How To Lose 50 lbs Without Even Trying! (Or Not)
My after picture. The before looks like this but slightly bigger. I lost 50 lbs in 6 months and now weigh less than it says on my...
The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Mar 21, 2020
- 6 min
Finding Peace In a Time of Dread
I don’t know if you’ve ever had a freight train barrelling down on you and all you can do is wait for it to hit before. You’re waiting...
- Jan 11, 2017
- 1 min
Snowy Day Play
I love videos of animals playing. This one from the Oregon Zoo showing animals in the snow is particularly cute. Isn’t it weird how we’ve...
- Dec 22, 2016
- 1 min
The Christmas Bird
Instead of doing my Christmas shopping a couple of years ago, I recorded this. It’s perfect for sharing with the kids, if they are the...
- Dec 21, 2016
- 7 min
All People Are Real
I’ve mentioned a couple of times now that I have a dissociative disorder. A derealization disorder, in fact. Which means that when my...
- Dec 11, 2016
- 1 min
Theologians and Creation
I am of the firm belief that you cannot be a real theologian if you have never sat in awe of a single blade of grass or wondered at the...
- Nov 24, 2016
- 1 min
A Thanksgiving Blessing
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love...
- Nov 22, 2016
- 4 min
Thanksgiving Family Survival Guide – 2016 Edition
Such a pretty picture. Now imagine that they all hate each other. An oldie but a goody! BTW, if you read these and know exactly what I’m...
- Jul 28, 2015
- 8 min
Good Luck With That “Normal” Thing
Perhaps you have heard that I have some children. Entirely more than a respectable woman ought to have, in fact. I have even heard tell...
- May 4, 2015
- 4 min
Why You Should Always, Always, Always Listen to Your Heart
Prior to that, it was believed that the seat of thought, emotion and will was the heart. Which actually makes sense because if you’ve...
- Apr 30, 2015
- 4 min
How to Recognize a Brother or Sister in Christ
I have met some of the coolest people while writing this blog. One of these days, I’m going to have to share the story of how God sent...
- Jan 20, 2015
- 1 min
Patience, According to Da Vinci
–Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Artist, architect and engineer Pass It On! Tweet Email More Print Share on Tumblr WhatsApp #quotes...
- Jan 1, 2015
- 4 min
The New Year’s Resolution That Will Actually Make Your Life Better
The other day I read an article which advised that the key to keeping this year’s resolutions was to set up specific targets. Like “I...
- Oct 24, 2014
- 4 min
Being Passive is a Discipline
Passivity is a discipline. In fact, sometimes I think it is the hardest discipline – particularly in a culture like ours. We humans like...
- Sep 24, 2014
- 4 min
The Holy Spirit Doesn’t Much Care For Rules
The only thing I really knew about Wheaton was that the kids who went there were freaks. The whole place was a freakshow, really. (I...
- Sep 10, 2014
- 3 min
Laughing At Inappropriate Things
Now, this may come as a shock to some of my long time readers, but sometimes I make jokes that people thing are inappropriate. Like maybe...
- Jun 10, 2014
- 1 min
I Think They’re Preparing Us To Be Astronauts. It’s Just a Theory.
This is probably the only cat video I will ever share on The Upside Down World. So you know it has to be good. Enjoy! Pass It On! Tweet...
- Apr 9, 2014
- 2 min
Great Power and Petty Beligerance
Yesterday, I wrote about how the changing role and nature of authority in our lives demands that we change the way we parent our kids....
- Apr 3, 2014
- 3 min
Being Kind Without Being Hurt
My mother always taught me that you can never go wrong being kinder than necessary. I believe that this is true and have tried to live my...
- Mar 26, 2014
- 5 min
God and Laughing
God loves laughter. Humor makes us laugh because it triggers delighted surprise to hear that things we fear – being alone, being unloved,...