Posted on September 26, 2007 in Faith, Identity, Sin by Caryn

Psst: I just heard that I posted something on gossip at Gifted For Leadership. Here’s a sampling, then check it out:
Gossips Anonymous 
A little while back, I learned a very juicy (and heartbreaking) tidbit of info. While I was dying to follow up with a “Why? What happened?” I didn’t. I simply said I’d pray for [...]

Posted on September 24, 2007 in Random Ramblings by Caryn

As if anyone cares, but the idea of God in patent leather MJs (see two posts prior—I’m too lazy to link you right now) continues to freak me out. A little too Tommy Tune, if you know what I mean. So here are some other options that definitely work for God. Much easier to relish [...]

Posted on September 20, 2007 in Faith, Identity by Caryn

The following is a sample column I entered into my local paper’s (The Doings) column contest. Didn’t make the cut. Go figure. But I hate to waste the written word—so I’m posting it!
A Warmer View of Christians
A few months back a new study reported that among the college professors surveyed, over 50 percent of [...]

Posted on September 14, 2007 in Faith, Identity by Caryn

“Maybe some women leap into the arms of the Goddess because all of us desperately want the Divine to walk in our Mary Janes.”
–Lilian Calles Barger in Chasing Sophia
When I first read these words in the beginning of Lilian Calles Barger’s terrific book, I have to admit, I giggled a bit. God in Mary Janes, [...]

Posted on September 11, 2007 in Faith by Caryn

This morning I woke up chilly, cold actually. Normally this wouldn’t be “blog worthy” except that I haven’t felt anything close to cool inside my house since our air conditioning went out in early August. Since then, it’s been hot, humid, steamy with sporadic moments of breezy “relief” bordering on comfortable, but not cool.
 So the brisk [...]

Posted on September 8, 2007 in Faith, Identity, Motherhood by Caryn

Last night during a middle-of-the-night nursing session, the song “Free to Be You and Me” ran through my head. This is one of those “You know you’re a child of the 70s if…” songs. So if you are, you know it. If you aren’t, click here. I remember singing it in a grade school program [...]

Posted on September 3, 2007 in Politico by Caryn

Okay. I just read that John Edwards (former Senator running for pres) proposes under his universal health care plan that people will be forced to go to the doctor. “If you are going to be in the system, you can’t choose not to go to the doctor for 20 years,” he says. ”You have to go in and [...]