Category Archives: Relationships

The Whole Message of This New Life

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Judy

How would you verbally communicate the entire message of your Christian life to a group of strangers? Describing your life chronologically, vocationally, spiritually, relationally or all four sounds more like the pages of a memoir than a speech. It’s overwhelming. … Continue reading →

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Marriage: Then and Now

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Judy

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If you’ve been married for more than twenty or twenty-five years, what would your current self say to your newlywed self about marriage? Dan and I have been married for thirty six years, and I’m asking myself the following questions: … Continue reading →

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Stand Up and Pray a Desperate Prayer

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Judy

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Have you ever felt powerless enough to pray a desperate prayer?  There are situations that are completely beyond my power or capacity to solve.  When I had cancer I had good medical care, but in the end I could only pray.  I prayed similarly when I … Continue reading →

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Give the Gift of Relationship this Christmas

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Judy

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Are you wondering what to give your loved ones (who don’t need anything) for Christmas?  I have an idea for you! Invest in your relationships this Christmas. Christmas gift giving in my extended family has morphed from all of us exchanging gifts with each other (very fun … Continue reading →

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My New Approach to Personal Growth Inspired by a Two-Year-Old

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Judy

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I’m still pondering the pursuit and practice of balance during this first week in January.  Spiritual equilibrium was the subject of my last post, but the management of input and output in pursuit of growth extends to our personal, emotional and creative lives as … Continue reading →

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Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood, and a Mid-life Crisis: A Guide to Reading the Bible

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Judy

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Do you ever struggle to understand  individual books, chapters or verses of the Bible? Most of us do.  The sixty-six books of the Bible were written over roughly 1500 years by many different authors in three ancient languages, and the books … Continue reading →

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Essential U-Turns

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Judy

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Our girlfriend reunion in Seattle was fantastic. We spent our days enjoying the sights of Seattle and its surroundings, shopping, taking in beautiful landscapes and seascapes, eating out and cooking in, but mostly just happy to be doing it all together. Perfect. Well, … Continue reading →

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Launching, Living and Landing

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Judy

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Some days I feel like I’m living in a transportation hub, like an airport, with family members in various life stages launching and landing all around me. When I travel (literally, not metaphorically), I board a plane at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.  It is a busy … Continue reading →

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Is Love Contagious?

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Judy

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Is love contagious?  Can trust be transmitted to others? Paul J. Zak, author of the forthcoming book The Moral Molecule, documents a connection between demonstrations of love and trust and levels of the hormone oxytocin.  He says in a recent Wall Street Journal article describing … Continue reading →

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The Stuff of Life

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Judy

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Have you ever looked up the word “stuff” in a dictionary?  It’s quite entertaining.  The Merriam-Webster Dictionary includes the following definitions, among others, of that which is by definition general and undefined:  materials, supplies, or equipment used in various activities  an unspecified material substance or aggregate … Continue reading →

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