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The Fire is Your Friend

February 25, 2024
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Personal Writings, Writings

One of my FB friends shared something I read tonight and I thought I’d start off with a re-telling of the story he shared. He’s a DJ, and he told the sad story of showing up early for a booked 70th birthday party and no one was at the venue nor was anything set up for the event. He called the client and learned that the person of honor had suddenly passed away a week ago, and everyone was at...

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“I Am He”: Hundreds Fell Back Before His Singular Pronoun (Part II)

December 18, 2023
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

By night and during the time of preparation for the Passover, Judas personally escorted some officials from the chief priests and Pharisees, along with a detachment of hundreds of armed, Roman soldiers, to the Garden of Gethsemane with the intent of arresting Jesus. Like a Lamb being led to slaughter, He fully cooperated with the beginning of the process of his death by crucifixion. Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, (What is the Garden of Gethsemane and Why...

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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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“DEATH.” Part 3: Everybody Loves Rainbows

May 6, 2023
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Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

The rainbow has come to be a universal sign and symbol of Hope. For the Christian, we draw meaning from the Old Testament story of Noah. The story of Noah I summarize from memory as follows: God came to Noah after observing the unbridled wickedness of the world. He told Noah to build an ark. This ark would be for the safety of his family and every living creature, and would biologically preserve that which was needed to re-populate after...

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“DEATH.” PART 2: Crossing the Jordan, Death Wrestling, Death Doulas

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

“DEATH.” PART 2: Crossing the Jordan, Death Wrestling, “Death Doulas“ I believe that all religions/spiritual views distill down to two main themes: Life and Death. True Christianity is set apart as unique in its handling of basic premises and tenets of the faith. I am going to (somewhat) randomly present three scriptures that come to mind concerning these life and death themes–one from the Old Testament, one from the New Testament and one from the Gospels. __________ The Offer of...

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Winter Poem

December 29, 2022
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My Poetry, Personal Writings, Short Stories/Creative Writing, Writings

Tonight, in the time it took to walk from my sheep’s feeder inside the warm house, look up at the sky, feel the air and think…I composed this poem in my mind. WINTER POEM how could it be that summer was so very long ago in the breath between yesterday and today the familiar outdoor landmarks tainted with darkness and brevity it is as though i will never see anything truly green again ~by eileen slifer...

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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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The “Total Impact” of the Thing Itself…

April 27, 2022
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

A friend encouraged me with this video I share here at the end of this piece, this morning…so good…passing it along. I watched it and was reminded, in what she shared, of one of my favorite quotations: “One never meets just Cancer, or War, or Unhappiness (or Happiness). One only meets each hour or moment that comes. All manner of ups and downs. Many bad spots in our best times, many good ones in our worst. One never gets the...

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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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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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