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The Good That Can Come From Grief

RHONDA SCIORTINO

9 min

The Good That Can Come From Grief

I used to wonder who had the twisted sense of humor to call the day of Jesus’ crucifixion, “good.” Yet the Friday before Easter is commonly referred to as Good Friday. As someone who was raised by atheists, I couldn’t see anything good about it. These people who followed this guy named Jesus were helpless as they watched him be tortured and killed without a proper trial and without so much as a legitimate accusation of wrongdoing. As I read the story, even the man who served

The Good That Can Come From Grief

RHONDA SCIORTINO

9 min

The Good That Can Come From Grief

I used to wonder who had the twisted sense of humor to call the day of Jesus’ crucifixion, “good.” Yet the Friday before Easter is commonly referred to as Good Friday. As someone who was raised by atheists, it couldn’t see anything good about it. These people who followed this guy named Jesus were helpless as they watched him be tortured and killed without a proper trial and without so much as a legitimate accusation of wrongdoing. As I read the story, even the man who served

Here are 11 good things you can do during quarantine

RHONDA SCIORTINO

2 min

Here are 11 good things you can do during quarantine

What a wonderful opportunity to enhance our relationships with the people we claim to care about the most. We have an unprecedented opportunity as a nation to hit the reset button on our closest and most cherished relationships. Here are 11 ideas for how to do that. Enjoy shared experiences as a family. Watch a show, movie, or videos. Watch stand-up comedy. Laugh together. Enjoy one another. Create good memories. Do Just Dance, Wii Party, or some other physical activity toget

Worship Is Work and Work Is Worship

Rhonda Sciortino

3 min

Worship Is Work and Work Is Worship

I know I’m going to get some grief for what I’m about to say. Nevertheless, here goes. A lot of people think that worshipping God means going to church, singing songs, praying, and listening to a message. That can be worship if our hearts are in it. It can even be worship if we’re making a sacrifice of dragging our exhausted carcasses out of bed to get there. Sometimes it’s all we can do to show up. Going to church is not worship if we’re going because it’ll connect us social

How To Live With Someone Who Acts Like A Jerk

Rhonda Sciortino

8 min

How To Live With Someone Who Acts Like A Jerk

#3 in Love Is Action series The advice that follows comes from successfully surviving the first 16 years of my life being raised by a man who was mentally ill and a woman who was an alcoholic and addict (she probably medicated her pain because she was married to an extremely abusive, mentally ill man), and from my own “jerky” behavior that resulted from my painful upbringing. I didn’t learn what I know from a book or a university classroom. What I’m about to share with you is

How To Deal With Someone Who Acts Like A Jerk

Rhonda Sciortino

4 min

How To Deal With Someone Who Acts Like A Jerk

#1 in Love Is Action Series Lots of us were raised by parents who were alcoholics or drugs addicts, or who acted like jerks, or who were mentally ill, or all of the above. Many of us had a sibling or other family member who suffered with a bad attitude or mental illness (or who had a personality that we suffered from). Being a child living with a parent who laughs at your behavior one day and slaps you across the room for the same behavior the next day makes you unsure of yo

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Why We Do Things We Shouldn't

Rhonda Sciortino

3 min

Why We Do Things We Shouldn't

Ask yourself why you do what you do. Why do you eat or drink too much or use drugs? Why do you go from one bad relationship to the next? Why do you buy things you don't need? Many people say they do what they have to in order to relax, because they deserve it, to make them feel better, etc. But the real reason for the bad choices we make is deeper than that—and simpler. We make bad choices and engage in wrong behavior when we don’t feel loved and accepted. It’s just that

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Civility, Where Are You?

Rhonda Sciortino

2 min

Civility, Where Are You?

What happened to the America of my youth? I don’t normally engage in conversation about politics, not because I don’t care, but because I’m a recovering political addict. If I get just a little taste, I’m not sure I can stop again. I’m daring to go near it just this once because I think it’s important, and I think I have enough self-control not to be overtaken. If I were just waking from a 30 year coma, I wouldn’t know what alternate universe I had awakened into. Thirty years

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