tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-496895 2012-05-24T00:12:29-04:00 The blog of Jonathan Benz TypePad 26.711192-80.060439http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/fb_pwrd.gifBlueSkyLivinghttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341efa7253ef016305c7d0d9970d 2012-05-24T00:12:29-04:00 2012-05-24T00:16:59-04:00 Jonathan Benz My cousin's daughter Brooke died a few days ago. She was 19. Over the years I got messages when she'd be in a surgery or in hospital and I'd pray. We'd all pray. You see, Brooke was born with some...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=Aforh0bmTdQ:AoW0lYnWD5g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=Aforh0bmTdQ:AoW0lYnWD5g:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=Aforh0bmTdQ:AoW0lYnWD5g:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?i=Aforh0bmTdQ:AoW0lYnWD5g:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://jonathanbenz.typepad.com/jonathans_weblog/2012/05/unquenchable-brooke.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341efa7253ef0168ebb30f25970c 2012-05-22T20:24:37-04:00 2012-05-22T22:10:47-04:00 Jonathan Benz I watched this news clip last night and was so astonished I couldn't really respond until tonight. I'm still astonished and debated whether to post because I don't like giving hate a voice. But I think it's important for people...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=1P4SpyGUMvQ:PwvDUtE_pOw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=1P4SpyGUMvQ:PwvDUtE_pOw:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=1P4SpyGUMvQ:PwvDUtE_pOw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?i=1P4SpyGUMvQ:PwvDUtE_pOw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://jonathanbenz.typepad.com/jonathans_weblog/2012/05/god-have-mercy-it-makes-me-pukin-sick.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341efa7253ef0168eba19c68970c 2012-05-20T09:57:58-04:00 2012-05-20T09:57:58-04:00 Jonathan Benz We live in a historic time of tremendous shifts. New technology has changed not only how we live our lives but how we relate to people on the other side of the globe. Our neighbor is not just the person...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=pt8ktrWaQuU:KCAHiRXNoL0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=pt8ktrWaQuU:KCAHiRXNoL0:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=pt8ktrWaQuU:KCAHiRXNoL0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?i=pt8ktrWaQuU:KCAHiRXNoL0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://jonathanbenz.typepad.com/jonathans_weblog/2012/05/a-viable-option-for-personal-growth-in-todays-ever-shifting-world.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341efa7253ef0167669c1752970b 2012-05-19T15:32:46-04:00 2012-05-19T15:36:05-04:00 Jonathan Benz I'm posting this link below for my readers as I think it is one of the best synopses of the religious culture wars that I've come across yet. Christian writer and blogger Rachel Held Evans gives a warning cry that...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=2ELR90FPr1E:fAV4_BnHRHM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=2ELR90FPr1E:fAV4_BnHRHM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=2ELR90FPr1E:fAV4_BnHRHM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?i=2ELR90FPr1E:fAV4_BnHRHM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://jonathanbenz.typepad.com/jonathans_weblog/2012/05/how-to-win-a-culture-war-and-lose-a-generation.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341efa7253ef0163059e16f2970d 2012-05-17T17:48:49-04:00 2012-05-17T17:48:49-04:00 Jonathan Benz A few weeks ago I blogged about my experience of being bullied in high school. The responses I've received have been amazing, but none as much as this one that a former classmate sent me: Hi Jonathan! It was tough...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=5hj07QVjWgY:rj3LrpcyXxE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=5hj07QVjWgY:rj3LrpcyXxE:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=5hj07QVjWgY:rj3LrpcyXxE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?i=5hj07QVjWgY:rj3LrpcyXxE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://jonathanbenz.typepad.com/jonathans_weblog/2012/05/i-was-one-of-the-main-guys-that-teased-you.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341efa7253ef0167663aef89970b 2012-05-06T19:11:15-04:00 2012-05-06T19:16:43-04:00 Jonathan Benz I had dinner with a friend recently and embroidered across the front of her t-shirt was the following: THE UNIVERSE IS FULL OF ABUNDANCE I couldn't get away from the idea as I had been meditating on the themes of...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=PMSrK3BV360:KjkrsvQiRd8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=PMSrK3BV360:KjkrsvQiRd8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?a=PMSrK3BV360:KjkrsvQiRd8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BlueSkyLiving?i=PMSrK3BV360:KjkrsvQiRd8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> </div>http://jonathanbenz.typepad.com/jonathans_weblog/2012/05/abundance-v-scarcity-mindset.html