This is a very tasteful and thoughtful confrontation. It brings to the forefront our looseness with words and how one person's thoughtlessness becomes a dagger to someone else. Many thanks, John Franklin Stephens for writing and sharing your Open Letter to Ann Coulter.
Pillar of salt or Salt of the Earth?
Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon. Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah. He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation. But Lot’sContinue reading "Pillar of salt or Salt of the Earth?"
MAN & WIFE = LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
MAN & WIFE = LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT by LaShawnda Jones “My goal with the two-projects-that-are-really-one, is to make them complimentary to each other. I have no desire for The Helper to outshine The Worker. Nor do I want The Worker to dominate The Helper. Just as in life and in marriage, the two should be both bearers of light and reflections ofContinue reading "MAN & WIFE = LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT"
Man & Wife = Leadership & Management
So, the above six words have been with me for over a month. When they first came together in mind, I realized I had finally hit upon the approach for my two companion books-in-progress: The Worker: A Man of God and The Helper: A Woman of God. They are two books that are really oneContinue reading "Man & Wife = Leadership & Management"
In Case of Emergency
Sunday, September 23, 2012 But God's grace has made me what I am, and His grace to me was not wasted. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:10, NCV Now since we preached that Christ was raised from the dead, why do some of you say that people will not be raised from the dead? If no one is everContinue reading "In Case of Emergency"
Summary of Lessons Learned in September 2012
by LaShawnda Jones (unless otherwise noted) Click on a lesson to link to its corresponding blog post. Lesson 1: My tolerance of inconsiderate people enables them to continue to disrespect me. Lesson 2: No, I’m not a sprinter, but I can still finish – and finish well. Lesson 3: Waiting is hoping. If hope isContinue reading "Summary of Lessons Learned in September 2012"
Sing-a-long Sunday: GET UP by Amel Larrieux
If you're not already up, keep pushing until you're upright. Today's lesson: Sometimes it doesn't get better until you make it better.
Sometimes people are just jerks.
Recent jerk attacks on my good will: A couple of weeks ago, I posted on FB that I was going to attempt to ride 55 miles on my bike in an event. I asked for words of encouragement and prayers. One "friend" worked in several comments on my one post about her going the whole 108Continue reading "Sometimes people are just jerks."
What do I want to remember?
A couple of months ago I was recruited to organize a celebration for a colleague's 35th Anniversary with the company. A few weeks before her milestone anniversary, she learned that her older brother had died. I read her sad news in an email she sent to my boss explaining why she had been non-responsive on email that week. My heart went out to her.Continue reading "What do I want to remember?"
Poem: AFTER A WHILE by Veronica Shoffstall
This has been one of my favorite poems since I first read it over a decade ago. In each new season of life that I happen upon it again, it speaks to me with an even greater richness and truth than the time before. I hope you hear the wisdom in the words. After a WhileContinue reading "Poem: AFTER A WHILE by Veronica Shoffstall"
Harvest Life 