Monthly Archives: April 2018

On the Citizenship Students’ Question and Solzhenitsyn’s “Warning To The West”

Posted on April 30, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila The Question During the early 2000s I taught Citizenship classes to people going through the lengthy, multi-part process of becoming Naturalized United States citizens. Lessons included basic U.S. history, government, and the rights and responsibilities of citizens, information … Continue reading →

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“Where the Rubber Meets the Road…Jesus Christ”: On Reality–and Encouragement

Posted on April 23, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila In the din of “what wickedness this way comes” (and seems to intensify daily) in the fast deteriorating geopolitical, spiritual, social, and physical world within which we live in 2018, I often need reminding of the foundation … Continue reading →

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“Do One Thing Every Day That Makes You Happy”: Today’s Contribution! Enjoy!

Posted on April 16, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila In the midst of–and despite–all the bad/fake/real/awful/depressing (insert anything else you can think of here) news (after all, “if it bleeds, it leads”) HEY: DO ONE THING EVERY DAY THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

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How to Help the Victims of White Genocide in South Africa

Posted on April 12, 2018 by pbn

Perhaps you, too, have come across some the  news about the severe racism endangering the lives and farms of White Afrikaners in South Africa. There is very little published in the U.S. on this, but many exposes and pleas for … Continue reading →

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Not Much Time Left to “Be About the Father’s Business”?

Posted on April 11, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Perhaps you’ve been tracking the Zuckerberg Congressional testimony. If not, here is just one good summary a believer might be very interested in featuring, among other issues (such as the company’s alliance with Cambridge Analytica to “assist” both … Continue reading →

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Dealing With (Political and Other) Narcissists With Insights from David Johnston’s “Second Mile Principle”

Posted on April 8, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila In some of my recent posts I have been offering my perspective on the state of “lethal rage,” you might put it, that I have observed in the behaviors and vitriol from some the extremist ends of … Continue reading →

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Spirit-Lifting Flash Mob Amid Fearful Trash Mobs…

Posted on April 6, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila You may have already had the pleasure of viewing the musical “flash mob” in a London supermarket, linked below, where shoppers and workers alike performed an operatic selection. I thought that in the midst of all the … Continue reading →

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Words of Prophecy for 2018, Part 3: On Spiritual Warfare, Sun-tzu, and Resisting the “Race to the Bottom of the Brain”

Posted on April 3, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Introduction to this series from Part 1: “Bringing Prodigals Home” Part 2: “Focus, Fill, and Fight” SPIRITUAL WARFARE There has been a lot of good information and commentary  over time on the specific nature of the (spiritual) “weapons … Continue reading →

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Condemnation or Compassion? Lessons from the Emmaus Road (From a Teacher’s Heart)

Posted on April 1, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila This is a re-blog from 2015 that returns to my heart today, Easter Sunday, 2018. The message is timeless. THE GAPS Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven … Continue reading →

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