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Friday, February 5, 2010

Just a Reminder

In case you forgot, I have a website, http://www.kathiek.com. It has been up and running since June of 2009. Please check it out!

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Update...Check Out My Website at kathiek.com!!

Clearly, I haven't written in a while...at least, not on this blog. I have been working on two websites (the first one is for me; the second one is for my teaching job and will not be available to the general public). The first one, called Below the Surface, is now up and running. Click here to check it out. I am attempting to post fairly regularly on the blog on my website, so I may not post to this blog for a while. I am not ready to give this one up yet (I really like it), but juggling two websites and a blog is something I am not quite ready to attempt. I hope you will visit my website and check it often. I will be updating it with new blog posts and podcast episodes, hopefully once a week (at least for the blog, new podcast episodes will probably not occur as often).


Other news:
  • My son seems to be doing better. We are hopeful that he will continue to work on issues and make good decisions. Please continue to pray as you are led.
  • I have submitted an article (more later) and I am waiting to find out if it will be accepted.
  • I have made an inquiry about voice-over work and rates with a talent agency in Philadelphia and I am waiting to hear from them.
  • My summer vacation ends August 31. It seems my school will remain open. By God's grace, enrollment will increase.
I would certainly appreciate your prayers, as God leads you, in each of these areas. Thank you for all your prayer, encouraging words, and support. You are all (and you know who you are) a great blessing to me! God bless you and fill you with His grace and peace.


Saturday, July 4, 2009

A Plea for Prayer

Please continue to stand with me and my family in prayer. The news regarding my son is not good; in fact, every time we hear something, it is worse than we thought. It's like a nightmare from which we cannot awake. Our hearts are broken. "Sadness consumes most of [our] days", as my husband said in a recent e-mail to our son.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Celebrity, in My Opinion

Many people have had much to say regarding the passing of Michael Jackson. Whatever your thoughts about him, it must be acknowledged that he made a huge impact on the entertainment industry, as well as our culture...that is an undisputed fact. I am not here to sing his praises, nor am I here to judge him. Plenty of people are doing that already, we do not need my voice added to the mix. I do not know all the facts of his life, none of us do. We may think we know who he was or was not and what he did or did not do, but in reality, we only know in part. Unless we took part in some action or event, or were a direct witness to it, or a beneficiary or victim of it, can we ever really know the whole truth of it? Unless we know all the facts pertaining to any given subject, whatever we might say about it is only conjecture and opinion. We certainly may choose to air our opinions, but that is all they are...opinions. We may hold them dearly and believe them deeply, but that does not change what they are.


Something else that does not change is the way we make celebrities of people. We honor people for any number of things: their gifts and talents, their looks, their money, their fashion, their influence, their intelligence, the list goes on. Of course, honor should be given, where it is due, but I am not talking about that. I am talking about the way we admire, even idolize people. We put these people on pedestals and they become the recipients of our adulation.

When they and their pedestals crack, as they invariably do, we are only too happy to turn on them. We turn on them because we can now see their frailty, their imperfection, their corruption, their humanity. They are flawed, after all. Their flaws are more visible to the general populace because of the celebrity we gave them. When that happens, their celebrity becomes tarnished and they shine less brightly in our eyes. What must be remembered is that we are all imperfect because we are all human. Maybe we have different flaws or imperfections, but we still have them. When we put a flawed human being on a pedestal as an object of our adulation or worship, we will eventually experience disappointment because that person was never meant to be the recipient of our worship. That position may only be rightfully filled by the One who is without imperfection. He alone is worthy to receive our worship.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Free

With what words can I
express my gratitude
for the freedom
I have found in You?

What words I could say
would not be enough to
convey the debt
of love I owe You.

I was imprisoned...
held fast by strong chains of
my own making,
forged in fear and sin.

Miraculously,
Your love came rushing in,
striking those chains
and setting me free.

Redeemed and released...
how can it be that I
could ever know 
such joy, such freedom?

My joy is in You,
as is the hope that I
will no longer
imprison myself.

Captivated by
You alone, no longer
bound to this world,
nor constrained by sin...

free to soar above
confusion, shame, and fear...
I fly to You.
Your love gives me wings.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Three Steps Forward...Four Steps Back?

In my last post (oh so long ago) I wrote about what seemed like a positive step my son was taking.  The saying "three steps forward, two steps back", however, just does not begin to cover his present circumstances.  That would imply some progress was being made, no matter how slowly.  At present, it seems as if my son was moving backward...three steps forward, four steps back.  If any progress is being made it is not visible to the naked eye.  I am trusting that God's vision is far better than my own, though I must admit this walking by faith, not by sight gig is not an easy one at times.  Still, I don't know a better way than that to keep hopelessness at bay.          

Saturday, March 28, 2009

A Step in the Right Direction

There is a saying, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."  I am hopeful that my son has taken that first step.  I am writing this to inform those of you who have been so kind to offer up prayers on behalf of my family.  I would like to ask you, as the Lord leads, to continue praying for God's best for my family, for we are not out of the woods yet.  All my family is under my roof right now, which makes me so very happy, but I realize this could still unravel if things aren't addressed, owned up to, and dealt with...and, of course, the best news of all would be if my son returned to the Lord.  Having said that, I am still hopeful that everything will work out for the best.  That is because, as I said in my last post, my hope is in God...