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Bettye Johnson is the award-winning author of Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls, an Independent Publishers Book Award Winner 2006. Moving from the cotton fields in Texas to the embassies of Paris and Tokyo, Bettye Johnson has a woven tapestry of experiences. Born in 1929, she has experienced the Great Depression along with an environment of bigotry, prejudice and with her many moves became a free thinker. Employed in the Foreign Service of the U.S. State Department, Johnson received a fascinating non-academic education. She left the Foreign Service to further her experiences by becoming the wife of a career military man, mother of three sons, a government employee, Federal Women's Program Coordinator for a government district office, program director of a holistic health center, minister, and now an author. Bettye is a popular speaker and conducts workshops on various topics.
SHARE Monday, January 18, 2010 To Heal or Not To Heal
Healing the gigantic wound of Haiti as well as our selves and others is what it is all about.
SHARE Monday, January 4, 2010 Living Through Chaos
Chaos in one form or another has always been present on this planet at one time or another. Instead of reacting to adversity, there is another alternative.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, December 30, 2009 The Tip of the Iceberg
Leaving the year 2009 and moving into 2010, this nation is headed for a tumultuous period and it is up to every individual to prepare for what is coming.
SHARE Friday, December 11, 2009 Christmas Stockings - A Memory
There is an age old tradition regarding the hanging of a Christmas stocking for children. The author shares her memory of this tradition.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, November 19, 2009 Deception, Lies and Gullibility
The travelling show of the Catholic Church in the U.S. showing a tibia supposedly of Mary Magdalene is questionable in its authenticity.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 10, 2009 The Beggars
A personal story revealing a prejudice hidden in a pocket of the mind.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 4, 2009 The Forgotten Symbol Dan Brown Omitted From The Lost Symbol
The forgotten symbol in the U.S. Capitol building is the unobvious obvious. In addition to the Masonic symbols, this is one that needs to be resurrected and known.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, October 26, 2009 The Four Freedoms
President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech in January 1941 on the Four Freedoms as given in our Constitution. From this came the Four Freedoms Monument
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 10, 2009 I Am My Own Lobbyist
A call to voters to regain their power instead of allowing special interests and lobbyists rule our country.