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Days 203-207 – NEW MESSIAH?
Do we need a new Messiah, the Daughter of God? That is the question I will pose in a one person art exhibit this September at Vanderbilt Divinity School’s Art Gallery. What gender, race & message? What do you think? Continue reading
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Days 188-192 – How Is Your Bandwidth?
Our current crises may include our rising inability to listen unless it fits our agenda. Men are notoriously bad. Continue reading
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Days 181-185 – How Can We Make a Passing Precious?
Although a life’s meaning is not defined by funeral orations it is surely a time when Love calls us to go beyond mere cliches. If you cannot write, paint a picture honoring the deceased, create a dance, assemble a scrapbook,… Continue reading
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Days 160-164 – City of God, City of Man
Every life is fraught with longing.Truth, the home of wrinkled skin & revealed secrets. Compassion, nursing the starving at her breasts. Love, finally freeing the artist’s hand & liberating arias from the poet’s heart. Only these three swim us close… Continue reading
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Days 153-157 – Are We Awake?
George MacDonald (b.1824) warned, “We must wake our souls unnumbered times a day.” The key word is “souls.” Our soul can tell us how to spend our time. Mine tells me to create. Each day Love hands me what the camera… Continue reading
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Days 127-131 – Hope Tucked in Old Movies
“‘Always try to see life around ya as if you’d just come out of a tunnel.'” – Jimmy Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Thank you for holding high Love’s light – especially when darkness seems unending. Thank you… Continue reading
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Days 118-122 – Anne Boyer Describes Why What You Do Matters Most
Radical Loving Care’s hymnal holds two songs. One thrills with notes of celebration. The other is limned with lyrics of longing. You know both songs by heart. Listen to Ms. Boyer’s version & you will hear them anew. Continue reading
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Days 98-102 Secret Heart of Spring
Careers can crush nature’s beauty. Before that my childhood springs were vibrant with miracles collected from the backs of petals & the thighs of eucalyptus trees. Today I dug up my notes & found early advice: “One day you will… Continue reading
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Days 86-90 – “Because Genius is Not Enough…” The Courage of Partnerships
Genius must marry bravery to birth success. Why? “Because genius is not enough. It takes courage to change people’s hearts,” Peter Farrelly wrote. Radical Loving Care calls leaders to reimagine difficult conversations as sacred encounters among equals. Thus, Love requires… Continue reading
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Days 77-81 – New Tracks in the Snow
The old tracks are always easier. New thinking is only found on new pathways. Old patterns, including hatred, die hard because they seem easy. Why try Love? It is difficult, hard to learn & the only path worth taking. Continue reading
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