Tag: dominion

0 in 7

November 1, 2006 | 2 comments

Have you ever noticed ads by pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, or health-focused foundations that predict odds of people catching a particular disease? They read something like: “1 in 7 people will get [fill in the illness] by age 65.” These ads

Eating the right amount

October 29, 2006 | 6 comments

I momentarily marveled this morning at our son’s ability to stop eating when he’s had enough food. He’s always been able to say no to over eating. He can have a whole plate of food before him, take a few

Blanket of belief

October 20, 2006 | 1 comment

One day before last Christmas I was wrapping some presents for the family in my wife’s sewing room. I heard intruding footsteps coming down the hallway, so in desperation to protect the anonymity of my yet unwrapped gifts I threw

Mindless nibbling

October 19, 2006 | 3 comments

Have you ever done it? Open a bag of potato chips while reading a book and chomp your way through the whole package until the last chip is gone? Oops…Maybe a few chips too many?? In the comment section of

Magical existence

September 28, 2006 | No comments yet

From Marianne Williamson’s book “Everyday Grace.” I have always had a sense that something is missing in this world – that at the very least there is something important we’re not discussing. I believe that hunger for a “lost dimension”