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"That kid's trouble"

Is Goodness indeed so far away? If we really wanted Goodness, we should find that it was at our very side. - The Analects of Confucius, VII.29This past spring my church was vandalized. It was late Easter night, the holiest of all days for Christians. Two boys, ages 18 and

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Weird for the world

...the first principal of Shambhala vision is not being afraid of who you are. Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself. - Chogyam Trungpa, Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the WarriorI am raising weird kids, thanks be to God. Better an ostracized delight than a

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The point of painful times

What will separate us from [this love]? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? - Romans 8:35Fair warning: I have staggered to this column from behind the sunrise. You're a parent. You've had interminable nights like this: a child in illness so extreme

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Whirling Dervish Parenting

One went to the door of the Beloved and knocked. A voice asked, "Who is there?" He answered, "It is I." The voice said, "There is no room for Me and Thee." The door was shut. After a year of solitude and deprivation he returned and knocked. A voice from

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FOLK: Waterson/Carthy (3/8)

Even if you haven't heard of Martin Carthy, you still know his influence. As the leading British champion of traditional folk music in the early 1960 he taught Paul Simon his arrangement of "Scarborough Fair." He also made an indelible impression on a young Bob Dylan, who turned Carthy's treatment

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Teenage children and metaphysical fitness

Just keep your own doors open and always remember what I have told you. - Sotuknang, Hopi Creation God, the last words spoken before he vanished, quoted from The World's Wisdom, (Philip Novak, HarperSanFrancisco, 1994)There is nothing like raising a child from conception to independence to call attention to just

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The do-nothing parent

The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing. --- Babylonian Proverb I feel both gratified and somewhat guilty that you are taking the time to read these 300 words. It is my hope that you will gain nothing from them.Your days are moving faster.

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Parenting without Annette

Knowing the constant gives perspective. --- Tao Te Ching As a parent, I love the commercial media. Every nasty, morally bankrupt minute is a Godsend. Cable is even better.My folks started a family with Donna Reed and Father Knows Best as their standard. Wally and the Beaver were good, wholesome

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