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I am still working. The new mom decided not to return and I was offered the position. In the meantime, my union has a scholarship fund, so I am also in grad school full time, and have been since September. It is not easy to work full time and attend school full time and also attend to all the...

I'd pick Lamb, too, because she's good company while we find a way off the island. :)

If chocolate covered cherries are a fruit, then plum pudding is the whole tree and fruitcake is the whole orchard! Mmmm. Plum pudding.

When I started my degree, a 4-year degree was enough to do what I wanted to do - geriatric social work, and with an employment history in long term care, I was told I was a shoe-in. By the time I graduated (in the top 5% of my class), a BSW was enough for entry-level positions, and I would need...

1. Forcing God's will on a society that does not choose him (such as anti-abortion, forcing prayer in schools, etc) 2. Being a lousy representative of a beautiful Christ (do they really know us by our love?) 3. Agreement with Lamb about confusing law and gospel, which undermines the freedom for...

Thank you for the link. It is most helpful, and I am reading through all the thread. I appreciate you finding it for me.

Thanks, Bill. I will check it out. I really want to understand where my friend is coming from....

Does this mean no one has any biblically sound theology on being "slain" and "shaking"?

In addition to the situation with Daniel, does anyone know the theology behind the concept of being slain and shaking? (I'm with you, Lamb, I do not think it's a matter of the Spirit moving, but rather the mentality of the moment)

I have rekindled an old friendship with a woman whose beliefs have taken a very different path than mine. She is very, very conservative in her beliefs, and she is non-denom. She recently made a FB post that kinda surprised me because she asked a pastor his thoughts on someone shaking so much...

The great thing about life is that you don't have to stop at one! When I was in high school, I wanted to be a social worker and work in adoptions. But I did not like school much, and I did not want to move away from my hometown to attend college for 4 years, so I didn't. I worked as a cashier...

Bill, do you ever make gifts. Those times when we are financially uncertain, we make gifts. One year, we made vanilla - a bottle of cheap vodka, a pound of vanilla beans, and seal-able bottles (you can get a dozen for less than $10), and a big glass jar to infuse in.... use coffee filters to...

Gift giving is an art form on its way to extinction, sadly. Even as a child, I do my best to buy just the right thing that I think the recipient would like but likely would not buy for themselves. Or I make gifts myself. Then the best part is to watch them as they open it to see if they liked...

I am glad you are able to use mindfulness to regulate. Maybe it has to do with intensity, too, I don't know. I have one client who is so high-anxiety that she requires external regulation, and when we work on this, she is only able to do it for a minute or so at a time. Then within minutes, she...

Mindfulness is about living in the moment, increasing awareness of what is inside and what is outside without judging self or others. There is nothing anti-biblical about it, and it does work for some people for anxiety. However, it takes a lot of work to get to the place where it can be...

Thanks, Lamb, I'll check it out. I have scissors but they are normal ones. I didn't know you could get special ones. I have no idea how to use a clipper, so I need to figure that out, too. I want him to have longer hair, like 2 - 3 inches long, but I don't know how to cut it with scissors so I...

I have a Morkie puppy (7 months old). He is pure white except for a very light, barely noticeable creamier colour to his ears. Cute as all get-out, but he has discoloured tears that stain his fur on his face. I've tried a few different products (a few "natural" and one with boric acid), and...

How are you defining "soul mates"> I had a boyfriend - I called him my soul friend, or friend of my being. We had an incredible attunement to each other, intuition for each other, a natural, genuine, easy, mutually loving and respectful being together. We were so attuned that I could feel him...

Well, after all that agonizing over which educational goal to pursue, there have been plenty of jobs available these days. Last time I was laid off, it took more than two full years to get a job. This time, my Employment Insurance barely kicked in before I got a job. I even only went for one...

Thanks. I think the other program is too specific with no guarantee of a job after, so I'm not going to apply. While I wait for this Mental Health and Addictions program, I still have to look for work. There is also another program i qualify for - subsidized wages. The job developer will take...