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Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Posted in Just my Thoughts, Politics, Religion, tagged on 9 March 2009 | 1 Comment »

Embryonic stem cell research is a hard topic for me to get my mind around for many reasons.  My faith teaches me that life begins at conception.  Consequently, embryos are human lives and should not be terminated for research purposes.  I, though, in the other side of my brain realize that “leftover” embryos at an [...]

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Rick Warren, Protest and the Inauguration

Posted in Just my Thoughts, Politics, Religion, tagged , , , on 31 December 2008 | 1 Comment »

I have kept quiet about political issues for way too long.  I took a little – a month or two – break from listening to all the politics of the US.  I paid attention but didn’t comment.  Now, I am getting annoyed.
Barack Obama, in an attempt to reach his promise for diversity in his inaugural [...]

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Christmas in a New Church

Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, Religion, tagged , , on 29 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This past August the church I have attended for the last ten or so years merged with another local church.  This merger was part of the Diocese of Syracuse and its plan to deal with a shortage of priests.
The new church – Church of the Holy Family – celebrated its first Christmas last week.  Below [...]

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Angels We Have Heard on High

Posted in Just my Thoughts, Religion, tagged , on 23 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Just to get you all in the holiday spirit.

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Put Yourself First

Posted in Family, Fitness, Just my Thoughts, Religion, tagged , , , , , on 17 October 2008 | 2 Comments »

I tend to not think of myself as selfish.  I am sure, when the boys ask for something and are told I am busy or some other response, they think so.  I am not.  I just finished reading an article by Rebecca Pratt about putting yourself first.
Pratt hits the nail on the head as she [...]

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Teen Pregnancy News?

Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, Politics, Religion, tagged , , on 1 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The title is meant to be an eye catcher.  Unfortunately, the subject is no joking matter.  The major news networks believe that a 17 year old being pregnant is news.  Actually, maybe I read it wrong.  Maybe the major news networks believe that a 17 year old being pregnant and keeping the baby is news.  [...]

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Holy Week

Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, Religion, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 19 March 2008 | 1 Comment »

This is truly a reprise of a post from many years ago on my Yahoo! 360 blog.  Unfortunately, I don’t want to go through all of those posts to find this so it will be a new post about the same topic.
Most people believe that Christmas is the pivotal holiday in the Christian year.  It [...]

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Scones

Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, Religion, tagged , , on 9 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The 7th through 9th grade religious education classes at our church are having a bake sale tomorrow.  They are raising funds for Easter baskets to be given to less fortunate children, their Lenten service project.  While I could have made the 8th grade son make brownies or something for the bake sale on his own [...]

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Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez

Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, Religion, tagged , , , on 5 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I am reprising a blog entry I wrote last year just before Mardi Gras.
 Okay, so it is French. And we all know that Mardi Gras is coming. Right?
Anyway, Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez translates literally into Leave the Good Times Roll . I don’t remember every celebrating a real Mardi Gras – real in the [...]

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The Triple 8 Challenge – Reading

Posted in Art, Just my Thoughts, Politics, Religion, Simple Abundance, Triple Eight Challenge, tagged , , , , , , , on 1 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »

If you are interested in participating, please visit the “official” site for details. Below are my entries and partial lists. I will be updating as I can.
Books by Jimmy Carter – CAT 1
   1. Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope
   2. Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
   3. Our Endangered Values
   4. Christmas [...]

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