Category Archives: Politics

Who Wants to Be Angry All the Time?

Posted on August 13, 2019 by This Woman Writes

This last week, I encountered a number of angry, irritated people. A couple of them came out verbally swinging, and while my first reaction was to swing back, I didn’t. Instead, I did the old “a soft answer turns away … Continue reading →

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Mind Control: The More You Read and Question, the Less It Happens

Posted on May 15, 2018 by This Woman Writes

It’s easier to sit through a mindless movie than slog through a bad book. After all, most movies and TV shows demand little active brain involvement, so it’s possible (desirable, actually, from the perspective of the Media Myth Makers) to … Continue reading →

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Who Cares Who You Voted for — Whom Do You Love?

Posted on November 16, 2016 by This Woman Writes

The peculiar thing about living in a mass media culture is that we feel as if we know people we actually know nothing about, like Don, or Hillary, Barack, George Jr. and his good old dad, Ron, Bill, Beyonce, Oprah, … Continue reading →

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Something to Remember When You Feel Afraid

Posted on April 21, 2016 by This Woman Writes

Just a thought for today. I’ll let Emerson, and the image, speak for themselves.

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Do You Suspect That You Don’t Matter?

Posted on March 30, 2016 by This Woman Writes

Truth drops into our laps when we chit chat. During one such light conversation, a business colleague mentioned her frustration in dealing with a quasi-non-profit organization — ostensibly out to help small businesses — that runs just like a government bureaucracy. … Continue reading →

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Tired of the Command to Repent?

Posted on March 17, 2016 by This Woman Writes

REPENT! It is the battle cry of melodramatic 19th and early 20th century evangelists, whose favorite image was that of the lowly sinner dangled over the flames of hell, toes toasted crusty as a reward for the hardness of his … Continue reading →

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Are People Who Leave Church “Prideful”?

Posted on February 22, 2016 by This Woman Writes

As more and more people opt to exit the conventional, weekly church model, notice is taken. At the moment, it’s little blogger types like me who speak against little blogger types like me because the big guys, the leaders that Christians put into … Continue reading →

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How Influential Is the Christian Vote?

Posted on February 8, 2016 by This Woman Writes

Most of my information on the 2016 U.S. presidential election comes from my spam file, and I keep up with events in the two minutes it takes me to clear the detritus each day. One recent headline brayed, “Christian Evangelical … Continue reading →

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Your Vote Is Worth Less Than Your Prayer

Posted on October 5, 2015 by This Woman Writes

“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.” (Psalm 55:17, KJV) Oh, ho hum. There’s a presidential election looming in the United States, more than a year from now, and in … Continue reading →

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What Does a Good Boss Look Like?

Posted on August 20, 2015 by This Woman Writes

“I have been your leader from my youth until this day. Here I stand.” 1 Samuel 12:2 What does the perfect boss look like? Take out 20 seconds, and think on this. (If you’re at work, do this with your … Continue reading →