Life, Reality, and Pondering the Credibility of a T-shirt Motto

Beth Vogtbrokenness, challenges, choices, encouragement, Faith, Friendship, hope, Life, perspective, Quotes, Reality, suffering 18 Comments

@bethvogt My walking buddy Mary told me to write this blog post about our conversation yesterday. “Write a blog about it. See what your readers say.” So, yes, you may thank Mary for today’s post – and yes, I’d love to hear your thoughts about … my choice of T-shirts. At the end of our hour-long walk yesterday, Mary commented …

Choosing not to Fix Our Struggles with Nice Thoughts

Beth Vogtanxiety, Beth K. Vogt, bravery, challenges, childhood, choices, courage, Faith, Fear, hope, Life, perseverance, perspective, Quotes, Reality, Scripture, strength, suffering, trust 12 Comments

@bethvogt When I was a child and had trouble falling asleep because I’d had a bad dream, my mom would sit beside my bed and comfort me by telling me to think nice thoughts. I’d remember swimming in the lake in Vermont during a family vacation. Or winning the class spelling bee. Or playing outside in the rain with the …

In Others’ Words: The “More” of the Serenity Prayer

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You have Facebook to thank for today’s blog post. Specifically, you have my friend Kim Henson to thank. She posted the complete version of the Serenity Prayer on her Facebook page last week, saying she hadn’t known there was more to the prayer except what we so often hear — or say to ourselves. Like Kim, I’d never heard the second segment of …