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Healing the wounds of religion
By
Cheryl Petersen
Respect for thoughtfulness grew as I listened to Dr. Terrlyn Curry Avery* speak at Hartford Seminary last month. Wounded by Religion, was her subject of conversation, and converse she did as she questions and remarks were fielded from our audience. Religion is part of human life, whether we want to admit it or not. And…
Permanent transformation
By
Cheryl Petersen
If you’ve escaped a toxic relationship, keep moving forward. If you got a better job, keep at it. If you joined a better church, stay worshipful at it. If you miss the friends you’ve outgrown, make new friends. Don’t fraternize with or try to control outgrown friendships. From 21st Century Science and Health, “The caterpillar…
I was drugged by my parents!
By
Cheryl Petersen
First read in Farm Show magazine May 2018: Written by Anonymous The other day, a friend at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse not far away and he asked me, “Why didn’t we have a durg problem when you and I were growing up?”…
Reading and writing are adventures
By
Cheryl Petersen
I know it’s hard to find time to read, but if you do make time, here are two books that have ramped up my appreciation for writer’s who put into words what’s in my head. I don’t think the authors are “right” or “wrong,” they just give me something to think about in new ways,…
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