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  • It’s Ruined! It’s All Ruined!
    Tuesday, June 16th, 2009     Lori Roeleveld     Start the Conversation

    It’s ruined! Are there more devastating words? I cringe when I hear those words whether they are spoken by a child weeping over rain soaked artwork or a friend decrying a failed marriage. “It’s ruined” is the first stone thrown through the perfect window of Eden, sending shards of glass sailing through time to penetrate …[ read more ]

  • How Do You Like Me Now?
    Sunday, June 14th, 2009     Lori Roeleveld     2 Comments

    God isn’t like me. Did you know that a careful search of scripture will reveal to you that NO WHERE does God command us to LIKE him. I really want to be liked. If I were God, I would care if people liked me. I’d try to get them to like me and if I …[ read more ]

  • Black Dog Days
    Friday, June 12th, 2009     Lori Roeleveld     2 Comments

    I am a fan of Winston Churchill. He’s one of my favorite historical figures. I also love him because, like me, he wrestled with Black Dog days. Do you know the Black Dog? The same man who famously said “Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” Or “Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.” …[ read more ]

  • We’re So Smart
    Saturday, June 6th, 2009     Lori Roeleveld     2 Comments

    We’re so smart. No one in our generation or the ones we’ve raised is going to buy snake oil, swamp land or magic beans. We have Consumer Reports, government studies and Search engines. We don’t fall for magic. In fact, we line up for shows featuring magicians who expose their tricks because we’re so smart …[ read more ]

  • A Call to All Revolutionary Storytellers or Fight the Darkside, Luke! Use the Force!
    Saturday, May 30th, 2009     Lori Roeleveld     7 Comments

    Have you noticed how hard it’s getting to tell the good guys from the bad guys? When my son was home for Christmas break, I watched a couple of his action/adventure movies and had to keep asking, “Is that guy on the good side or the bad side?” My son’s answer was often, “It’s complicated. …[ read more ]