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2014-01-16T10:56:29-05:00
Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.
Resting is Easy, Anyone Can Do It
Last updated on: January 16, 2014 at 10:56 am By Susan Cottrell
My brother Paul was mentally and physically handicapped. His right arm was paralyzed from a birth defect, and he walked with a limp. He had the same genes of intelligence the rest of us kids had but limited understanding. Brain damage caused by lack of oxygen at birth. So he had a strange mix smart and not smart. He could recite the state capitals in alphabetical order, and he surprised us with insight into the conversation — like an epiphany —... Read more
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2014-01-15T10:54:42-05:00
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Afraid to Come Out
Last updated on: January 15, 2014 at 10:54 am By Susan Cottrell
“I felt the earth shake under my feet, I was horrified, shamed, and considered suicide. I confessed my relationship to my leaders. Then the nightmare began.” To all my friends, including new friends from the GCN Conference, so glad you are here. I was eager to write about the conference, but I am very sick. On the couch, tissues in hand. : ( So today, I am posting a story that a FreedHearts reader shared with me, which I share with... Read more
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2014-01-13T12:05:00-05:00
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God’s Love Abundant at GCN Conference
Last updated on: January 13, 2014 at 12:05 pm By Susan Cottrell
My heart is brimming with God’s love for some 700 LGBTQ men and women and supportive family! I spent four days at the Gay Christian Network Conference in Chicago with this group of gays, lesbians, transgender men and women at every point on the journey. Some believe God blesses same-sex, committed relationships (Side A), and some believe God requires gays to be celibate (Side B). These are Christians across the spectrum — Evangelicals, Lutherans, Methodists, Catholics, Nazarenes, and so many others —... Read more
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2014-01-08T09:34:37-05:00
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Relationship Is Everything
Last updated on: January 8, 2014 at 9:34 am By Susan Cottrell
My sweet Natalie works at Marriott. On a recent visit to Phoenix, I ran into a friend of Natalie’s in the hotel lobby, a friend we’ve known forever and who worked with Natalie at their first property. She mentioned that the desk manager had been at that same property with them. So I went to introduce myself to him as Natalie’s mom. I was already anticipating a wonderful, Oh, so nice to meet you! I love Natalie… , because not... Read more
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2013-12-31T11:07:14-05:00
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The Year In Review
Last updated on: December 31, 2013 at 11:07 am By Susan Cottrell
It’s hard to believe that it was just this past March when I began this FreedHearts journey with you. What a year!! Thank you for your love, support & encouragement, and I want to thank God for this wonderful, messy, beautiful experience of getting to know God and His heart better. We look forward to a colorful, incredible 2014. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. Susan Cottrell’s FreedHearts blog was viewed about 500,000 times... Read more
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2013-12-28T12:46:26-05:00
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Saving Daddy
Last updated on: December 28, 2013 at 12:46 pm By Susan Cottrell
We LOVED the movie Saving Mr. Banks. Loved it! Emma Thompson is my personal favorite, and Tom Hanks is always good, too. I didn’t see Mary Poppins until I was in college. My friend summed up the story: “It’s about the dad’s redemption.” Not the magical nanny who comes to manage these children, nor the children who need to be managed, but the dad’s redemption. I love that. The screentime and singable scenes go to Mary Poppins, the chimneysweep, and the... Read more
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2013-12-23T11:01:17-05:00
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Have A Wonderful Life!
Last updated on: December 23, 2013 at 11:01 am By Susan Cottrell
“I thought that being faithful was about becoming someone other than who I was… and it was not until this project failed that I began to wonder if my human wholeness might be more useful to God than my exhausting goodness.” – Barbara Brown Taylor in Leaving Church I’m NOT a stay-in-the-lines person. In fact, I pretty much live my whole life outside the lines. Some of my ideas send old-time religionists into apoplexy. But I love, love, Jesus. Love. Yesterday,... Read more
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2013-12-19T11:01:26-05:00
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LOVE Your Kids. Just Love ‘Em!
Last updated on: December 19, 2013 at 11:01 am By Susan Cottrell
Christmas is on its way. So perhaps are your kids. What will the holiday hold? So, I’m a mom, and I understand how easy it is to continue to direct my kids. If they would just do this or tweak that. But may I tell you? Once they’re up and out, you’re teaching time is pretty much over. Your time to make them into ‘the person you think they should be’ is gone… (and honestly, it was an illusion all... Read more
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2013-12-18T11:19:39-05:00
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A White Jesus?
Last updated on: December 18, 2013 at 11:19 am By Susan Cottrell
Our pastor Rick received a big plastic nativity scene as a gag gift last year. What struck him, he said, was how white they all were. Mary had a pink gown and blonde hair! Nevermind that only the wealthy royalty had access to pink, and blonde is out of the question–we love to clean up the stories, make them more palatable instead of gritty and messy. Rick (who’s an artist) took some brown paint and UNgentrified them! Mary and Joseph. Pregnant... Read more
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2013-12-16T11:22:32-05:00
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How Does God Appear to You?
Last updated on: December 16, 2013 at 11:22 am By Susan Cottrell
As Christmas approaches, I write you personally about knowing God. Personally. Intimately. Some children see Him lily white, The baby Jesus born this night. Some children see Him lily white, With tresses soft and fair. Some children see Him bronzed and brown, The Lord of heav’n to earth come down. Some children see Him bronzed and brown, With dark and heavy hair. Some children see Him almond-eyed, This Savior whom we kneel beside. Some children see Him almond-eyed, With skin... Read more
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