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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog


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...


- Oct 4, 2016
- 2 min
The Quiet Secret to Global Revolution
Well, look at me! Posting for the second day in a row. I told you I’d be back! 🙂 I actually have a guest post up at Dr. Chuck Crisco’s...


- Jul 11, 2016
- 4 min
His Eye Is On the Party Sparrow
Last night when I sat down for my bedtime prayer/meditation, the face of the chaplain who runs the chapel at the local truck stop came...


- Feb 11, 2016
- 5 min
Of Strange Gardens and People Living Underground
About 5 years ago, I had the same vivid dream, three nights in a row. In the dream, the world was watched over by a totalitarian power...
- 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...


- Mar 12, 2015
- 6 min
Me and That Judging Thing
I’ve written a couple of times about what I call “the hardest, best spiritual discipline I’ve ever tried” – that being not judging. Now,...
- Mar 9, 2015
- 5 min
The Story I Tell Myself
One day a man was out and about, minding his own business, tending to his own affairs. when life showed up in a foul mood, with obviously...


- Jan 18, 2015
- 3 min
The Mystery of Faith
“Go that way! Towards the sun.” I always wondered about faith. Evangelicals say that you have to choose to have it. Calvinists say that...


- 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...
- Dec 22, 2014
- 1 min
The Christmas Bird
Instead of doing my Christmas shopping, I made this for y’all. Grab a cuppa whatever suits you best and listen to the dulcet sound of my...


- Oct 28, 2014
- 1 min
On Treading Water
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Once upon a time a dastardly villian took a girl out to sea and left her there in the water, in...


- Oct 27, 2014
- 3 min
Does Forgiving Demand Restoring Relationship?
One of the problems that people commonly struggle with when it comes to forgiveness is the issue of the restoration of relationships. Can...


- Oct 2, 2014
- 7 min
Why Have Lunatics Taken Over?
Sometimes people come to me and say, “Rebecca, you are amazing, wise, funny and smell like flowers and lemon Pledge. Why are you not...


- Sep 23, 2014
- 2 min
Allow Me to Share the Holy Grail of Parenting
Seriously. Try it. It’s a long term strategy, but it works. And it’s much, much, much easier than continually forcing your will on...


- Sep 17, 2014
- 5 min
Free Will and Its Discontents
Now, to be frank, I’ve never had much interest in the subject of free will. The reason being that it makes no real difference in how we...


- Jun 17, 2014
- 4 min
THIS
This is what God would want those who claim his name to hear today. Like really today. Right here in the reality that is whatever day it...
- Jun 13, 2014
- 5 min
For All Your Dream Needs
Your old men will dream dreams ~ Joel 2:28, Acts 2:17 We moderns are too sophisticated to put much stock in the idea that God would...
- Jun 12, 2014
- 4 min
Parenting Genius
Honest to goodness, there’s nothing that makes me happier than some good parenting. Those times when you or someone else says something...
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