Archive | September, 2009
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THROUGH A GLASS GRIMLY, PART 3

This is the third installment of a joint series of posts with our friend, Dot of Deeper Issues.  If you’re just joining us, the first two posts detailed how Dot was dismayed to discover her income was going to take a significant hit in retirement.  We offered to share some of the steps we’re taking [...]

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POETRY FROM OUR SPAM FOLDER

POETRY FROM OUR SPAM FOLDER

Our Akismet plug-in is a little work horse, intercepting and filtering spam comments numbering in the thousands now.  After a couple of our regular commenters wound up in there recently, I started scanning the folder just to make sure I wasn’t deleting someone who didn’t deserve it. Certain lyrical phrases from lengthy spammers popped out [...]

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THROUGH A GLASS, GRIMLY

Recently our friend, Dot Hage, who writes at Deeper Issues, shared an update that contained a disconcerting discovery: . . . learning that my social security income if I retire at age 66 will be only 25% of my current salary. If I wait until I’m 70, it goes up to a third of my [...]

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SURRENDER, CONSECRATION AND FREEDOM

A recent post over at Lance’s The Jungle of Life blog, The Evolution of Our Hearts’ Desire, penned by Megan Bord, of It’s All About Joy, was captivating.  Megan has found a reality greater than the one that is self-propelled. As I mentioned in the comments, there is huge spirituality in this realization. All the [...]

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REMEMBERING

“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” – John 14:27

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