Beth’s Blog
I've been blogging since 2012.
It’s no coincidence that’s less than a year after my second divorce, and what I thought was the end of my goal-oriented life. I write about unifying life experiences—often the stuff people think but don’t say out loud.
You will find posts on both overcoming traumatic events and achieving goals including the following topics:
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- divorce
- having cancer (leukemia) and a Bone Marrow Transplant
- mom/daughter dynamics
- raising a teenager
- single-parenting
- dating as an almost 40-year-old (not) virgin
- Christianity
- becoming an avid marathoner
- and empty-nesting.
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Oh…and I write a lot about leadership, career development, corporate culture and USING YOUR VOICE in the workplace. #changeyourtone.
Latest on the blog
Unity
I know this is a lot to take in…trust me. I do. Totally get it. But here’s what I can tell you: if I can read through stuff and at least begin to kind of, maybe, a little bit feel like it makes more sense than it ever has over the course of the last 40+ […]
Finishing Up the Race on the Roman Road
I know. I’m remiss in posting. Lemme tell you why and you can pick out the lame excuses versus the REALLY lame excuses… My house looks like Christmas. I don’t just do Christmas a little. I DO CHRISTMAS. So there’s lights and trees and sparkles and stuff everywhere, including the occasional turkey or pumpkin which […]
Two EE’s. (as in not the Winery but Ethical Exhortations)
(1) Spiritual Worship and the Body of Christ: (A) Discuss how Romans 12:1–2 is a transition from the argument in Romans 1–11 and what follows in the ethical exhortations of 12–15. How is the “spiritual worship” a culminating image that portrays the ‘embodiment’ of the powerful gospel message? How is the rest of the […]
Kicking off the Thankful
I’m in week 6 of 7 of class. Just finished a “Close Reading” paper which I thought had a strange moniker since I have to read everything closely now in that, um, yeah…eye-sight after 40 thing. Turns out all that crappity-crap people lament about is turning out to be true. Self-fulfilling prophetic jerks. Speaking of […]
Wild Olives and Irrevocability
(I’m tired. Tired equals less words. You’re welcome.) (3) “All Israel shall be Saved”: (A) Briefly discuss your understanding of Paul’s argument in 11:1–32, and especially his “olive branch” metaphor. How do you see Paul explaining his ministry in relationship to the reception of the gospel by both gentiles and Jews? What do you think […]
It’s All Working Out – Or, Outerworking… Whichever
You guys probably think I’m slacking. It’s actually crunch time, as in, we are in week 5 of 7 of class and EVERYTHING is due at once. I’m knee-deep in a close reading assignment (I chose Romans 1:18-32 – ’cause you know, I’m nothing if not easy and non-controversial) and am still trying to answer these weekly […]
Election That Really Trumps
(1) “In order that God’s purpose according to election might continue, not by works, but by the One who calls”: (A) Again, Paul offers a retelling of Israel’s story, beginning with Patriarchs and passing through the Exodus on to the Judgment-of-Exile, to make his point. Here, Paul is addressing the crucial problem of “Israel’s unbelief”. […]
Weak…Week…Four
I’m not even going to post the zillion-parts to Question 2 of 3 due this Thursday. One, I am so tired and still have one more question to go before I can muster up enough strength to ply my butt out of this chair and away from my desk. And two, if my writing is […]
Bondage
(1) Baptism and the New Exodus: Narrative can be understood both as a genre (a kind of writing, like a novel, history, etc.) and as a framework of thought. Wright seems to argue that in this Epistle Paul is operating with an implicit, undergirding narrative framework of a story that comes from Paul’s understanding of […]
