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When all is wrong
We breathe in a sharp breath, it catches, it’s so hard to exhale. It’s hard to breathe, to cry, to touch, to hug. Everything hurts and everything stops. The world has stopped moving, for a minute, a second, as we try to reconcile this madness in our minds. We cry out against evil, but it […]
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Holy Monday
I have been known to tell a person or two that I love the church calendar. The anticipation of Advent, the reality of my sinfulness during Lent, rejoicing in the resurrection of Jesus on Resurrection Sunday, Eastertide, Pentecost, all of it. And here we are in Holy Week. Today as I think about the Monday […]
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All Things
Lord, let me begin with open hands, and an open heart, a posture I have come to love. There is honesty in my hands, and humility in my heart, for I cannot move or turn away. Here I sit, and dream, and think. It is here that I listen, and hear, and learn. Let me […]
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Christmas
Do you remember when it became ok to invite your family into the birthing room with you? Really. I won’t dwell on this for those who couldn’t care less, but in the late 90’s or so it became trendy to let mom or sister or great aunt Lucy into the delivery room to watch these […]
Being Formed 