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Their Life Wasn’t Supposed to be This Way

March 16, 2022
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Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

Back in October I wrote a piece called MY LIFE WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY . Today, thoughts led me to write this companion piece. I often notice people in public and while we do not want to judge by outward appearances, I cannot help but notice things about people that might indicate that they’ve lived a hard life. And, that perhaps their life did not turn out the way they may have hoped for, and imagined, when younger....

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Sacrilege, Anthropomorphism and Theological Musings

March 13, 2022
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

So. This is the piece I am choosing to bring to completion today. I started it on December 20, 2021. I’ve had a rough couple of weeks. Friday night and yesterday, I made time to work on some blog pieces, as some reward for surviving, yet, hitting some glitches, the piece I was focused on cannot yet be completed. It will now need to wait until I can invest the time needed to do it properly. Oh, and as I...

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Trauma Talkin’ Part IV: The Metamorphosis – Eileen Becomes a Woman

March 13, 2022
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Short Stories/Creative Writing, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

To fully appreciate this most recently created audio-visual presentation, I suggest familiarizing with what I shared in this previous entry TRAUMA TALKIN’ PART II: SORRY YOU’VE GOT THE WRONG NUMBER since it might answer some of the common questions of who, what, where, when, how and why I have these very peculiar tape recordings made by my mother during the mid-70’s, and how I am attempting to use them in a creative, processing-ly (ongoing) healing and expressive way. I also...

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The Hymn That Broke the Camel’s Back

March 11, 2022
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Personal Writings

Amazing. How we can sense God’s presence…seem to be walking along through such hard, hard places with calm and confidence…when suddenly some thing in our day thrusts us into a type of panic and intense floods of thoughts…like stormy waves inside every chamber of our mind, heart, body and soul we are internally reeling….hyperventilating internally, while outwardly trying to maintain as much calm as possible…. We see the walls of perilous waters on either side of us and we have...

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Relief – Embracing Kindness – Practicing Compassion – Standing Up For Justice

March 9, 2022
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Artwork For Sale, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

I want to word this post carefully, as I am uncomfortable with it, on some level(s). I generally flow/write easily and don’t always overthink what I say and how I say it (although I do try to proofread and consider my word choices and expressiveness, to some degree). Last night a friend and I were messaging about my newly completed sunflower painting with hummingbird and bee. She suggested that I might want to offer 10% to relief funds for Ukraine...

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Ukraine, Love and War…

March 9, 2022
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

There is a saying, and I will de-vulgarize it into this:Opinions are like noses, everyone has one. Over the past year, I have been somewhat exploring more controversial ideas about War and in particular, the Christian’s response to War. This is a very difficult and nuanced topic, at least in my mind. Opinions range from appropriate response by a Christian being to serve in the military, and more, to full conscientious objection. I don’t think I nor anyone will ever...

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Sunflowers and Hummingbird – Original Painting For Sale Plus Canvas and Matted Prints and Notecards Now Available

March 7, 2022
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Artwork For Sale, Personal Writings

I’m really excited about a new painting I recently brought to completion called “Sunflowers With Hummingbirds.” This was begun in my Alabama studio in 2019 and continued on and off since then – in December I thought it was finished and included it in my newsletter, only to decide it needed some re-visiting, yet and tweaking of the yellows and a few other things. So I am re-advertising the original for sale, and also I now have links to Etsy...

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The Eye is the Lamp of the Body

March 7, 2022
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Book, Media and Movie Commentaries, Religion, Politics and Current Events

I don’t think I have any more favorite RobCast episode than this one:An Eye Full of Light, Episode 102 An eye-opening way to hear this teaching of Jesus…and I’ve carried and received this message in my heart in ever-deepening and life-changing ways since the first time I heard it. This podcast is worth returning to over and over again. It is so good, I’m not going to pick out any lines to pique interest…just invite you to listen. “The eye...

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“The King is Not Being Cruel, The King is Giving the Man What He Wants…”

March 7, 2022
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Book, Media and Movie Commentaries, Religion, Politics and Current Events

The Parable of (The Impossible Sum of Money) or… “You and Your Bookkeeping!” ~Again…Rob Bell asserts that Jesus is coming in the side door with this parable… “A master storyteller…right away….so over-the-top-and-ridiculous… “The king, in the story, is simply doing what you do when you run a kingdom…(at first)…that’s the way it worked…you settle accounts…you track invoices…you pay bills…you hold people accountable… The terrified servant falls on his knees…“be patient with me, and I will pay back everything…” “This is...

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To Be Here is Glorious!

March 6, 2022
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Book, Media and Movie Commentaries, Religion, Politics and Current Events

“Judgement ~ Absence ~ Absurdity ~ Acceptance” ~Rob Bell’s summary of the themes of this parable This speaker says “he wants us to allow this parable to work on us in possibly a different way than we typically have heard it explained. To allow it to slip in through the side door, so to speak…“ It is one of my favorite talks by Rob Bell, and I was inclined to listen again to it today (it’s been awhile) and I...

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Eileen Slifer

I am a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums - producing fine art, illustration and design commissions/products for clients. I have been creating since childhood and sharing my giftings for hire since 1989. I also love to write and have been expressing in this way for a number of years in private poems, stories and journals that have been shared with treasured friends or publicly. Thank you for visiting my blog. I value the time and interest you spend on my expressions, and I read every comment.

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