tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068625774165048662024-03-12T20:43:46.219-07:00The Ramblings of Heather AnnHeather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-964312216971072802018-09-10T03:17:00.000-07:002018-09-10T12:56:42.499-07:00To Nike or Not to Nike: Police, Priests & ParadigmsI have been trying to process our national response to the new Nike ad campaign. My own gut reaction was to ignore it. Cashing in on the protest seemed to cheapen the message, but since kneeling has somehow led to the end of his career, I don't feel I should complain about him finding another source of income, so I shrugged and went on with my day.
Then people started burning their Nikes.
Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-39382131120842555562017-09-21T23:51:00.000-07:002017-09-22T14:05:18.561-07:00Turning Thirteen Part IIIMy youngest will be a teenager tomorrow!!
You have filled this last chapter of parenting with music: singing yourself to sleep as a baby (you were over the lullabies before you could talk,) humming during circle time in preschool, teaching yourself piano songs before we found your beloved teacher. We've been given so many "concerts" throughout the years!! Now, on the last day of childhood, Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-53685329538630368342015-04-12T22:07:00.003-07:002015-04-15T12:24:43.243-07:00Women's Ordination Debate "Pink and Blue"I really think this needs to be spread far and wide!
"Despite the fact that the word for helper, Ezer, is most often used in the Bible to describe God as our helper (and never used to describe animals as our helpers), when Piper and Grudem read Genesis 2 and find the word helper applied to the woman, they toss out the sweeping human identity statement of Genesis 1 where woman, just like man, Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-81310998860058597202014-01-20T14:25:00.000-08:002014-01-27T00:28:01.575-08:00To My Dear Atheist Friends & My Dear Christian Friends
To my dear Atheist friends,
I don't believe in that god either.
To my dear Christian friends,
Do you?
~~~
I hear of a god
who is in control
who laid out rules for a righteous life
who warns us to
obey
and pray
lest we should stray away
and end in
HELL
one day
where we'll repent of all
our wicked ways
but it will be
too late
to escape
a fiery fate
of torment
and JUSTICE
without endHeather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-86919243411281441162011-10-16T15:34:00.000-07:002011-10-17T00:39:13.603-07:00Occupy..WHY?So, it's been a while since I took the time to write a blog. I've heard they're old news..."everything happens on twitter now," so I guess I'm going old-school! ^_^
I'm having some pretty varied reactions to the current protests across the country and even the world. Part of me really wants to drop everything and join in to change the world, but I've got a family to takeHeather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-70218553759685929432011-05-21T02:26:00.001-07:002011-05-21T02:26:47.227-07:00...the end of the world as we know it....?...the end of the world as we know it....?, a gallery on Flickr.Growing up in a church with its roots directly springing from the Great Dissapointment of 1844, I am both horrified and somehow captivated to see history repeating itself. Personally I do anticipate the "new heaven and new earth" with joy, but I believe that it is very dangerous to presume to understand the all the details. It Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-51407222737432739932010-10-27T09:43:00.000-07:002010-10-27T09:53:21.124-07:00Why do the good die young?I thought my husband was joking when he told me Kirchner had passed away:"A patriot has died," congressman Juan Carlos Dante Gullo said on the state-run Vision 7 TV network. "Argentina has lost one of its best men."I'm in shock!Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-48399155138201593372010-04-21T17:32:00.001-07:002010-10-19T17:14:04.110-07:00Turning Thirteen II Turning Thirteen! Originally uploaded by gehmflor. My second sonserioussillystrongly rootingfor rightagainst wrongfor justiceand mercythe worldaroundMay your teen yearsnow startedcontinueto strengthenand sharpenthese quality traitsas you growand becomea brave heartedman! ____________________________(My first teenager.)Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-11642220130845476302010-03-25T18:00:00.000-07:002010-03-26T14:46:06.777-07:00Responsibility[Remains of the Blue Mountain Mall / Strip Mall]I am not exactly sure which word accurately describes the way I am feeling regarding the current state of Health Care Reform in our country right now. Perhaps fatigued is the closest. I am very excited by the historic passing of "the bill" but it was nowhere near the change I believe we so desperately need, and so far beyond what Americans on the Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-79268786250347576722010-03-22T19:22:00.000-07:002010-03-22T19:24:25.883-07:00You don't work you don't eat! ~JesusHeather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-49011211779430899202010-03-21T16:50:00.001-07:002010-03-21T16:50:27.300-07:00Health Debate via Protest Signs 5.7 Million in U.S. Lack Health Insurance Originally uploaded by freestylee. I am at a point where I don't know what to think about health care. The situation should definitely not be left as is....but I'm not sure I like the weak bill being debated...But something is better than nothing...I guess. Here's a Flickr photo gallery I put together debating both sides of the issue: Divided Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-21354938386271802092010-02-21T15:02:00.000-08:002010-02-21T15:16:16.343-08:00Death Logo?I had an erie feeling about this year's olympic logo from the first time I saw it. I couldn't put my finger on why, but it just bothered me. I was strangly relieved when NPR's Thursday edition of All Things Considered confirmed that all was not right with the inukshuk logo:Vancouver Olympic Logo: A Smiling Marker Of Death? The flag of the nation of Nunavut features a traditional inukshuk, says Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-81796994138754887442010-01-10T18:39:00.000-08:002010-01-10T18:48:28.133-08:00Gingerbread City - YemenI heard an interview with this photographer on NPR this evening and just had to check out the photos:I was horrified last Sunday evening when I turned on CNN and heard quite a few clips of politicians and other big wigs talking about going to war with Yemen seemingly in reaction to the attempted Christmas bombing. I am grateful to get a different view of Yemen!Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-6783865179086633822009-11-19T09:38:00.000-08:002009-11-19T10:01:36.048-08:00Why WorryI know people have had to endure much more then I've been through in my life, but I've been through some pretty stressful times. At those times I've been comforted by Corrie Ten Boom's father's response to her worry about death: "Corrie, when you and I go to Amsterdam, when do I give you your ticket?""Why, just before we get on the train," she replied."Exactly," her father said, "and our wise Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-29468982575905439962009-10-19T11:27:00.000-07:002009-10-19T11:35:12.502-07:00Ode to DiagnosisAn Ode to DiagnosisIn gratitude to those who helped!The entity snuck through the grayto steal and hurt and take awayfor months or years unknown it creptattacking just when e'er it woulddestroying and misunderstood.Then MRIs and doctors’ eyesblew shrouding mist and fog asideand shock and fear gripped those aroundthey faltered in their daily strideand gasped, “An ENEMY abides!”“Why, yes!” the two Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-5217357270996991412009-10-12T16:29:00.000-07:002009-10-19T11:27:00.206-07:00Laughter is good flu medicine ^-^I got this in an e-mail today:----------------------------------------------------------"FLU UPDATE "What is the difference between Bird Flu and Swine Flu?For bird flu you need tweetmentand for swine flu you need oinkment. ----------------------------- ^_^ -----------------------------(If you are looking for actual help with the flu... I have written something about that here.)Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-27241881266888109612009-09-26T17:37:00.000-07:002009-09-27T12:46:00.106-07:00Out of Arsenicum! ---UPDATED--- (Swine Flu p. 1b)-----------------------------------WARNING!Even though the Swine Flu is classified as "mild" it can still be deadly.The pediatrician told me that if my son had trouble breathingto take him straight to the ER!The homeopathic remedies are not a substitute for seeing the Dr.(okay, back to my blog...)-----------------------------------So, I went to get another tube of Arsenicum Album at the local Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-60333111171534765342009-09-25T15:39:00.000-07:002009-09-25T16:16:49.833-07:00Swine Flu part 1Some of you have heard by now that my oldest son got the flu...the "swine flu." The Doc said they are not testing anymore due to false negatives, but that it is the only flu in our area, that it is highly contagious, and that it would definitely go through the whole household. Because my son has kidney disease, he qualifies as "high risk" so he got Tamiflu, but the rest of us won't.The reason Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-68282037056536795032009-09-09T19:14:00.000-07:002009-09-09T20:04:06.152-07:00Health Care: Obama's SpeechI just finished watching Obama's address, and talking about it with my brother. If you didn't already see it I highly recommend watching it, so here is MSNBC's full length video:Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyI was very moved by his address, but I suppose that is not surprising. I AM wondering what my Republican friends' responses will be. It felt to Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-3159871132489796012009-09-08T07:54:00.000-07:002009-09-09T19:52:21.424-07:00Watch the President Address the Nation's StudentsIt starts at 11am Eastern Time!Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-67135835850057641052009-09-05T18:56:00.000-07:002009-09-05T22:23:14.649-07:00Response to Pat BooneI detest the viral emails that spread like wild fire eating away at truth. The latest one to hit my inbox is Pat Boone's "The President without a Country." One good thing is that it does provide a way to respond to half truths and fear instilling distortions. Here are two replies, starting with mine:Dear [Friend],I believe you send this out with good intentions, believing it to be true, but Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-67048640062780401192009-08-28T08:41:00.000-07:002009-08-28T09:34:48.912-07:00Wise Words, Debate, and MusicI received an email yesterday with some constructive thoughts on the Health Care debate:"I was fascinated by this analysis of the logic - or illogic* - of the health-care "debate". It reminded me so much of the research that underlies the Marriage Enrichment Weekend put on each year. "12 Hours to a Great Marriage" comes out of the PREP research by the team at the University of Denver.In Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-55511653154409620342009-08-26T17:12:00.001-07:002009-08-26T17:16:09.064-07:00Words from Ted Kennedy You will be missed!Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-13806274410834389722009-08-25T19:15:00.000-07:002009-08-25T19:35:04.655-07:00Prayer and FastingI wonder if the Robo Call I received on Friday was influenced by Wednesday's " star-studded “teletownhall” meeting to discuss health-care reform" that 350,000 people apparently listened in to. During this phone conference: Michelle Bachmann repeated the myth, adopted early by Sarah Palin, that the health-care plans being debated in Congress would set up “death panels” to determine which old Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2106862577416504866.post-79821278900908091162009-08-21T11:46:00.000-07:002009-08-21T12:13:33.911-07:00Trying to Converse about Health CareI really think Jon Stewart's interview of Betsy McCaughey reflects the difficulty, or perhaps impossibility, of trying to have a conversation about Health care between those with opposing views.No one is shouting or screaming in this interview, which is nice, but understanding remains scarily elusive. No matter which point of view you relate to I would love to hear any ideas you have about how Heather Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850446131530649811noreply@blogger.com7