I share with you a piece I wrote for my blog, www.aVirtualChurch.com about care for the mentally ill. Since this piece was written some things about serving the mental health needs of North Carolina have changed, some have not.
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 @ 7:30 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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The news crawl across the bottom of the television gave us the news. Queen Elizabeth died the afternoon of September 8, 2022.
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 @ 3:00 am
By: Lib Campbell
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The young woman eulogized her Mother offering a framework of the virtue and purity of spirit her Mother embodied.
Published: Monday, September 12th, 2022 @ 3:58 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Armand Gamache, Louise Penny’s protagonist in “Glass Houses,” is in the courtroom, in the middle of a murder trial. The discussion is around what makes people kill.
Published: Sunday, September 4th, 2022 @ 6:33 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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School bells are ringing across North Carolina. And the wheels on the yellow bus go ‘round and ‘round. Something feels right with the world when the normalcy of school days begins.
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2022 @ 12:44 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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The two books of my summer reading paint a picture of America that is both unsettling and understandable. Anne Applebaum is an award - winning historian and prizewinning author.
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2022 @ 12:44 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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When I went back to college in my late 40s, I remember walking through the libraries at Meredith and Duke talking to the books.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 12:38 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Now I know how the British felt watching the Spanish Armada sail into English waters in July of 1588. King Philip II commissioned them to invade England with the intent of overthrowing Queen Elizabeth I.
Published: Saturday, July 30th, 2022 @ 2:10 am
By: Lib Campbell
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There is a new telescope in town. The James Webb Space Telescope is going far, far away revealing secrets of the universe we have never seen before.
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2022 @ 3:16 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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North Carolina will be in the news once again next October as the US Supreme Court hears the case Moore vs. Harper, a case that could alter not only our state, but our democracy. We need to pay attention to this one.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 8:54 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Cheers and Anguish. Victory and Tragedy. Both are on full display now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned. It’s been a long time in the making.
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2022 @ 5:41 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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We all knew it was coming. The leaked Alito Opinion turned out to be the actual opinion of the Supreme Court issued on June 24, 2022. For women, this will be a day that “will live in infamy.”
Published: Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 @ 7:11 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Among those who pledge to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, how many are needed to stabilize and keep our Democracy? Is it 60? Is it five good people willing to come forward and tell truth to power for a cause greater than their own ambitions?
Published: Tuesday, June 28th, 2022 @ 6:24 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Fourth grade of Elementary School is a pivotal year. Children are on the cusp of adolescence, becoming more social, beginning to realize all they can do as their interests and gifts become more self-evident.
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2022 @ 11:22 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Mr. Lieutenant Governor, the “I’s” have it. Insult. Injury. Ignorance. As a woman and a pastor in the United Methodist Church, I am greatly insulted by your comment that “Christians are called to be led by men.”
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2022 @ 7:39 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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My rumination around the most recent massacres has led me in several directions. I have only thoughts, no answers. But my heart and mind will process these events and all the previous killings until I find peace with this.
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 @ 6:35 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Since 1868, a day has been set aside to remember all those who died in American wars. Monday, May 30, 2022 is this year's date. My memory of Memorial Day is largely around celebrating the beginning of Summer, parties with hot dogs and watermelon, pools opening.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2022 @ 2:02 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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