- Understand your man: seven things your guy wants to tell you
- Children who marry their parents: the psychology of courtship
- Marriage advice from Brad and Jen
- Top ten secrets to staying married 30 years
- An adult site for adults: passion without the porn
(Pic from VirtualChocolate.com)
Tuesday (01.31)
God has a purpose for Simon Birch, you and me
Last night, Lois and I watched the 1998 comedy/drama which is loosely based on John Irving's
A Prayer for Owen Meany. The film
wonderfully illustrates that God has a purpose for each person. (And Ian Michael Smith is absolutely brilliant as
the physically challenged, but spiritually enlightened, Simon Birch.)
- Finding God's purpose in your life
(9:30 am EST)
Hollywood honors trans/homosexual films
Brokeback Mountain, the gay cowboy movie, was just nominated for eight Academy awards including best picture, best
actor and best director. Also nominated for best picture and best actor, Capote, the biopic about openly gay writer
Truman Capote. Meanwhile, desperate housewife Felicity Huffman was nominated for best actress for
Transamerica, the story of a transexual transformation from man to woman. Is this simply art immitating life?
- What do you think?
- Some of my thoughts on homosexuality
Monday (01.30)
'drop and give me fifty belly laughs!'
The long separation of military families is no laughing matter. So, the Pentagon has enlisted
retired Army Col. James Scott as its "laughter instructor." Scott holds "therapeutic sessions" to teach National Guard
families to laugh. He told USAToday,
"The guiding principle is to laugh for no reason, [which is] one of the reasons it works
so well for military families." You can't make this stuff up!
If you're having trouble finding a reason to laugh,
check out:
- Laughing matters: learning to laugh at situations and yourself
- My latest newspaper column
- My top ten lists
- Fifteen of my funniest friends
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Sunday (01.29.06)
why did my daughter die?
In a recent SPAM-O-GRAM,
I noted how thankful I am the my wife walked away from our totaled van
without a scratch (click for larger pic). A reader wrote:
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While I am so pleased your wife survived her accident, it confuses me.
My daughter died in her accident. So, wasn't God protecting her? Does
God love your wife more than He loved my daughter? Is your wife more
worthy?
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First, I am so sorry for the loss of your daughter. That is the absolute worse thing that can happen to a parent.
Your daughter was (and is) infinitely loved and valued by God.
Second, I'm as confused as you are as to how God works. (He never invites me to His planning meetings!)
One of the pastors at our church emailed that he was so glad that Lois is fine and wrote, "Isn't God good?"
I wrote back, "God would be good even if she had been killed. I just like this outcome much better."
I've written about the struggle we all have with the whys of life.
- Dealing with death and grief
- Dealing with the whys of life
- Dealing with pain in life
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