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Friendsgiving: The WOKE Virtue-Signaling Protest of the Traditional Family

November 22, 2023
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Linguistics and Language Series, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

The purpose of this piece is to raise awareness about linguistics and how new cultural practices form. It is my hope that if we can recognize the pattern, purpose and means of infiltrating ideologies and values in one specific context, then we can better recognize trending shifts–and that which is behind some innocuous-sounding changes–in other contexts and especially, in the Church. It is not my goal to pass judgement on whether you or someone you know engages in “Friendsgiving” of...

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Call Out Aloud Their (‘Dead’) Names

September 25, 2023
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

“Why do you seek the living among the dead?” (Luke 24:5) That question, found in the gospels, comes to mind. And though there is the context of looking for the dead body of Jesus in the tomb, there is something so inherent to the human condition that I must start with just that statement.Humans are wired to seek life, and avoid death. Humankind fell out of God’s grace of life in the Garden of Eden, and there, very real issues...

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you will ‘CREATE NOTHING’ and ‘you WILL BE HAPPY’ (and there will be no paper trail of how you arrived in this dreadful destination)

July 27, 2023
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Book, Media and Movie Commentaries, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

I’m kind of fond of paper, when it serves a good purpose. Some readers may recall physical books, and teachers insisting we show our math work on paper that would accompany tests involving multiple choice answers, and we may remember the importance of other kinds of paper throughout civilization–as we yet partake of that which has gone before, understanding, for the most part, how we got here. Photographs, art, historical documents, scriptures, instructions for building things, music and obviously, many...

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Pharoahs, Peeps, Predators, Peers and Protective Instincts

July 20, 2023
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

When the Israelites were in captivity under Pharoah in Egypt, it impacted a number of things concerning control and freedom in their reproductive behavior and rightful parental ownership (in the sense of normal, healthy parental rights) regarding their children and grand-children. At least early on, perhaps this people group was not constrained in freely populating in the times when Joseph’s family came to Egypt seeking refuge and garnered, perhaps, an amount of favor. Eventually, a new Pharoah came into power...

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“I Don’t Think I’ll Do Such a Big Garden Next Year”

June 18, 2023
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

This year for Father’s Day, I write to honor two other father figures from my life–my Uncle Bill and my first father-in-law, Henry (Dad). After my father died when I was sixteen, I increasingly began to look to my Uncle Bill and Aunt Virginia as two blood relations that stepped into the role of parental substitutes, to some degree. But before I talk about these things, I want to go back to various interesting Old Testament stories and/or practices which...

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I’m “Cis-Gardened”

June 14, 2023
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Linguistics and Language Series, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

After a few moments of thought, in response to an online podcast1, I’m contemplating my own “cis-Gardenness” and inviting you, too, to become “cis-Gardened.” Curious over the discussion of the adjective (or possibly prefix or possibly noun or verb…who really knows these days) word “cis” — out of morbid curiosity, I looked up its etymology. The word “cis” derives from Latin, meaning “on this side of.” And it sits in opposition to “on the other side of.” Hmm… So. Let...

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All My Life You Have Been Faithful

June 8, 2023
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

I was baptized into Christ as a believing adult in the summer of July 1983 (according to the film development date on back of some old photos) in a creek on a property owned by the minister of a church I had become involved with during my early college years. Those who planned to be baptized that Sunday were asked in advance to come prepared with some type of statement of faith to verbalize, or a scripture to speak that...

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“DEATH.” PART 1: Cancer

May 3, 2023
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

There is no disease more generally dreaded than the one beginning with “C.” I am not speaking of “Covid” but I am speaking of “Cancer.” As there are several intersecting thoughts I want to talk about in this series, I am going to create sections. And allow the reader’s own neural pathways to pull these seemingly disparate parts together as they rightfully intersect. I anticipate this series will have at least five parts, and at some point when I finish,...

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They Couldn’t See Jesus Present in Front of Them

April 5, 2023
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Personal Writings, Writings

Tonight, several thoughts led me into the passage below. This is a very short post, and I am wondering to myself what was it that kept them from identifying the presence of Jesus when He was right before them. I seem to have an assumption that I’ve gathered somehow over the years that for some reason God prevented them (for some reason) from initially recognizing. But when I read and reflect tonight–and not knowing Greek nor the significance of the...

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Full Tilt Misogyny

March 20, 2023
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Audrey Hepburn remains an iconic figure whose image has been engraved in the minds of both earlier and later generations as exemplifying womanly beauty, stage presence, talent, style and an adorable mix of sweetness–with a pinch of edgy sass. One cannot look at her delicate frame, her sweet-demure gaze, her perfectly styled hair and edgy feminine attire (including her iconic white gloves) nor watch her dance without feeling some type of magnetism. She could easily be the subject of many...

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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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