noticing and responding to God in our everyday life
My son’s cub scout pack went caroling at a local nursing home tonight. Young voices. Aged faces. Together sharing space. A moment. Memories and stories I long to know. Questions from the back seat on the way home: “Why were there so many people there?” “What is Alzheimer’s?” “Did you know two people die every […]
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“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, […]
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To Robbie on the occasion of your 44th Birthday Fifteen years ago, my roommate and I threw a birthday party for you. Your laugh filled our house and your joy at life was contagious. It was the beginning of me falling in love with you. No, I think that was already happening. It was my […]
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“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness […]
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“Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard […]
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“for Christ plays in ten thousand places.” -Gerard Manly Hopkins Oh, the faces that have gathered around this table. From Boston to Minnesota. To Seattle and now in Western PA. The stories that have been shared in community. Slowly eating and drinking. Offering our brokeness and our gifts. Gathered together. Sometimes with not much in […]
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“He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.” Psalm 37:6 There will be a day when evil is destroyed. Completley. The justice of our cause will shine brightly. Knocking out darkness. Until then, may we be part of the dawn seeping into […]
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We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. Hebrews 6:19 Hope. It is one of my words. One I have clung to. One that has been a small ray of light when all that surrounds me is darkness. And that small ray is more than enough to conquer the dark. […]
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She would have been 98 this month. One of my most vivid memories of her is sitting in her recliner, magnifying glass in hand, reading her bible. This bible. Having my grandmother’s bible is a treasure. I hold it in my hands and I wonder how many prayers have been said holding it. How many […]
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Bless the Lord, O my soul O my soul Worship His holy name Sing like never before O my soul I’ll worship Your holy name 10,000 Reasons by Matt Redmond
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This year the ornaments have moved a foot up the tree. “Don’t get a puppy around the holidays.” Looking at our tree you would know we threw that advice out the window this Thanksgiving. And so this puppy’s presence has my uncle’s ceramic angel tightly sharing a branch with a glittery golden ball. My son’s […]
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He will play and play. And play. In the snow. Pure delight. Enjoyment. In his own world, talking and acting out scenarios that are his secrets. The evergreen trees hide him from enemies I never see. He doesn’t get cold. Or rather the cold doesn’t bother him. The delight in what he is doing outweighs […]
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