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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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I Wept; and Then I Thought About Things Being All Gobbled Up

July 6, 2023
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Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

Every morning for many mornings now and many years I awake in a feeling of fear and overwhelming brokenness as I begin to navigate my day. It was getting late last night when I finally sat in front of the TV and researched a few names of public personas mentioned to me in several conversations over the last few days. In my “wind-down” time I was in-and-out of some Google searches and thoughts, and in-and-out of some news stories and...

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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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Understanding the Art of Sharing a MEME

January 10, 2023
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

There is a phenomenon I’ve noticed on social media where some people share memes with certain themes or ideas, some with regularity as though they are fixed on the same advice-giving platitude. When sharing a meme, we should be aware of our audience. On social media, it is highly likely that at least 1 in 10 of your friends may be struggling with forms of despair–loss, repeated loss, grief, hopelessness, rejection, self-rejection, and more. Some may even be wondering if...

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Much is Expected of Us on Our Journey

November 7, 2022
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

I suppose that I, like others, will take three to seven days to readjust to falling back just one hour in the journey. Whether it is springing forward or falling back, our personal rhythms undergo responses to even the slightest change of a single hour of time. It may not sound like much, but, while my clock tells me it is midnight, it is really 1 am. I had some joy today – a young woman I’m getting to know...

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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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Speech From a Gushing Artery – Part III (Job 3)

June 13, 2022
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Thoughts on the Book of Job, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

Any reasonable reading of the first part of the book of Job would identify his adversary as Satan himself, who seeks God’s permission to wage War against Job. I’m really not sure how there would be any other take-aways from the first two chapters. In terms of battle strategy, it appears to me that Satan’s first tactic was one of blitzkrieg. I must wonder how long of a time period existed between the initial and dramatic, shock-and-awe assaults and the...

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Were There Actually Four – Not Three – Earthly Comforters? – Part II (Job 2)

May 1, 2022
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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

Note that the very first person who did not understand nor stand in solidarity with Job was his wife. In the footnotes in BibleGateway (NIV) it says “Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.” In II Corinthians 6:14-18 we are told not to be unequally yoked and this passage is often associated with marital partnership. While I don’t know for sure how all these various biblical passages and ideas find appropriate connection, it appears the book of Job was between...

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Yes, Yes, Lord – the Song of a Childlike Heart

April 1, 2022
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues

I am no stranger to waking up morning after morning after morning with the heavy cares and thoughts of a fifty-eight year old twice-divorced woman. This waking state for me – and last night followed a good nine hours of sleep and unrecalled-but-difficult dreams – seems to be becoming quite a time of emotional and spiritual grounding and observations. During the past seven to ten days, somehow my first heavy waking thoughts of either I can’t do this or I...

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How One Should Dress When Walking Out of Their Prison Cell

March 6, 2022
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

The image above was created last winter and I recently stumbled upon it, thanks to the reminder of “one year ago today” on social media. I like this image. It is fun. And I thought I need to use it with a writing of some sort. Today, what I want to express seems to oddly fit with this image.__________ This image was created in some moment of both solitude and joy – as I recall, it was a cold day...

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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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