Posts from ‘June, 2009’

I remember the first time I learned about the five stages of grief was when I was in treatment for alcoholism in 1990. Denial was easy to understand because I had been in denial to fact I was an alcoholic. I used all the excuses I could think of , I was too young , [...]

This morning I was discussing talent with my daughters. My younger daughter’s talent for singing is emerging. My older daughter’s talent is hospitality. I read them the parable of the talents. I also read them the devotional Burying Our Talents by Hope Mac Donald she states “Today we often expect our talents to completely developed, [...]

She Still Calls Me Daddy by Robert Wolgemuth is excellent gift for any father of the bride.  It would also make a great belated father’s day gift. Wolgemuth shares with the audience his personal reflections from his own wedding day and his daughters. He stresses the importance of communication through out the whole book. He [...]

I am blessed that my Dad is still living. I am blessed that he is still my protector, provider, and priest. I am sorry that I am such a disappointment to him. I love him very much. As I was writing this and I thought about how I always great grandparents for a relationship with [...]

There have been a lot of changes at Syinly’s Weblog. As you may have noticed I enjoy reading books and I discuss them here on the blog. I have decided to now do a book blog in addition to discusses books occasionally on Syinly’s Weblog. Check out my post at http://bigblockgoesontop.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/gift-book-about-desmond-tutu/ Of course The Big [...]

I have been following Mark Hovarth of  Invisible people tv. I learned from twitter that Mark is unemployed, he is a great advocate for the homeless. I had been thinking about contacting him to ask him what I could do to be a better advocate for the homeless.  A noticed noticed a question on twitter [...]

I recently signed up for the Thomas nelson bloggers program. The first book I selected to read is She Still Calls Me Daddy. I thought it was about daughters and fathers working through the changes in there relationships after daughters were married. Wolgemuth presents the father’s point of view for the most part. He encourages [...]

I read a blogger’s review of Steve Harvey’s new book Act Like a Lady think like a man. The reviewer felt Think like a heathen would have been a better title. Harvey has public stated he is Christian man, but he did not tell us his relationship book was Christian relationship book. Through reading so [...]

This morning I was reading a post by David Wilkerson dealing with David in the bible. When David started his career he was unknown and overlooked. Nobody thought he was a leader not even his father. His first challenge was to defeat a giant named Golitah. It seemed David was ill equipped for the job, [...]