Breakfast Table Talk
Describe Sin!
copyright 2014 Bettina Network, inc. We had an interesting question over breakfast and an even more interesting answer. The question was – can you describe sin? The answer was – sin is the lack of empathy no matter how or where it surfaces. The most common way it surfaces is in racism and sexism, but…
Read More“Do Not Be Afraid”
What follows is a link to a sermon preached on October 5, 2014 in Harvard’s Memorial Chapel by Rev. Jonathan Walton. It quotes a powerful poem written by Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, past president of Morehouse College. We recommend a quiet space to listen to this very powerful sermon which addresses a lot of what ails…
Read MoreProblem Feet
copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2014 I read your blog on ‘Old Feet’. I thought it was great. I would change your title from “Old Feet’ to “Problem Feet.” Most women have a problem with their feet, usually caused by the fashion shoes we wear and as the years pass the stress on those feet from…
Read MoreBalm in Gilead
copyright Bettina Networi, inc. 2014 Who would have expected different guests, not previously known to one another, pick up and read Sarah Lawrence Lightfoot’s book “Balm In Gilead” during their stay in a Bettina Home. All of our homes have large quantities of books. Host families generally buy them at Estate Sales for very little…
Read MoreMaking Old Feet New Again!
copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2014 I love breakfast in a Bettina Home. No matter how horrible I feel arriving, I leave refreshed. The last breakfast from my most recent stay was great! The food is always good, but the conversation unbelievable. I am going home to work on my feet so I can wear high…
Read MoreFood and Pharma Connected?
copyright 2014 Bettina Network, inc. We had another one of those breakfasts and we are all still reeling, having put different backgrounds, experience, education, parts of the world together we came up with a startling conclusion: The discussion centered around Bettina Network’s attempt to keep Bettina Homes as organic as possible – in cleaning, food,…
Read MoreSterling and Company
copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2014 We should not be amazed when such things happen, but we always claim to be no matter how often we have to act outraged – as though this was an unusual happening for us in these United States. We are especially outraged if this happens in the north – most…
Read MoreAn Intensely Religious Week
copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2014 Intensely Religious – how do we turn that into – gloriously Spiritual! I hope it is not the intensely religious who have brought about so much bigotry in the world and the gloriously Spiritual who have given us so much freedom! Maybe my values are a bit screwed. It is…
Read MoreClass in America
copyright 2014 Bettina Network, inc. We run into this ‘issue’ so often in a covert way we thought we would make it overt and write under the title of “Class” to try to help all of us distinguish between quirks, ways of being, personality…..and class. This will be a serial because we think too much…
Read MoreUBUNTU – I Am Because You Are
copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2013 “I am not a saint – unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.” – Mandela. …………………………………….If only that described all of us! The world is pouring out its grief, celebration, joy, gratitude, love for the life of Nelson Mandela. ………………………………………………………..Which has to make you…
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