http://www.christianpotpourri.com "Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice." Psalm 141:2 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:54:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The newsletter I just sent out is one of the hardest newsletters I’ve ever written, because of too much news. Too much gloom and doom on the markets. Too much gloom and doom with the jobless and impending job losses. Discouragement is the drink the world is serving ... http://www.christianpotpourri.com/?p=302 He walked along the fringes, keeping as far away as he could, but his cries told a different story. He was calling out to us in his isolation. We would hear him from time to time as he traversed the neighborhood, on the prowl for whatever came his way. When ... http://www.christianpotpourri.com/?p=299 Over the past few weeks my thoughts have been on our Gulf Coast and the devastating consequences of the oil spill. And I must tell you, in honesty, there have been times I have collapsed into weeping. Now I know I’m not the only ... http://www.christianpotpourri.com/?p=298 My husband, Bobby, and I have been talking, as much as we're able, about what's happening to the coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. So far he's the only one with whom I can actually talk. Everyone else says, "I can't talk about it". And I understand. To talk ... http://www.christianpotpourri.com/?p=295 Dear Readers, I am filled with untold grief for what is going on in our Gulf of Mexico. I have tried so hard to remove myself from news and pictures, only to be reminded that I need to face what is going on. Truth is, I'm trying to face it ... http://www.christianpotpourri.com/?p=290 I almost wrote about storms last month. Margo, our oldest daughter, and I had just finished attending SKYWARN classes in St. Louis County and learned about different weather phenomena and how to spot serious conditions approaching. St. Louis County utilizes SKYWARN classes to educate people so they ... http://www.christianpotpourri.com/?p=287 There is a new ‘in’ crowd of people of whom I have become keenly aware, and for whom I have gained a great respect. The ‘in’ crowd of whom I speak is made up of people who have voyaged through life and have landed in their seventies, ... http://www.christianpotpourri.com/?p=286 The year was 1977, before marriage and children entered my picture. At the urging of a dear friend, Carolyn, who had moved to Dallas, I moved also. For in 1977, Dallas was the place to be and we wanted to be where the action was. Carolyn’s older sister and some ... http://www.christianpotpourri.com/?p=278 I am surrounded by grief. A friend has just lost her husband to cancer. A cousin has lost her mother. Another friend will soon lose her grandmother. Grief. A former boss's father has Parkinson's. A relative is suffering from advanced ALS. An aunt is falling more and more into Alzheimer's. Grief. Grief ... http://www.christianpotpourri.com/?p=270 Here in the Hughes’ household we have had an absurd moment. And in this moment of the absurd, we see the hand of God. From a young age, our daughter, Julie, mumbled. We would have moments of high stress when we had to ask her to repeat herself not once, ... http://www.christianpotpourri.com/?p=262