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What is it that makes it so hard to remain teachable? Seems like the older I get the more prone I am to pick up a bias or embrace and absolute. This despite both knowing better and making a personal commitment to cast off preconceived notions and see the world through new, childlike eyes. I…

Mother’s Day is upon us. I can’t tell you how many times I approached this Hallmark holiday with a sense of obligation. Both as a daughter and a mother, I frequently found myself feeling put upon as I attended a brunch I didn’t want to go to or wore a macaroni necklace I didn’t want…

There are some terms that are thrown around by Christians who grew up in church as if the rest of us actually might know what they mean – yet, there are many people in and outside of the church that have a hard time actually explaining them.  Take Beatitude, for instance. What’s a beatitude?  …

I blog here at Beliefnet.com and at ConversantLife.com. On Twitter I’m @joanpball and I am one of several Joan Balls from New York on Facebook. I keep up with past students and professional business contacts on LinkedIn and have my eyes on Ning and Squidoo, although I haven’t made the time to create profiles there yet.…
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