CherJ's Blog

Robert and Maria filled up the wooden porch chairs and then some.  Amelia perched on the edge of hers, so emaciated you could almost see through her. Each had a walker set in front of them. “Mornin’ folks,” JJ said with a smile, making his way slowly from the door. “Gonna sit a spell this…

I grew up in a home where Christ and the Word was taught and believed.  My Dad was a minister for a short time and then became a social worker in the Massachusetts Social Services “Welfare” system because he felt he could do more for more people there.  He taught me to fight for what…

It’s been twenty years, going on twenty-one and the struggle has been for the most part through out the full twenty-one years.  At first, we were young and – let’s be honest here – we were stupid.  We had high ideals and grand ideas and we worked nearly all twenty-four of the twenty-four hours available…

It’s been an emotional few weeks for me.  One of those times in your life when nothing seems to go right, the world seems to be imploding.  I know that it is not.  Mostly because I’ve weathered lots of these times before.  But it never gets any more fun.  Not even a bit.   But…

So just what is the unpardonable sin?  I researched the scriptures over the past two years focusing mainly on the Holy Spirit and what scripture has to say about Him.  And in doing so I found the phrase, “Taking the Lord’s name in vain.”  We throw that around all the time and someone will say…

Our will to survive is beyond comprehension.  You hear stories of people caught in horrific situations and how they managed to live through the experience and come out on the other side.  I know unhappy people who have existed for years without really living at all, just going along, because, well, you have to, right? …

All this judging talk flying around reminded me that the hardest place to not judge is right here at home.  We know our partners probably better than anyone else and yet we are probably the hardest on them when it comes to cutting them slack.  We expect them to overlook any slight we might be…

It truly is so easy to judge.  You don’t have to get to know the person, you don’t have to verify your facts or see anything from their perspective.  You just decide their way is different from yours or what you’ve heard from someone else is the truth and run with it. I hear it…