Honestly with Sheila Walsh https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh Honestly with Sheila Walsh Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:31:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Where to Start?!? https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/08/where-to-start.html https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/08/where-to-start.html#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:25:27 +0000 http://blog.beliefnet.com/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/08/where-to-start.html Do you ever find yourself staring at a to-do list on a Monday morning and wondering where to start? Yesterday morning I was like a deer staring into the headlights of a Mac truck. I had two books to edit, a house that needed cleaning, a pile of laundry that looked like a bed for a horse and a son, still on vacation who wanted to go swimming. If I'm not careful, I can get so overwhelmed that it sends me into a semi-comatose state where I think to myself, "I know what to do, I'll take...

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]]> Do you ever find yourself staring at a to-do list on a Monday morning and wondering where to start? Yesterday morning I was like a deer staring into the headlights of a Mac truck. I had two books to edit, a house that needed cleaning, a pile of laundry that looked like a bed for a horse and a son, still on vacation who wanted to go swimming. If I'm not careful, I can get so overwhelmed that it sends me into a semi-comatose state where I think to myself, "I know what to do, I'll take...

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]]> https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/08/where-to-start.html/feed/ 26 A fad or a Place for Connection and Hope? https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/a-fad-or-a-place-for-connection-and-hope.html https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/a-fad-or-a-place-for-connection-and-hope.html#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:41:30 +0000 http://blog.beliefnet.com/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/a-fad-or-a-place-for-connection-and-hope.html Some fads seem to spring up in our culture and for a moment they are everywhere, and just as quickly, they are gone. I wondered at first whether Twitter, Facebook and other social media networking outlets that have spread like wildfire would share the same fate. It would seem however that they have found a place within our hearts, homes and daily lives that many of us would be reluctant to give up. At first, I just liked knowing where my friends were and what they were doing, but then...

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]]> Some fads seem to spring up in our culture and for a moment they are everywhere, and just as quickly, they are gone. I wondered at first whether Twitter, Facebook and other social media networking outlets that have spread like wildfire would share the same fate. It would seem however that they have found a place within our hearts, homes and daily lives that many of us would be reluctant to give up. At first, I just liked knowing where my friends were and what they were doing, but then...

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]]> https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/a-fad-or-a-place-for-connection-and-hope.html/feed/ 10 A Race to Run https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/a-race-to-run.html https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/a-race-to-run.html#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:57:26 +0000 http://blog.beliefnet.com/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/a-race-to-run.html It was early on a Sunday morning when I boarded my flight home to Dallas. I smiled at the woman who was already seated in my row but she didn't return the smile. She was a very striking woman that I imagined to be in her sixties. I thought, "She either just wants to be left alone or she is afraid to fly." As I watched her clutch the armrest for dear life I decided it was the latter. "Are you doing okay?" I asked. "I hate to fly," she said. "We'll be fine," I tried to assure her, "God will not...

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]]> It was early on a Sunday morning when I boarded my flight home to Dallas. I smiled at the woman who was already seated in my row but she didn't return the smile. She was a very striking woman that I imagined to be in her sixties. I thought, "She either just wants to be left alone or she is afraid to fly." As I watched her clutch the armrest for dear life I decided it was the latter. "Are you doing okay?" I asked. "I hate to fly," she said. "We'll be fine," I tried to assure her, "God will not...

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]]> https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/a-race-to-run.html/feed/ 7 Only a Prayer Away https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/only-a-prayer-away.html https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/only-a-prayer-away.html#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:41:57 +0000 http://blog.beliefnet.com/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/only-a-prayer-away.html I have always been a stargazer. One of my favorite things to do as a child was to lie on a blanket on the grass and wait for the stars and the moon to appear. From a child-like perspective the sun seemed to beat down on me but the moon smiled on me and so I smiled back. Some nights the moon seemed so very close even though I knew from science class that it was a quarter of a million miles away. I was fascinated by the lives of astronauts and had determined that if school children were ever to...

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]]> I have always been a stargazer. One of my favorite things to do as a child was to lie on a blanket on the grass and wait for the stars and the moon to appear. From a child-like perspective the sun seemed to beat down on me but the moon smiled on me and so I smiled back. Some nights the moon seemed so very close even though I knew from science class that it was a quarter of a million miles away. I was fascinated by the lives of astronauts and had determined that if school children were ever to...

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]]> https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/only-a-prayer-away.html/feed/ 7 God in Every Moment https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/god-in-every-moment.html https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/god-in-every-moment.html#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:04:41 +0000 http://blog.beliefnet.com/honestly-with-sheila-walsh/2009/07/god-in-every-moment.html I looked at my to-do list today and had two more cups of coffee! I have to take Christian to basketball camp, pick up groceries for the next four days, do the laundry, get my nails done, pick Christian up from basketball camp, take him to get new school uniforms, cook dinner, go to my exercise class, take the dogs for a walk.... oh, and write a Blog!

 

Do you ever feel as if you fall into bed at night thinking, "I didn't really get anything significant done today, just the...

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]]> I looked at my to-do list today and had two more cups of coffee! I have to take Christian to basketball camp, pick up groceries for the next four days, do the laundry, get my nails done, pick Christian up from basketball camp, take him to get new school uniforms, cook dinner, go to my exercise class, take the dogs for a walk.... oh, and write a Blog!

 

Do you ever feel as if you fall into bed at night thinking, "I didn't really get anything significant done today, just the...

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]]> Today I received the news that a very brave, eight year old boy, Connor Cruse, lost his battle with cancer. As I read the message I wept. Although the family lives in our neighborhood, I have never met Connor, but I have seen his photographs and the wonderful things that his mother and father have written about him. His favorite color was green and he loved pizza and s'mores! As the mother of a boy I cannot imagine the pain of letting your child go and feeling so helpless to be able to make...

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]]> Our son, Christian and two of his friends decided that it would be fun to go to camp together this summer. It's about a two-hour drive from our home but Barry likes to leave so early that we could almost catch the last day of the previous camp. We stopped for lunch and we were still two hours early. Finally the gates opened and we drove in between all the hooting and hollering of the camp councilors welcoming the kids. We found Christian's cabin and in just a few moments both his friends...

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]]> My two dogs, Belle and Tink only differ in weight by five pounds but in Bichon terms that can mean a world of difference. Belle, who is five years old, weighs fourteen pounds and Tink who is three, weighs nine. The most noticeable difference is that Tink can squeeze her body through the fence in our back yard and take off round the lake whereas Belle, with all the will in the world hasn't a hope. Most of the time I put Tink on a long tether so that she has freedom to run around the yard but...

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]]> It was real sadness that I listened to news of Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina's affair with a woman the press is referring to as, Maria. Sadness for many reasons. One because of how publicly betrayed his wife must feel. Two, a huge ache as a mom for her four boys but three, for the man himself. I would imagine that if he could turn back the pages of time, he would but that opportunity is never available to any of us. We must live with the choices we have made. There is something in...

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]]> Do you ever have days when you are totally fed up for no particular reason? I'm having one of those today. It might have something to do with the fact that I am on my 9,640 diet but I'm not sure. The weather is nice so I can't blame that. I took our two dogs, Belle and Tink out for a walk at lunchtime and the sun is shining and the air is warm. Perhaps I'm fed up with myself because I haven't done any exercise today? I just find it very hard to believe that there is anything in the Bible...

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