleaning the home … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Christian, Culture, Daily Life, Faith, Family, home, Life, Lifestyle, money, Relationships, religion, simple living, Uncategorized
Tagged cheap, Christian, frugal, God, money, resources, steward
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Defining Success
“If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.” (Luke 19:42) When I was in college, I endured an extremely unhappy and bitter professor who, as … Continue reading
