Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

- John Maxwell

Clan Critchfield

Clan Critchfield

FAMILY MATTERS

Time does fly as some folks say and here we are beyond the Y2K.

For some it took a while to come, for others time has just begun.



Time is either friend or foe. It may run too fast or crawl too slow.

But whether it scolds or flatters, one clock is constant - Family Matters.



Lives intertwine and then unravel. Some dive in while others dabble.

And whether it be choice or chance, We're all adorned by circumstance.



We pay our money and roll the dice. And perhaps we win once or twice.

But whether in riches or in tatters, one bet is sure - Family Matters.



God sent us here. He has a plan. God looks beyond the mortal man,

into the depths of what can be, beyond what the eyes of man can see.



If to reach God's viewpoint we aspire, then each day we must climb higher.

Together each day we climb that eternal ladder, because forever is a Family Matter.







Friday, February 19, 2010

Book Review - The Awakening Heart by Betty J. Eadie

My rating: 1 of 5 stars
Ms. Eadie experienced one of the most profound near death episodes on file. I believe there is a lot to be learned about the nature of God and our mortal journey from studying such experiences. However, while her first book told of her experience, this book tells of her road to getting "Embraced by the Light" published. I stopped reading at page 108.


While Ms. Eadie appears to be a very spiritual person, I just cannot relate to her. She talks of all her trials while she seems to almost flaunt her relationship to God and Jesus Christ. For whatever the reason, I just got the feeling that she felt superior to the rest of us poor schmucks who have never had a near death experience. I don't think that was her intention at all but I couldn't shake the feeling. When I compare the telling of her experience to that of Lori Newman in her book, "Here All Along", it's night and day as to empathizing with the person and the siutation. Ms. Newman comes across as real, Ms. Eadie does not.


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