Friday Tidings Archive

POST PUBLISHED INFebruary, 2012

Lethal Habits

February 29th, 201212:06 PM ET

By Karen Farris

I’m honoring three anniversaries that I’d rather not. These anniversaries remind me about what I’ve lost and what alcohol took away much too soon. I’m not pointing fingers here, except at myself and what I didn’t do. Alcohol isn’t evil. But because of it, my innocent friend was killed on a lonely road by a drunk driver, leaving behind ...
Unfriended

February 28th, 201211:14 AM ET

By Karen Farris

I received an email from my old college friend and it hurt to read his words. He wants me to remember the memories but he’s severing our friendship. Why? Because in the ensuing years, I remained a Christian and he became an atheist. He thoughtfully explained that religion has caused much of the world’s strife, malice, injustice and war. He hat...
Smiles from the Heart

February 28th, 201211:00 AM ET

By Karen Farris

My nine-year old daughter was resting upstairs in the Children’s Hospital intensive care. She’d had a successful heart surgery to repair a birth defect and would remain under close watch for the next week. My husband and I were taking turns with our two-year-old son, so I decided to take him to one of the many hospital playrooms. Pushing open...

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Each Friday I post in my blog, "Friday Tidings...thoughts for the journey". As we travel in this new century, I sense we will need one another more than in the past. In fact, I know we will. Please join me.

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Lethal Habits

Unfriended

Smiles from the Heart