http://seethroughb.com less hiding more health Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:41:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en the cliched advice to people who talk alot is: "think before you speak"  ok, so that's common sense advice.  but i find it fascinating how much talking (speaking) helps me to think.  It's almost as if for me (and I assume many other people) it's better (necessary?) to speak before ... http://seethroughb.com/2008/08/13/talk/ (i wrote this for my column in the church newsletter - but it didn't fit in with this edition's theme...  still, it is a reflection on an amazing staff meeting a few weeks ago where we - multi-lingual, multi-cultured, multi-racial and multi-aged team of colleagues - began to reflect together ... http://seethroughb.com/2008/08/09/below-the-surface/ i'm too tired to write. and yet i sit here in front of the computer trying to think of something to say. in a way I want to write about weariness because it's seldom really explored.  and yet, being in that worn-out state doesn't leave one excited about "reflection". some of the world's ... http://seethroughb.com/2008/07/27/weary/ i'm struggling with the fact that many of my contemporaries seem to be dreaming their futures in countries other than our own. there are just so many reasons to go.  i really want to believe that i will stay (no matter what) but hey, you never know.  never say never. but, if ... http://seethroughb.com/2008/07/14/heres-to/ how often do you install software on your pc?  just today a bubble popped up to tell me that Windows had downloaded "critical updates".  Naturally i clicked the button to install the updates, only to be confronted by that regular (and for me, awkward) screen entitled "User agreement".  Along with ... http://seethroughb.com/2008/07/10/floating/ the original language of the christian scriptures has an interesting take on time.  there are two words that refer to "time".  chronos refers to the passing of time - the concept of a chronological set of events.  The fascinating word for time is kairos.  kairos refers to "the right time".  ... http://seethroughb.com/2008/06/24/now-or-never/ the rules are always changing. the way we tell the stories about our lives is constantly evolving. this morning i read a story about a woman who has significantly affected the current US presidential race. 61 year-old Mayhill Fowler - a financially contributing supported of the Obama campaign - joined ... http://seethroughb.com/2008/06/20/what-makes-you-do-what-you-do/ pornography is an interesting "evil".  those who are quick to condemn it might miss the complexity of the "problem". are we agreed that nudity is not bad - not in and of itself.  actually it's quite nice. are we also agreed that sexuality is a gift.  a treasure.  again, not bad, in ... http://seethroughb.com/2008/06/18/porno/ isn't it fascinating how afraid we are of being known. we carry secret regrets and shame. some stories will never be told. one of the scary things I was taught at Sunday school was that on the Last Day everything would be revealed - that God is going to ... http://seethroughb.com/2008/06/17/regret-and-relief/ what does it mean to own something? "owning" something doesn't ensure that it can't be lost or takne by someone else.  and if someone else takes it, does it then belong to them? do we own the land on which our house it built?  what does it mean to say that the ... http://seethroughb.com/2008/06/16/ownership/