http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes Living as a HER-oe, living your faith out loud is a day to day adventure. Ladies, we are all HER-oes and it's the little things in life that create the stuff HER-oes are made of. I hope you find inspiration, joy, encouragement and a chuckle or two in these musings. Pleae visit the HER-oes website at www.HER-oes.com to find out more about the HER-oes ministry. en HERoes HERoes Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:10:54 +0100 daily 1 Hello All! Unfortunately, there have been some access issues with this blog so I have had to find a new home.  Click here  for the new blog location. Anita Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:10:54 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/The-Blog-has-moved/8/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/The-Blog-has-moved/8/ NBC evidently heard enough from it’s viewers to understand that the upcoming episode of Will and Grace scheduled to be aired on Good Friday was an affront to people all over the country and has now announced it’s plans to drop the “Cruci-fixins” plot line.   Am I relieved that the death of our Lord and Savior will not be mocked and belittled on Good Friday (or any time for that matter)?   Of course!   Do I see this as some sort of repentance and turning away from the Christian bashing that NBC has been engaging in?   Not really.   The foul stench of “The Book of Daniel” is still all too acrid in my nostrils.     In fact, NBC has continued to be defiant and dishonest when it responds to genuine Christian outrage at having our faith and our Lord mocked. When NBC released their statement to address the Will and Grace issue, they referred to some "erroneous information" that was "mistakenly included in a press release... Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:15:51 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/Giving-Credit-Where-Credit-is-Due/7/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/Giving-Credit-Where-Credit-is-Due/7/ A note to the reader - This is not my normal, gentle reflective entry.   My passions have been aroused and I am compelled to share this with you and besides -   it’s my blog and I’ll rant if I want to!”   I have been whipped into lather for the past month regarding NBC’s blatant disrespect for Christianity.   For years I have seen this anti-Christian trend heating up and the boiling point happened when they tried to present “The Book of Daniel” as entertainment and not the tacky, blasphemous, poorly written piece of junk it was.  I wrote to NBC, I wrote to my local NBC affiliate, I wrote to sponsors.   My initial email elicited a response from the President & General Manager of my local NBC affiliate in Spokane, Lon C. Lee whose thinly veiled chastisement of my jumping on the Christian bandwagon to protest a show that had not yet aired was typical.   He informed me that he had screened the first episode and that “ The tone of the... Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:57:28 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/NBC-The-Narrow-and-Bigoted-Channel/6/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/NBC-The-Narrow-and-Bigoted-Channel/6/ Last Sunday we lit the first Advent candle at church, the candle of hope.    Hope.   The dictionary defines it as: To wish for something with expectation of its fulfillment. Or To have confidence; trust.   This talk of hope caused me to think about the hopes that I have.   I decided that I could separate my hopes into three categories, trivial hopes, little hopes and huge hopes.   My trivial hopes would include the hope that the 30 minutes of shoveling I did yesterday morning at 7:00am would rack enough Weight Watcher activity points to mitigate any unauthorized eating I might engage in during the day.   Or that we would have the job of garage organizing done in time to get both cars in the garage before the snow arrived.   A little hope, that would be the hope that my constant repeating of the phrase “jewelry is ALWAYS a tasteful gift” to my husband would be influential in his Christmas gift decisions.   Or it could... Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:38:50 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/Hope/5/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/Hope/5/ Our adopted robin whose nest graces the curve of the gutter spout by the dining room window is gone.   I cannot believe how much I miss her and how sad I was the first morning I discovered she and her little ones had left.   Each morning I would take my coffee cup into the dining room and open the blinds to check on “Momma’s” progress.   There was an inordinate amount of time of nest sitting but then finally we could see eggs in the nest.   Almost overnight it seemed as though the eggs had turned into 4 little eternally hungry birds.   Momma worked day and night to feed her brood.   She would race down to the lawn after the evening sprinkling session and gather up as many worms as possible.   When we worked in the back yard, she would always be on the alert, flying to the fence, drawing attention away from her family.   Her vigorous scoldings left no doubt that though she might be little, she was fiercely protective.   ... Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:08:08 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/More-on-the-Messy-Blessing/4/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/More-on-the-Messy-Blessing/4/ I will preface the comments in this entry in my blog with a disclaimer.   It is not my intention to offend any happy city dwellers.   I made a solemn vow to my sister-in-law that when we moved I would not become an “L.A. Basher” so understand dear readers, that I may consider the theme song to Green Acres my own, but I understand this is not the case for everyone (and a good thing or we would all be living in the same place!)   I moved from L.A. and left so much of my stress behind.   The ramped up city lifestyle was wearing on me.   Road rage, traffic jams, smog, crime, graffiti, earthquakes.   I had had enough.   The city held no joy for me and I was longing to return to a more rural lifestyle.   A life that offered the richness of afternoon walks, nearby fishing streams and wildlife in abundance.   Living is this pastoral beauty surrounded by mountains and tall trees, seeing deer graze behind my fence (and we live in town),... Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:17:14 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/A-Shaky-Foundation/3/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/A-Shaky-Foundation/3/ I read an article today about three Christian women in Indonesia who are being tried for violating the “child protection” laws because they are leading   Sunday School classes in their local church.   As reported by the Christian Wire Service, “ a mob of radical Islamists arrived by the truckload at the court where the proceedings continued. The mob gathered just outside the courthouse; and as the three women arrived for their trial, police forces had to hold back the assembled mob from attacking the women, as they shouted "Allahu akbar! (God is great!) Dr. Rebekah is evil, hang them...Shoot her!"  ( Click here ) to read the article. Death threats for teaching children the word of God in Sunday school?   I was brought out of my safe little Christian world immediately after reading this article. How ridiculous I am for feeling satisfied when I stand up for Christ in a social setting.   How small and insignificant I am when I “step out in faith” and tell a... Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:48:53 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/Stepping-Out-Faith-Really-Understand-What-That-Means/2/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/Stepping-Out-Faith-Really-Understand-What-That-Means/2/ “Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see--how good GOD is.   Blessed are you who run to him.”   Psalm 34:8 (The Message) My summer women’s Bible study group is doing John Eldredge’s book Waking The Dead .   The recurring theme of the book is seeing with the eyes of your heart, being aware of the battle the enemy wages all around you and learning to live in the full power and glory of a Christ follower.   I have been uncovering nuggets of truth and revelation all summer and have felt a bit pleased with myself that I am really “getting” the message of this book.    Ah smugness, what a fleeting thing!   After returning home a few weeks ago from a 10-day trip to Southern California to visit family, I was anxious to be home in our little slice of heaven in the Northwest.   I was chomping at the bit to get home, give the “fab four” (our feline family members) a big hug and then don my stunning gardening ensemble and... Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:31:26 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/A-Mess-or-a-Blessing/1/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/HERoes/A-Mess-or-a-Blessing/1/