Enriching the Soil of Your Life
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Have we forgotten the pap smear (pap test) in our routine women’s health arsenal? As a medical person, I keep abreast of things like this, and I don’t hear about pap smears anymore…have you? From age 25 to 55, I’ve had one every 3-5 years.
However, in the last 12 years, I have seen ads for Gardasil vaccines (and flu shots) pretty much everywhere…
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By Hayden Ritchie
Or, Social Christianity and the Death of the Homemaker
There’s a trend in society right now, especially all over social media, to accept mediocrity. Specifically, mediocrity in motherhood, marriage, and faith.
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[I’m sharing this post by Lori Alexander and realizing it may anger some and challenge many, as it has challenged me. I am a 66 year-old woman, a past anti-establishment feminist of the 60s and 70s and was ruining my life. I feel we need this conversation. It will be hard for some to get past the definition Lori chose of the modern superwoman (you will know if it fits), but see if there’s a nugget of truth in Liz’s story because we all must decide what is important in life.]
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[This post by Breana Carlson was on FB Sept. 10 ’18. I put it out in the hopes that it will give increased knowledge of what birth control (and many drugs) can do to wreck an otherwise normal life. Breana gives permissions in her original post.]
“I’ve been debating on posting this, but today particularly is a rough day for me, and I decided it was time to put my story out there. This might be TMI or graphic to some (pictures attached), so read with caution.…
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By Rick Thomas.
While summer is an appreciated and welcomed relief from the blustery cold of winter, it does bring a different kind of difficulty. The summer months draw attention to our universal struggle with biblical sexuality, and the modesty debates take a prominent role in our conversations.
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My dear friend,
I’m grateful that you trusted me with your secret.
Sitting across from me at the kitchen table this afternoon, you poured out your heart. When you married your high school sweetheart at 19, you never once suspected you would be in this place. Now, at 39, after twenty years of marriage, you call yourself gay.
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