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Carol Hoenig's novel, WITHOUT GRACE, has been awarded the Silver Medal for Book of the Year 2005 by ForeWord Magazine and given First Place for Fiction by the DIY Book Festival. Jada Press also gave her novel honorable mention. Carol's essays, articles, book

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Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife The possibility of life after death: 6 of 52
Unlike archeologists digging deep beneath the deserts in the Middle East for credible proof that the stories in the Bible were more than just that, my exploration is less physical and more mental and goes upward, far beyond into the blue heavens. However, because I am still earthbound, my resources are limited and somewhat si... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Racism How 'white trash' is offensive: 2 of 11
For years I've always had an issue with the phrase "white trash" and when a friend said it the other day, it got me to thinking as to why. It bothers me on so many levels. The highest is the fact that the term implies that if one is not white then they are "trash" by default. The term also implies that there are those who are... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing & Rating at Helium Working through lulls in the writing process: 7 of 25
Anyone who has put pen to paper and believed the words they'd written were as moving as the Gettysburg Address or as weighty as "War and Peace" dreams that one day it will indeed happen. These scribes know what I mean, because they believe it will be only a matter of time before their name is as recognizable in the literary w... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Bush Administration The consequences of "Scooter" Libby's trial for the Bush administration: 6 of 19
Recently, Truthout.org reported on the Vice President's direct connection to wanting Joseph Wilson punished for contradicting what the President had said in his State of the Union speech about Iraq trying to obtain uranium from Africa and it's been going downhill for Cheney since. This was and is news. This revelation was ver... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Christian forgiveness after abortion: 1 of 3
Although it appears that a majority of anti-abortion advocates are men, there was one who understood what it meant for women to have the choice of whether or not to carry a fetus to term. That champion of women's rights, Lawrence Lader, died almost a year ago at the age of 86. I wonder what he thought about the direction our ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Defining Christian faith: 37 of 99
I find it sadly interesting the direction we as a society are going. Or maybe we aren't going in any direction at all, but remaining static. There was that blip on the cultural chart some thirty or so years ago, but if anything, the enlightened meter has shifted downward. Of course, there is a select group who believe the dir... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Moral issues of abortion: 32 of 82
If life is so sacred, why is it that pregnancy can occur as easily by an act of violence as a marital act of love? If life is so sacred, why then is the ability to procreate available to those who aren't even old enough to have a license to drive, but whose hormones are raging; raging so much that abstinence is more difficult... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Africa US politicians- The ongoing violence that now reigns in Darfur: 2 of 5
Sometimes a picture does say a thousand words. There is one particular photo on the cover of the newspaper that I cannot get out of my head. It was a picture from Darfur of some gathered villagers who are bloodied and bandaged. There is one tiny villager, a babyboy or girl, I cannot tellwhose eyes are looking directly into th... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Ghosts & Paranormal Phenomena Living in a haunted house: 17 of 40
What if you finally found the home you want to buy? It's a gorgeous Colonial house with a front porch looking out over a lake and it is priced fairly. You're giddy with excitement, already planning how you will decorate. Even before you go to closing, swatches have been gathered, paint samples collected and rooms mentally arr... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Sexual abuse: Community awareness: 3 of 6
What is the psychological makeup of people who choose to become aid workers, teachers and peacekeepers? Do most of them genuinely believe that children are our future and if we teach them well, they will lead the way? I'm sure that most of them do. However, it does hurt these sincere, charitable beings when there are others w... More..