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Good Friday for the Children
I confess, I had forgotten the horror and brutality of the cross. I’ve been a part of the people of God for almost 30 years. On nearly...
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Advent Joy
Today was hard. Like, brutally so. It was the kind of social work day where the unbelievable injustice of the world stares you right in...
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Advent Peace
“And there was no more sea…” Revelation 21:1 I used to hate this verse. I love the ocean—the wildness of it, it’s color, the power and...
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Sabbath and Anger
I’m furious. I have been for months. The 24-7 news cycle has wormed its way into my psyche and each “breaking news” headline sucks me...
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The Hard Stuff: A Love Letter to My Body
A few weeks ago the women of my family gathered to witness and to care in the aftermath of a life-saving and body-altering surgery. ...
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Hope and Lament
I need Advent this year, more than ever. It’s the season of longing, and I know longing. I turn to the prophet Isaiah, who watched...
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Returning and Remembering
I’ve been silent here for a while. It’s been a ridiculous summer of changes: of the hard and scary kind of phone calls, of rummaging...
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New Old Names.
It’s been over three months since I got back from Greece. That seems oddly too long and too short all at the same time. At this point,...
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Call Me: Wanted
Several months ago I wrote this reflection about one of my kiddos at work. This week this child has been on my heart and I've realized...
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Holy Saturday
“The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. Then they went home...