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Stop and smell the roses
The advice to stop once in a while to smell the roses is all well and good. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work so well for me: I am anosmic, which means that I am lacking a sense of smell. Still … … Continue reading
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Tagged Martha Grace Reese, prayer, rainbow, smell the roses, sunset, Unbinding your Heart
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Troubling comfort
“So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” Matthew 6:34 Today’s Daily Office reading does not promise that “all shall be well, and all manner of things shall … Continue reading
An apology
To those hurting and heartbreaking, angry and frustrated after yesterday’s vote in North Carolina: I’m sorry. I’m sorry that as a woman married to a man I am part of a majority that has said, “My love is sacred and … Continue reading
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Tagged apology, Christian, civil rights, families, gay marriage, love, marriage, North Carolina marriage amendment
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Feed my sheep
Last week, I had one of my regular and blessed conversations with one of my longtime and best friends, who has also at times been my pastor and my priest. He was talking about what it is to be a … Continue reading
An hour with the Spirit
At church, we are reading Martha Grace Reese’s book, Unbinding your Heart, part of her Unbinding the Gospel series. It includes a forty-day prayer journal to follow individually as a group (as it were), praying the exercises each day and … Continue reading
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Tagged church, Holy Spirit, knitting, Martha Grace Reese, prayer, Unbinding the Gospel, Unbinding your Heart
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Anatomy of a miracle
I’ve been thinking about miracles. They’ve been in the air lately. Miracles can be sublime. They can also be ridiculous. Miracles aren’t always what we expect. In fact, isn’t that the definition of a miracle? I grew up with a … Continue reading
Blessed are the pure in heart
From this morning’s Daily Office readings: Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. I like that. I would like to see God. I would like to see God more clearly. I would like to be able … Continue reading
Knitting with cats
If you are a knitter who shares a home with one or more cats, chances are, you will occasionally have found yourself tangled in a soft and sharp, pointy ball of fur, yarn, knitting needles and cat claws. And teeth. … Continue reading
Diolch, Dillwyn
One day, I ran into the vicar somewhere between the church and the vicarage. I would have been around fifteen or sixteen, I suppose – there’s a lot I don’t remember about that time. Over the past few months (I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1790 Book of Common Prayer, diolch (thank you), Exhortation, faith, Holy Communion, Jesus, Sunday School
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Where Winners Worship
I passed a billboard the other day – it doesn’t matter where – and saw a billboard advertisement for a church – it doesn’t matter which. It proclaimed in large, bold lettering that this was a place “Where winners worship, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, billboard advertising, church, Matthew 16:25, Matthew 18:12-14, Psalm 51:17
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over the water 