by Skyla Soles | Oct 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’m a few years older than the last time I offered advice (A Little Advice), and while I still don’t feel like I can tell you all that several more years could tell you, I do think I can tell you more than before. Get the truth, the whole truth, and...
by Skyla Soles | Oct 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Sometimes we hear or say, “I don’t want your pity,” or, “I don’t need your charity.” Pity and charity are not bad, and needing them isn’t bad either. Somehow these two good words have developed a negative connotation. If you...
by Skyla Soles | Sep 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
I was looking back last night at some things I’ve written, not just on this blog, but also from an old notebook of schoolwork that spans from 1999 to 2004. Not to brag or anything, but my writing has greatly improved since I was 8 years old. It’s even...
by Skyla Soles | Sep 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
When you recount a problem you’ve had with someone else, you’re often telling it as the one who didn’t do anything wrong, or at least the one who wasn’t as wrong at the other person. Even when you were in the wrong and even if you admit it, you...
by Skyla Soles | Sep 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Last night’s sermon was in the book of Lamentations. Oddly enough, there are places in this book of lamenting that talk about having hope. As we looked at what the writer had hope in, we saw that it wasn’t just hoping for things that would get better in...
