Posted in abuse, accountability, addictions, anger, attitude, authorities, bullying, celebrity, children, church, controversy, crime, custody fight, custody fight, danger, Descriptive Words, divorce, domestic violence, emotions, encouragement, entertainment, Faith, Fame, family, fathers, Fear, Frustration, Hate Crimes, help, husband, Impact, kids, law enforcement, legacy, legal, life, loneliness, loss, love, marriage, medical, medicine, mental and physical health, mother, news, observations, opinion, parenting, Passion, personal development, pregnancy, rape, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, sadness, safety, sex, spiritual, spiritual, suicidal, suicidal, Threats, trauma, trust, unhappiness, unhappiness, values, violence, wife on Jul 11th, 2010
Until recent years, Mel Gibson has enjoyed a favorable legacy; as recent developments are revealed we are left with conflicting impressions of who Mel Gibson is in public and in private.
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Posted in abortion, anger, anti-abortion, authorities, awareness, baby, birth, children, church, crime, Education, emotions, Faith, family, fathers, foster parenting, future, government, health, Impact, kids, learning, legal, life, medical, mother, observations, parenting, physician, pregnancy, relationships, religion, religious freedom, respect, responsibility, school, schools, sex, spiritual, Teen Pregnancy, teens, Uncategorized, values, wedding on Jun 29th, 2010
A Massachutes school creates a policy to hand out condoms to school kids; without parental consent. This alienates parental authority & creates conflict in value systems.
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Posted in church, comfort, control, courage, emotions, encouragement, expectations, failure, Faith, Fear, help, Impact, inspiration, life, loneliness, loss, love, mental and physical health, miracles, observations, pain and misery, prayer, relationships, religion, self doubt, sickness, spiritual, storms, stress, Uncategorized on May 12th, 2010
Life throws challenges our way, how do we find faith or encouragement to go on and trust God when we don’t like where we are or feel fearful?
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Posted in accountability, advertising, authorities, awareness, Blogging, bullying, Business, children, church, communication, control, crime, culture, danger, emotions, family, Fear, Impact, inspiration, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, news, observations, opinion, parenting, persuasion, power, relationships, religion, responsibility, restlessness, expectations, callings, safety, schools, teens, Threats, Threats, values, violence on Apr 24th, 2010
Technology & social media are allowing large groups of youth to come together in public; forming mobs of people. Some times these are positive experiences and occasionally they promote negative or illegal behaviors.
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Posted in abuse, accountability, addictions, anger, authorities, church, crime, death, depression, Faith, family, hopes, law enforcement, life, loneliness, loss, murder, observations, opinion, parenting, relationships, religion, respect, sadness, safety, schools, spiritual, teens, Threats, Uncategorized, violence on Apr 1st, 2010
You always think while watching a news piece on your local television station that those horrible stories won’t touch your life; and when one does, it is a shock to your system. Of course, this particular news story is just the beginning of the story; and, in some ways it is the end as well. When a young person, [...]
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Posted in abuse, addiction, anger, attitude, authorities, awareness, bullying, children, church, commitment, communication, compassion, crime, culture, danger, depression, depression, Education, elderly, emotions, family, Fear, grandchildren, health, help, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loneliness, loss, love, media, mental and physical health, mentoring, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, protect, rape, relationships, religion, respect, safety, school, schools, stress, suicidal, suicidal, teens, Threats, Threats, trust, unhappiness, violence on Feb 2nd, 2010
Bullying doesn’t just happen on school grounds; kids are surrounded with bullying through technology. Parents,educators & advisors need to protect & educate about the danger.
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Posted in abuse, charitable organizations, charity, commitment, compassion, denial, economy, Faith, family, finances, food, giving, help, hero, Impact, marriage, medical, ministry, MONEY, news, observations, opinion, Opportunities, parenting, poverty, relationships, religion, service, spiritual, spiritual on Jan 1st, 2010
Pastor Rick Warren makes a plea for donations as the demand increases for ministry to the needy; his church is not alone in its struggle to help those in crisis!
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Posted in abuse, accountability, anger, armed forces, awareness, children, control, crime, culture, danger, domestic violence, emotions, family, Fear, Frustration, future, help, leadership, life, loss, murder, news, observations, parenting, power, religion, respect, responsibility, safety, schools, service, stress, teens, television, Threats, trauma, trust, violence on Nov 6th, 2009
The society in the United States of America is changing regarding issues of personal safety & trust. We need to examine why and make positive changes or suffer the consequences.
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Posted in accountability, addiction, addictions, attitude, awareness, Business, children, comfort, compassion, culture, depression, depression, disappointments, elderly, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, failure, Faith, finances, health, Heart, Honor, illness, Impact, job, life, loss, love, medicine, mental and physical health, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, personal development, purpose, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, stress, Uncategorized, unhappiness, values, well-being, work on Sep 28th, 2009
We all make decisions in life that affect others. Personal and professional integrity is both given and received. Do we present our integrity in equal measure to the level of integrity that we expect to receive?
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Posted in anger, attitude, awareness, Blogging, comfort, communication, compassion, control, controversy, culture, danger, death, disaster, emotions, Fear, future, grief, Hate Crimes, history, horror, Impact, life, loss, mental and physical health, military, murder, news, observations, pain and misery, Patriotism, power, relationships, religion, Remembering, respect, sadness, safety, sensitivity, service, sickness, trauma, values, violence on Sep 11th, 2009
In life we all have moments that are frozen in time in our memories; 911 is one of those moments. This post is written about observing how we process it & heal.
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