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What is Faith?
By
Joan Ball
I know, ridiculous question, right? I mean faith is…faith. It is belief in something unseen. It is…I don’t know…it’s…faith. There are some words that we use (and sometimes abuse) but rarely do we consider with intention what it is that we are actually talking about when we toss them around. I have faith. You don’t…
Some Truth is Not Relative: The Fine Line Between Support and Butting In
By
Joan Ball
Truth gets a bad rap these days. The notion that something can be true rather than relative gets all wrapped up in our ethnic and cultural differences and ongoing power struggles about who has the right to tell whom what is or is not right or wrong. That’s cool. I get it. We can be…
The Inward-Outward Journey: I’ve Got a Long Way to Go
By
Joan Ball
“I have never gone to sleep with a grievance against anyone. And, as far as I could, I have never let anyone go to sleep with a grievance against me.” -Abba Agathon, monk (4th/5th century) Could you imagine? Being so committed to relationships with others that you never held a grudge and you took steps…
Turning 43: Mid-life, No Crisis…
By
Joan Ball
I have a birthday that stops people in their tracks. An elder Generation Xer, I was born on June 6, 1966. Yup. 6.6.66. People at motor vehicle and police officers stopping me for speeding (I have always had a lead foot) would take my identification, read silently, look up with the same playful-yet-mildly-freaked-out expression and…
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