{"id":19818,"date":"2018-08-26T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=19818"},"modified":"2021-05-05T16:50:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:50:14","slug":"5-friday-faves-pursuing-truth-giving-voice-to-the-voiceless-connecting-skill-biomedical-treatment-for-autism-and-an-antique-store-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=19818","title":{"rendered":"5 Friday Faves – Pursuing Truth, Giving Voice to the Voiceless, Connecting Skill, Biomedical Treatment for Autism, and an Antique Store Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friday has come…and gone. Finishing up this Faves on an early Sunday morning. Summer has wound down. School starts here in a week. Family visits. New babies. Friends back in town. Lots going on. Still…wanted to close the week out with my faves…and you.<\/p>\n

1) Pursuing Truth <\/strong>– Deception is a problem of the culture that can become very personal. When something is spoken through public media as if it’s true, or someone we know speaks with confidence and authority, we are tempted to believe it is true…without weighing its validity. This is not always the case…in fact, too often we must sift through motives and spin to get to the meat of the matter.<\/p>\n

From the time our children were little, we have tried to teach them how to sort out what is true. In the culture today, celebrities<\/a> opt out of critical thinking by saying such things as “your truth”.<\/p>\n

There is truth. How can it be colored so many individual ways?<\/p>\n

I’m very thankful for the opportunity for table talk even today with our adult children. Sitting over dinner discussing faith, politics, and society…along with music, film, babies, and the latest technology.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m also grateful for friends who can be worlds apart on some ideologies but are bound together by relationship. They teach me so much. In fact, I have sought out some friendships, in the beginning, for those very differences. These are people whose passion and determination in living their passions. They help me make sure I haven’t pigeon-holed a certain worldview without considering what is winsome about it.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Nothing has changed about my belief in a good God…that deepens as I get older.\u00a0 He will answer for Himself one day, as He chooses. On what may have confused any of us, in our human frailty, about both His justice and mercy. I will also answer one day about my own grasp of that and how it influenced my dealings with others.<\/p>\n

I do believe that God has given us a guide for life in the Scriptures<\/a>. I don’t understand it all, but I would not be so bold as to throw out some parts while I cling to others. Absolutely sure He can protect His own story through the ages…from getting lost in translation.<\/p>\n

Anyway, what do you think about pursuing truth? It doesn’t happen without intentionality. We are being blasted with “someone’s truth” most all the time. Growing weary of pursuing truth would not go well for us.<\/p>\n

Pursuing the Truth Requires Modesty About Ourselves<\/em><\/a> – Mona Charen<\/a><\/p>\n

Monday Morning Moment – the Essence and Ethics of Spin in Our Work, Our Politics, and Our Community<\/em> – Deb Mills<\/a><\/p>\n

2) Giving Voice to the Voiceless – <\/strong>Two friends and I are doing a study together, along with many others online. It is\u00a0 Arise: a Study on God’s Heart for Justice<\/em><\/a>. Easy to do – very thought-provoking and convicting.\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: IF Gathering<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s a six-week look at God’s heart for justice and came at just the right time for me. Some of us are deeply engaged with turning stories of injustice into hope and healing. I am not one of those but so want to be.\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: IF Gathering<\/a><\/p>\n