Posted on 03/18/2006 11:51:33 AM PST by twippo
Cocktail napkins . . . coffee, soda and flavored tea close by . . . and copies of a slim, poetry-size book placed invitingly around the room, like a party favor. Looks like a party. "If I ask you - 'Who are you?' - what would you say?" Linda Graber threw the challenge to the half-dozen women seated around the table. The stories that came back were threaded with good and bad: tales of miscarriages and missed chances, as well as long, good marriages and a new yearning to bring fresh purpose and passion to life. Graber is co-host, along with Terri Baxter, of the first Purpose Party held in Colorado...
(Excerpt) Read more at rockymountainnews.com ...
Purpose Driven Pablum, Scripture Twisting Bump!!!
Remember when the Prayer of Jabez was the big fad a few years ago?
These women are so bored they have to have a party to discover a purpose in their lives?!!
They're Desperate Christian Wives.
Oh, dear.
Well, it does happen in families. If the children are old enough, they'll want to know what happened to their brother or sister. There's a way to explain it age-appropriately, just like explaining other aspects of reproduction.
I've had two miscarriages, so I understand the concept ... but it seems to me that if children are old enough to realize their mother is expecting a baby (and not just fat, as my 5-year-old kindly mentioned to me a couple of months ago), then they're old enough for a simple, verbal explanation of pregnancy loss from their parents.
Just my own opinion, of course, but if one of my church ladies mentioned a children's book on miscarriage to me, I'd think she needed to work through her own grief with a good Christian counselor, not project it onto young children.
mega-dittoes
I would have to agree with you.
Angel in the Waters -- New Pro-Life book for children [Tissue Alert]
I have that ... it's beautiful!
"If I ask you - 'Who are you?' - what would you say?"
The Vorlon's question.
Purpose Drivel Lies.
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The Purpose-Driven Life, which has sold more than 22 million copies since 2002. Publishers Weekly calls it "the best-selling hardcover nonfiction book in publishing history."
,,, Landmark's "Forum" comes to mind.
Here is a blunt criticism of PDL by Thomas McMahon. The original PDF text has been put in easier html format.
http://www.angelfire.com/mo3/truegospel65804/article-pdl.html
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