Monthly Archives: February 2017

When Peace is Threatened by Toxic People, Environments, and Ideologies

Posted on February 22, 2017 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila I have an ongoing interest in the topic of stress as exhibited by the “fight or flight” reaction in our nervous system and mind, and how it affects everything: relationships, families, neighborhoods, and nations.

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A Day WITH Immigrants: Two Students and a Teacher Discuss the OTHER Critical Issue

Posted on February 20, 2017 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Last Friday, in between lessons in an Effective Learning class I teach at a local community college, two of my students and I noticed there were quite a few people absent. Maybe some are getting a head … Continue reading →

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On Receiving God’s Blessings: Religion versus Grace

Posted on February 18, 2017 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila I just heard a preacher say that if you cannot receive the love of God you cannot receive His blessings. (It reminded me of the religion of my youth: do this to get that.) I stopped listening. For … Continue reading →

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Prophecy Patterns, Part 8 of 8: the Metonic Cycle, Shortness of Time, and Jesus’ Peace

Posted on February 14, 2017 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila part 1   part 2    part 3    part 4    Addendum    part 5    part 6    part 7 My sister and researcher Claire Gumbs offers another Biblical prophecy pattern concerning time in the … Continue reading →

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Is Trump Hitler? An Interesting Perspective.

Posted on February 12, 2017 by pbn

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On the State of Political Rage, Part 3: “Headline Stress Disorder”–What They Said

Posted on February 8, 2017 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila WHAT THE THERAPIST SAID Therapist Steven Stosny, Ph.D. has come up with a new category of the kind of rage of which I recently wrote in parts one and two of this series. Stosny calls it, “Headline … Continue reading →

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On the State of Political Rage, Part 2: Mind Control a Factor–Then and Now?

Posted on February 5, 2017 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila THE RAGE–THEN AND NOW In my previous post I touched on the growing concerns many people have about the state of intense rage demonstrated just now by some who are opposed to the recent election in the … Continue reading →

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On the State of Political Rage: A Tri-Part Battle; Nevertheless, Hope

Posted on February 2, 2017 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila THE RAGE Are you beginning to think that the current state of rage on the part of the far left in the United States is unprecedented–and very disturbing? If so, you join a growing number of people … Continue reading →

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