Aiding Angry Allies
Aiding Angry Allies by Ruth Marlene FriesenYou may have seen this in the Bible;"Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered..." *Fairly obvious advice, since we all know that anangry person can become violent and hurt us. Wehave learned over the last decade or two that anabuser or criminal has often a submerged anger.But how many of us can recognize latent or hidden anger in an individual? Is it possible to spot the signs and avoid becoming too close...
Audio and E-book Opportunties
Audio and E-book Opportunties by Ruth Marlene FriesenI joined a Christian Writers' Group a few weeks ago, and the email exchanges of those members is quite exhilarating. Browsing and skimming them last night Icame to one where a writer who has vision trouble andcan't read regular print books challenged the others to produce more e-books.E-books are read on the computer, and the greatestthing about them, as I've discovered myself, is that one can enlarge the text so it is easier to read. For...
Delegate Your Work!
Delegate Your Work! by Ruth Marlene FriesenIt's a number of years ago I heard a Elizabeth Elliott, say * a woman should learn to delegateany work that a child or helper could do, so shecould focus on the work only she could do. Thatmade a profound impression on me.In the past year or so I've had it come back to my mind a number of times, and the more I thinkon it, the wiser that thought appears.Just think, of all the little chores that are part of your basic daily routine. In how many is it...
Goodnesss Gone on a Tangent
Goodnesss Gone on a Tangent by Ruth Marlene FriesenThe problem with being compassionate is you can gooff to wrong extremes like gushy sentimentalism, undiscerning empathy, or taking up offenses on thebehalf of others.This is true for all good character traits. If welose balance, each of the positives about us can wander off on a tangent and become something bad.Here's another example; the problem with beingdiscrete is the potential for over-cautiousness, secretiveness, timidness, and...
h Webmaster, What Have You Got Yourself Into!?
h Webmaster, What Have You Got Yourself Into!? by Ruth Marlene FriesenWhen you first try to design a small web site youdon't realize what you are getting yourself into. Unless you have specific web design training, I bet you were not fore-warned. Let me brace you.Learning and remembering the HTML codes is easycompared to what comes after your site is up. 1. Checking your linksBesides uploading your pages and making sure thelinks work, you need to schedule regular checking or else get someone...
If Christmas is Rotten...
If Christmas is Rotten... by Ruth Marlene FriesenOnce we are adults, we can point to some Christmases,where we were deeply disappointed. Or we went off to do our own thing, and now feel broken and ugly. Like we don't deserve any pleasant surprises or gifts, and this colours our attitude to the festivities. Youmight not be looking forward to the fuss next week.Echoing in my mind are thoughts that were expressed at the funeral I attended today, and I believe theyapply right to this problem.In...
YOU - A Bright Shining Star?
YOU - A Bright Shining Star? by Ruth Marlene FriesenThere are about eight stages of our development aseffective "translators" of spiritual truth. Ourlives shine as an ever brighter and brighter light as we move from one stage to another.First, we must give Jesus His rightful place at thecenter of our lives. Here we gain FAITH.As we become more aware of good and evil, and turnaway from evil, choosing to do good - because Jesusis now abiding in us and giving us those innernudges and prompts,...
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