Solitude vrs. Loneliness Prior to God healing my marriage of 20 years (more on that at another time) I would call my husband at work on the North Slope of alaska and leave long messages of how neglected I felt or ho...

Today has been the longest day since I dunno when. Everything about today just seemed to drag, and drag, and drag. I dragged myself out of bed at quarter past eight, with only five minutes till I had to leave, practicall...

“Who started is it?” is the question of never-ending cycles of revenge; “who cares?” is the question of reconciliation.

Han Chinese have the value of reconciliation. But how do they use it?If the more arrogant offends the less arrogant, the more arrogant would order the less arrogant to "reconcile", otherwise, the less arrogant would get ...

Music Journal #11—CD1Cannonball :: Five Iron Frenzy :: The End is Near (or “Here,” depending on which album you have)10th Grade It’s really horrible, how I can’t remember exactly why some of these songs were so impo...

Oi.  Let me just start off by saying that my head is being massacred from the inside out.  You'll understand if you can read all the way through this.Alright.  Yesterday, I felt like shit.  I was coughing, sneezing, had a stuffy nose, the whole 9......

The Catholic Church teaches that death does not separate the church of God from itself. We are members of one another and this solidarity continues even after we have been taken from this world. This is why they pray to ...

"Hotels hold meThoughts horizonSo many hearts Beating in one placeLike a giant Beast with many soulsNo Just a body Full of holes"-Shake it Off, Wilco, Sky Blue SkyThe complications of the individual's experience of cultu...

  I never knew.  But in Ormond Beach, I could see - CSA on the headstone in the cemetary means "confederate States of America"  and there were unique flags honoring the dead.  Pilgrims Rest Cemet...

HOW DIFFICULT IS IT?After a painful incident, how difficult is it to be reconciled to your brother or sister in Christ?  In many cases, I'd say it's pretty hard, especially when your response is being driven by the demands of the flesh....