Feeling like a square peg in a round hole? I confess. I used to make fun of evangelical preachers on television. I don't anymore. Obviously, they want our money, and many are very wealthy. I've decided that how they spend their funds is their business. And who am I to judge because I give 10% of my income to my church. I've also come to value the spiritual insights of evangelical ministers. Last year, while doing some late night channel surfing, I came across evangelist preacher Mike ... VIEW POST
Our Difference Is Not a Negative
Escape Velocity
Are you free-falling? I'm kind of an anxious flyer. If I was a drinker, I'd probably be fairly soused by the time I boarded a plane. Regardless, I marvel at the miracle of flight. When flying, I often think about the trajectory of the airplane from take-off to landing. I'm no physicist, but I do have some understanding of the concept of trajectory or trajection as the curved path or arc of some object hurtling through air or space -- such as a cannon ball from the moment it's shot from a ... VIEW POST
Part 2: Overcoming the Snow White Syndrome
Who is the fairest of them all? In my last post I wrote about my impressions of the movie Snow White and the Huntsman and its themes regarding the poisonous symptoms and effects of envy in our relationships. Envy affects every human on the planet regardless of ethnicity, wealth, social status, or culture. I titled this post, "The Snow White Syndrome" after Betsy Cohen's book of the same name. In this post I'll discuss the anecdotes to envy's poison. Again, I use my article entitled ... VIEW POST
Part 1: The Snow White Syndrome
Green with envy? Last night, I watched the newly released movie Snow White and the Huntsman. I loved it! I especially liked Charlize Theron's performance of the envious wicked Queen Ravenna. Ironically, I felt more sympathy (and empathy) for Queen Ravenna, than I felt toward Snow White. Charlize Theron truly embodied Ravenna's pain and fear of vulnerability, insecurity, anger, sorrow, competition, jealousy (and most of all), the envy that all humans experience and feel within ... VIEW POST
What Makes a “Good Mom?”
Feeling "mom guilt?" A few weeks ago, I gave a Relief Society lesson in another ward. As a counselor in my stake Relief Society presidency, a lot of my calling involves speaking (and listening) to the sisters. After my lesson, a woman took me aside and voiced her pain (no…her anguish) regarding the unrighteous choices her teenage and adult children were making. As active Church members, she and her husband tried to do all the “right things” in raising their kids. But they ... VIEW POST
How Do You Define "Niceness?"
Sugar and spice and everything nice? Growing up as a "Baby-Boomer" in the United States, I often heard the saying: Girls are sugar and spice and everything nice. Boys are snakes, and snails, and puppy-dog tails. Obviously, there was a strong expectation in American culture that girls and women should always be nice. Today, the "be nice mantra" has morphed into "Be kind," and everyone is expected to follow it. In my last post, I revealed my self-defeating mindsets in my associations ... VIEW POST
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