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That Was Really Messed Up: “Lost Ollie” Review

February 11, 2023
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Book, Media and Movie Commentaries, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Once upon a time there was a thing many families tried to implement. The idea was pretty simple. It was called “Family Night.” Often on a Saturday night, those with young children would plan an evening that loosely resembled some version of the following: In retrospect, I must wonder if some of the movies my family watched together ultimately had some harmful effects. However, all-in-all, this is how I remembered things and in general, it was a good time of...

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A World That No Longer Exists

January 28, 2023
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Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

I seem to have found myself within a half dozen or so conversations in the past several days that involve some form of laments, griefs, wearinesses and more. One conversation I found quite striking was within a support network of parents who are dealing with many of the issues I have been dealing with. These parents (and I notice, mostly mothers participate even though the support network is for “parents”) express in an uncanny way the same story, just with...

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The Failed Divorce

November 24, 2022
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

“Divorce doesn’t fix anything. It just exchanges one set of problems for another.” ~ words of a dear friend spoken to me somewhere around the late 80’s or early 90’s The term failed marriage is routine, these days. But no one really speaks with any seeming clarity about the failed divorce beyond the immediate aftermath and point of bringing minor children to the legal age of adulthood. I really don’t know of many – if any – specific materials or...

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Yes, Those Are Two Piles of Bloody, Severed Breasts

November 6, 2022
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My Poetry, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Yes, those are two piles of bloody, severed breasts. Yes, that is a symbolic image of some type of demonic force standing in between the two piles – some dark, demonic priest, paying homage to the almighty dollar. Yes, those are compliant worshippers, speaking the specifically crafted words that echo into this world like incense to a false god in the name of honoring pronouns. Yes, in the distance is a simple representation of Life and the Garden, of sorts…indicating...

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Claiming Gender in an Obliterated Category

November 3, 2022
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

I came across the video (featured at the end) tonight in my YouTube feed and feel it is worthy to pass on for consideration. First, I am appalled that a forty-five-year-old man on TikTok is influencing young people, many who may not yet be of consenting age, into paths of such self-devastation and self-destruction. In my generation, prior to the internet, if a man like this drove an ice cream truck through a neighborhood, parents would keep their children inside,...

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Repentance, Fifty Shades of Black and Fifty Shades of White

October 16, 2022
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Repentance. It’s a loaded word, and one that seems particular in most ways to Judeo-Christian thought. A word that from various sermons I’ve heard over the years means along the lines of making a 180 degree turn. A word that is defined by the Oxford Dictionary in the following way: re·pent·ance noun the action of repenting; sincere regret or remorse. “each person who turns to God in genuine repentance and faith will be saved” Similar: remorse-contrition-contriteness-penitence-sorrow-sorrowfulness-regret-ruefulness-remorsefulness-pangs of conscience-prickings of conscience-shame-guilt—self-reproach—self-condemnation-compunction-conversion-rue-sorriness...

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Linguistic Battles

October 14, 2022
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Religion, Politics and Current Events

Tonight in my YouTube feed this talk called Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality (with Jordan Peterson and Helen Joyce) came up and I listened all the way through. I think this is a worthy share. Dr. Peterson presents so much for consideration, drawing upon his deep expertise in the field of psychology and his own personal experiences of vitriolic response to his non-compliance. Equally, Helen Joyce, a British journalist, presents such keen observations and also tells of the vitriolic response...

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And Its Place Remembers it No More (Psalm 103) – And Also, Its Place Remembers…

October 7, 2022
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Personal Writings, Writings

Last night, in front of the TV, I tackled sorting through another box of things saved over the years. We all save this and that and since my last move, I continue (as I have periodically done at other times) attempting to sort and whittle down things from business file cabinet drawers or tucked away in other places. In the past several years I’ve been gradually letting go of some types of physical papers – business receipts and personal cards...

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Does God Want Our Empathy?

September 3, 2022
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Thoughts on the Book of Job, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

From the onset of this expression, I want to make it clear that these are simply my own pondering thoughts this morning. While anyone can likely make some case for something, somehow, from Scripture, I hope that I will not attempt to do that. (I hope). But likely, I will attempt to, possibly in my very next paragraphs…Because it is all subject to many understandings and in particular, some might press the point of theological integrity (by integrity, I mean,...

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Finding Ourselves in the Story: Lamentations Style Poetry

August 16, 2022
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My Poetry, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

Tonight as I reflect upon the various aspects of my difficult day, after difficult yesterday and the difficult day before and the day before and the days before those days feel difficult and I anticipate tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and the day after the day after tomorrow and all the days that will follow those will likely be…difficult…I think of three particular things. The first thing I think on is how diamonds are formed under a slow, constant...

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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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