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Famous: Days 190-191
Famous The river is famous to the fish. The loud voice is famous to silence, which knew it would inherit the earth before anybody said so. The cat sleeping on the fence is famous to the birds watching him from… Continue reading
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“The Undressing” – Days 182 to 189
This pearl necklace of words begins: If love doesn’t prevail,/ who wants to live in this world?/ Are you listening? – Li-Young Lee Continue reading
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Days 177-178 Encouragement
When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own. There are times of great uncertainty in every life. Left alone at such a time, you feel dishevelment and confusion… Continue reading
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Days 169-170 Our Father
“The longer we live/The more of your presence/ We, find laid down, Weave upon weave/Within our lives.” -John O’ Donohue As Father’s Day approaches images surface; weaving's of our fathers lives intertwined with ours; yours and mine, of fathers beloved, of… Continue reading
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Still Learning – Days 164-168
When do we know we have climbed enough stairs & it is time to rest? Michelangelo answered with his last words. “I am still learning,” Continue reading
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Days 162-163 I’ve Got this Covered!
If I could talk to myself twenty years ago, I would tell myself to focus on my strengths, and not on my weaknesses; on the things I could do and not the things I couldn’t do; to strive to excel… Continue reading
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You Are Your Character – Days 157-161
How often have we gone along to get ahead & felt pieces of our souls breaking off & floating away? Continue reading
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Days 155-156 Sacred Rage
I’ve heard our nation's gun violence epidemic described as Groundhog Day. Yet, the escalating, massacres that are unfolding every day are not only a repeating but worsening beyond belief. How do we break the cycle of violence? David Brooks… Continue reading
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Days 150-154 – A Fascinating Comparison
“I never worried once about mass school shootings as a kid in the 70’s. That’s because there were none…Today my 7-year-old daughter is having an active shooter drill at her school.” Continue reading
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Days 148-149 A Loving Embrace
There are times when my heart constricts, when my words fall short…aware that when one suffers, we all suffer… may we come alongside to accompany one another and hold one another in God's loving embrace… Offered by Liz Sorensen… Continue reading
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