tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17937506.post417296277530422359..comments2023-10-24T08:51:39.726-05:00Comments on In Lay Terms: Roy G. BivRosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10308078791932985528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17937506.post-70482297934970678772007-06-11T11:02:00.000-05:002007-06-11T11:02:00.000-05:00First, if you have dress clothes (fashionable or n...First, if you have dress clothes (fashionable or not) to donate, my office (The Public Defender) has a closet that takes donations of clothes that a client can wear in front of a jury. Let me know if you want more info.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, I love the idea of a rainbow as a promise. My mother adored rainbows, and I remember the day of her death having to drive through rural Montana to pack up a camp site we had stayed at the night before the accident, we all saw a couple different rainbows in the sky. It was, indeed, a comforting reminder that even in the midst of the deepest tragedy I have yet to know, God was still with us and promising that things would indeed get better.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494094330753506579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17937506.post-25894632599944070302007-06-04T19:50:00.000-05:002007-06-04T19:50:00.000-05:00In my community in Dallas, every year we used Than...In my community in Dallas, every year we used Thanksgiving as an opportunity to go through our personal stuff and simplify. Even with religious vowed to personal poverty, it was amazing how much accumulates. Since I was transferred just about every three years, that also provided a regular opportunity to simplify and donate. We even had each novice move from the room he was in twice during the year, partly as a lesson in how much stuff he had.<BR/><BR/>Not only a salutary lesson in detachment, an opportunity to give to others.<BR/><BR/>And a sign of the promise, to top it off!Michael Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942287172727040371noreply@blogger.com