The SCOTUS ruling and announcement about same-sex marriage blew up my Facebook account. Lots of people have lots to say. Most of it isn’t all that helpful. In fact, some of it is simply hateful. But here are two examples of responses from two friends of mine on Facebook. One’s a Christian, and one’s not.Continue reading “Responding with Grace”
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A Good Statement on Friendship
I’m currently taking a class entitled “Gender Issues in Counseling” and we were assigned to read a book that is specifically addressed to the opposite gender. So all the men in the class read a book that was written with a woman audience in mind. All the women read a book written for men. It’sContinue reading “A Good Statement on Friendship”
Hello, Goodbye. Goodbye, Hello.
For whatever reason I have consistently been able to say goodbye well. This doesn’t make goodbyes easy to do or say for me, but I have been blessed in being able to end relationships and chapters in my life with healthy closure. When you grow up in a community where the population is basically 98%Continue reading “Hello, Goodbye. Goodbye, Hello.”
Stepping Back 