A Real Tree For Once!

There are two types of Christmas tree aficionados, those who extol the virtues of artificial trees and those who prefer the aroma and texture of the real thing. Which are you? Do you don your red plaid shirt, jacket, hat and leather gloves to brave a Christmas tree farm? Or is your garb more to the style of flannel pajamas?

Currents

The Spirit’s workings are like the swirling currents of water kicking feet make when treading water. Obviously felt, but equally quickly gone. How we long to perceive God at work in our lives!

Iconic You

Your life line is fast dwindling in the computer game of your life. God understands that “epic fail” that you experienced not long ago. Even though you’ve tried to reboot, the injuries still linger. Consider now this: the Almighty is a life-line extender, and His reboot can heal your heart.

Anne GoorhuisOctober 1, 2018#icons, #superheroes, #twin towers, #epicfail, #Davinci, #adventistblogger, #thethinker, #rebootComment

Face of the Waters

Anne GoorhuisSeptember 12, 2018#adventistblogger, #Holyspirit, #seventhdayadventist, #mainelife, #Godatwork, #disappointmentwithGod, #FreeportChurch7Comment

APPENDICITIS

Can you live with a ruptured appendix? I have a friend who did. Admirably she put up with the belly tenderness and pain for over ten days. She thought she was getting better.

Sunglasses

Anne GoorhuisJune 12, 2017#attitudeiseverything, #sunglasses, #FreeportChurch7, #freeportsda, #filters, #adventistbloggerComment

To-Do List

Anne GoorhuisMay 7, 2017#stress, #todolist, #daygonewrong, #Moses, #adventistblogger, #freeportsda, #deadlinesComment

DaVinci and Me

"Me in the same league as DaVinci?" you're thinking. "Who would miss me if I were suddenly gone, the way the Twin Towers were missed when they were obliterated? A few handfuls of people, perhaps, but not a nation." But that’s exactly why the author placed those two words side by side in the title.

Anne GoorhuisApril 1, 2017#adventistblogger, #Davinci, #artist, #creatingart, #linedrawing, #painting, #relationships, #iconsComment

A Walk on the Winter Side

Tonight, on the eve of Snowmageddon, I did a thing that every Mainer does on the day before a nor’easter, and something no one does. I went grocery shopping. Once home, I noticed the lake calling. I decided to walk across the lake, then and there. At almost 11pm.

Anne GoorhuisMarch 14, 2017#mainelife, #iceskating, #winterlake, #cityonahill, #adventistblogger, #adventist, #birding, #noreaster, #snowmageddonComment

Iconic You

Da Vinci’s The Last Supper. Rodin’s The Thinker. Paris’s Eiffel Tower. NYC’s Twin Towers aflame. These are iconic images. To speak of them creates an unforgettable picture in our mind. What makes these images this way is that they are masterfully constructed, surprisingly anti-conventional, or memorably historic.

Anne GoorhuisFebruary 24, 2017#icons, #superheroes, #twin towers, #epicfail, #Davinci, #adventistblogger, #thethinker, #rebootComment

Fresh Starts

My best friend recently became a grandmother for the first time. With great anticipation she expects only the best …first smiles and tottering steps while ignoring the inevitability of blow-out diapers and the tantrums of teething. Can we look at the new year with the same wonder?

Anne GoorhuisFebruary 7, 2017#adventistblogger, #beatdepression, #relationships, #acceptance, #agenda, #becomeaslittlechildren, #laughterComment

Artificial or Real?

There are two types of Christmas tree aficionados, those who extol the virtues of artificial trees and those who prefer the aroma and texture of the real thing. Which are you? Do you don your red plaid shirt, jacket, hat and leather gloves to brave a Christmas tree farm? Or is your garb more to the style of flannel pajamas?

Where Are We Headed?

Michael HufhamNovember 10, 2016election2016, electionmisgivings, #adventistblogger, nationdivided, onenationundergod, presidenttrump, electionfearsComment

As Welcome as a Rose

On our walk from the hotel to the United Nations, I was careful to refer to United Nations by its full name. Both Koreans gave me blank stares. Then I slipped and said “the UN”.
“The UN? We’re going to the UN?!?” the one shouted with true excitement.
“Why didn’t you tell us?”

Toward Healing.

Gabe MatosJuly 29, 2016#forgiveness, #psychoanalyst, #adventistblogger, #emotionalbaggage, #healpain, #anger, #healing, #healanger Comment

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