March 29th, 2007 | by Helen | published in Thoughts
A couple of days ago I noticed those bush/vines with the bright yellow flowers are coming out (I looked them up so I could tell you the real name - they’re called ‘forsythia’).
To me those signal ‘Spring is beginning’. This is my favorite time of year, visually. I look forward to seeing blossom [...]
March 28th, 2007 | by Helen | published in Thoughts
I remember a particular day a number of years ago when I was in the library looking for childrens’ books. My children were at the age where books needed to have lots of pictures and not too many words to be interesting.
As I looked through I realized “Hey, all I’m looking for is good stories. [...]
February 28th, 2007 | by Helen | published in Thoughts
This is the latest response I sent to the Wednesday Journal, in the dialog between me and Rev. Dean Lueking. It’s on their website here. It’s a response to The search to know God, the gift of being known by God by Rev Lueking, published by the newspaper in December.
Dean, in your most recent [...]
February 18th, 2007 | by Helen | published in Thoughts
Almost 5500 churches in the US and Canada are recognizing today as Amazing Grace Sunday.
This campaign sounded a bit ‘churchy’ for me when I first heard about it. Now I’ve decided I like it, since it’s about ending modern-day slavery around the world. So I was very pleased to see the church I [...]
February 14th, 2007 | by Helen | published in Thoughts
Valentine’s Day seems to be mostly about romantic love (which, by the way, causes the same brain chemistry as going slightly insane).
According to Wikipedia, this focus came about in the Middle Ages. The Catholic Church designated February 14 as the Feast of St. Valentine centuries before that, in honor of a martyr named Valentine. Apparently [...]
February 11th, 2007 | by Helen | published in Thoughts
Since I’ve been open about my doubts and not going to church anymore, I’ve heard from a few Christians expressing concern for my soul.
I got a long e-mail from a stranger yesterday. I don’t publish private correspondence without permission, but hopefully it’s ok to mention his stated reasons for writing to me:
“I write because if [...]
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