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Days 357-361 – What’s in your name?
What do you want for Christmas? Simon Weil wrote that “If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.” What identity does your heart desire for your current life? Has the “deep down” of… Continue reading
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Days 354-355 Deepest Gratitude
Listening to Christmas by Alan Harris Have you ever heard snow? Not the howling wind of a blizzard, not the crackling of snow underfoot, but the actual falling of snow? We heard it one night in… Continue reading
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Days 350-354 – Soft Moments
Give yourself the luxury of more soft moments. Continue reading
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Days 348-349 Amazing Grace
Each week I look for a clue and I wonder if something will bubble up that may inspire or delight readers. Sometimes the well spring is dry or I may be surprised by how the page comes to life with… Continue reading
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Days 343-347 – a catholic truth
You are not like the body of love. You are the body of love. Continue reading
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Days 340-341 “That’s What Skin Does”
“Skin had hope, that's what skin does. Heals over the scarred place, makes a road.” ~ Naomi Shihab Nye (from 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East. I write to you in the early hours of the morning.… Continue reading
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Days 335-339 – A Glimpse of Paradise
Thank you for the way your beauty reaches the level of “magnificent” – for the way you brighten a world filled with suffering. For the times when you “lift the ceiling” & offer a glimpse of paradise. -Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 333-334 Twists and Tangles
An ancient Chinese proverb shares the belief that we are connected to one another in a deeply meaningful way. It seems that when a child is born, an invisible red thread extends from the child’s spirit to connect her with all the significant people who will become part… Continue reading
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Days 328-332 – The Mother Hand – “…too fine for speech.”
“In silence we must wrap much of our life, because it is too fine for speech.” -Emerson Continue reading
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Days 326-327 …And Held Dear
We Give Thanks We give thanks to our God. for all the earth and all creation. That are wonderfully made and held dear in the heart of our God. We give thanks for our friends and for our… Continue reading
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