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bette dowdell
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09th July 2008
Bette Dowdell
Pity the poor novice who innocently walks into a ‘with it’ church to worship. They expect to hear a little music, perhaps a reading from the Bible and somebody talking about God.
But in the ‘Church of What’s Happnin’ Now,â€...
20th June 2008
Bette Dowdell
A man stops to ask directions, only to be told, "You can't get there from here. If you were in Freeport, you could get there, but you can't get there from here."
So he asks how to get to Freeport. "See. That’s the hard part. You can...
23rd May 2008
Bette Dowdell
God created Lucifer, now known as Satan, as one of the three top angels in Heaven. Lucifer had responsibility for the angels assigned to worship, while Michael leads the warrior angels who oppose evil and unrighteousness, and Gabriel guid...
20th May 2008
You know life is not all you hoped it might be when you find yourself spending time at www.planeturine.com. Pray let me tell you a story of staggering to triumph through, over and around adversity.
Once upon a time a girl named Bette thought it good to...
10th April 2008
by Bette Dowdell
I talk to pretty much everybody. Starting conversations with strangers is my normal modus operandi. I mean, why stand in a line mute, an island unto myself, when I can have a perfectly lovely conversation with somebody I haven’t yet ...
27th March 2008
by Bette Dowdell
All kinds of people push conformity. But why? Fitting in may sound harmless, but it leads to all kinds of misery. We need to talk about this.
Teachers extol fitting in as a form of crowd control, pointing to the most passive kid in ...
25th February 2008
by Bette Dowdell
Anybody who’s been around kids knows about death spiral days. Tell me this comes as news, and I’ll say you haven’t been paying attention. They happen in the best of families.
And who knows how they start? A day begins like any o...
07th February 2008
Some say, "Good things come to those who wait." It’s a funny thing, though. Good things almost never come when waiting's all that's going on. We shouldn’t let our hopes soar sky-high if all we do is hang out. Success won’t drop in like an uninvited ...
16th August 2007
Some people give up easily. They keep a close eye on the sky; if a cloud happens by, they’re out of here. Dream’s over. Pack it up. Put it away. These Pollyannas aren’t really dreamers. Maybe quick buck artists. Perhaps dilettantes who never stick t...
25th June 2007
We’ve all heard the old saying that goes, "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade." Now there’s a thought. We surely have to do something with the lemons as they come along.
Sucking on lemons takes the enamel right off your teeth, so we don’...
12th May 2007
Babies show the world what selfish looks like. On a whim, they set up a wail loud enough to wake the dead–or at least it sounds that way at 2:00 a.m. No matter that others may be tired or sick or have to go to work. Babies want what they want when the...
12th March 2007
Tolerance. It’s a good thing, a socially desirable thing, isn’t it? What could possibly be wrong with tolerance?
I’m so glad you asked. Here’s what’s wrong: The magnificently sold idea of tolerance is, in fact, destroying our highest and bes...
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