Betty Whitaker Jackson

05 Apr

The View from Here April 5 Weekend Widow

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One of the great things about this retirement lifestyle is that finally, after all these years going separate ways because of W O R K, Ev and I are able to spend inordinate amounts of time together. It was hard at first to adjust to 24 hour togetherness, the dream of newlyweds, huh? When we first retired in 2007, I disliked waking up to, “What will we do today, Dear?” on a fairly regular basis. Yes, we had a new…..

04 Apr

The View from Here Book blurb: Job Loss: What’s Next? A Step by Step Action Plan

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Bookblurb Job Loss: What’s Next?

Whether due to downsizing, layoffs, business failures, staff cuts, or retirement, JOB LOSS is traumatic. Not only is it painful to the person affected, it impacts his friendships, his families, his former coworkers, his community, and most certainly will change his life, perhaps permanently. In this economy, not a street in America has been immune to witnessing the immense tarnishing of the American Dream.

This book takes the reader, no, the participant, victim, or…..

03 Apr

The View from Here April 3 Restoration

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Jesus came to restore mankind to a right relationship with His Father God. Sin stood, and still stands, in the way of that union. While man’s propensity for sin remains, the solution is Christ’s sacrificial love which pays for that sin, amazing as that is. becuase God loves us, Christ was sent to bring us back to know and enjoy God forever.

This was great news to the Greek and Roman world, and should be to post-modern America. However, the…..

31 Mar

The View From Here Easter March 31

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EASTER

Rejoice, Rejoice, Ye People!

You see the empty tomb: He is not

Here, for He has Risen! He has risen! Indeed.

The yawning tomb where sorrowing friends placed him

Is barren ========================= He’s not here!

Amazing to ========================= Believe it’s true!

Although He==========================Told us to expect it,

Like many other==========================Words He taught us,

We just didn’t know==========================Until He showed…..

29 Mar

The View from Here March 28

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When a planned program includes all the sensory images possible, it reaches people in unbelievable depths of understanding. Just such a program is planned for tonight in our church.

A living tableau of the Last Supper, acted out beautifully in costume and the setting of the Upper room, behind a carefully lighted scrim provides rich visual stimulation.

The choir anthems, beautiful solos, and the narration of the Last Supper, and the sermon reminding us of the transformational nature of this…..

29 Mar

The View from Here: Good Friday March 28

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This Black day

When evil sin

Holds full sway

Against the true

Pure Innocence

Of the Christ, the Son of God. Rich Royal red blood

Oozes then flows from slashed scourge marks striping

His bared back and deep punctures from the plaited

Twisted thorns of the mocking crown piercing His

His…..

25 Mar

The View from Here March 26 Encouragement

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With all the negatives oppressing our psyches each day, I submit we who know Christ need to become salt and light. In other words, we need to add the zest and beauty which encourages others.

I know in my heart I need to visit sick friends. I find it very difficult to do so. Perhaps it’s not my gift. I do not readily show compassion and can easily become depressed when I encounter the sadness of illness, especially if the…..

24 Mar

The View from Here March 24 Palm Sunday

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The beginning of Holy Week always fills me with a sense of awe, that God would love us so much, He finalized the plan of salvation by sacrificing His Son so that we might live the life He wants for us.

As an earthly mortal, and a mother, I am sure I would do anything for my children, sacrificing myself for them in a minute. That’s what mothering is all about. But, would I willingly sacrifice them? Now that’s a…..

23 Mar

The View from Here March 23 “Birdwatching”

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As if magnet-drawn,

Birds descended

On hanging dishes

Filled with new seed.

Dashing red cardinals

Dressed for spring flings

Led the entourage

With cheeps and wild bacchanals

Flitting here, dashing there

Calling undue attention to their revels.

Their dowdy mates

Were no less vocal

But let their voices

Do their bidding

“Do come join me, dear”

They flirted,

Swinging on the newly leaved

Bastard indigo

Just springing into bloom.

While I, sipping cranberry tea,

Watched their…..

22 Mar

the View from Here March 22, 2013 Job Loss book finished

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I have just sent off the final proofs for my second book, Job Loss: What’s Next? a Step by Step Action Plan. I am convinced those who have lost jobs should read this book for comfort and for ideas.

I have a passion for those in this position, whether by injury, layoffs, moves, the economy, retirement, etc. Because our careers are so integral to who we are as people, not just our finances, changes in this sphere create havoc with…..

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The View from Here April 5 Weekend Widow

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The View From Here Easter March 31

The View from Here March 28

The View from Here: Good Friday March 28

The View from Here March 26 Encouragement

The View from Here March 24 Palm Sunday

The View from Here March 23 “Birdwatching”

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