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About harasprice

Episcopal Priest, Social Worker, Professor, parent, teacher, learner, writer, advocate, and grateful traveller along this journey through life. Serving as the Vocations Minister for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.

Advent Word: Watch

Posted on December 6, 2014 by harasprice

On this Saturday evening, I am taking time to settle by my fire, to tend to my spirit as this first week of advent draws to a close. I have held my advent word (watch) close to my heart today. … Continue reading →

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Advent Word: Notice

Posted on December 5, 2014 by harasprice

When I started writing here on small points of light, I wasn’t really aware of how the practice of noticing moments of daily, divine ordinary would alter my view of life. Most especially, when I commit to daily writing, my … Continue reading →

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Advent Word: Abide

Posted on December 4, 2014 by harasprice

I started humming, Abide with Me as soon as I read that today’s advent word was “abide.” There are a few classic hymns that stick with me, and this is one of them. It seemed equally fitting that today, my … Continue reading →

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Advent Word: Thrive

Posted on December 3, 2014 by harasprice

I had just put my havarti and sage egg sandwich and enormous cup of tea down on the big, wooden Urban Farmhouse table. My breakfast companions were laughing and conversing, peeling off our coats and scarves on this chilly late … Continue reading →

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Advent Word: Imagine

Posted on December 2, 2014 by harasprice

When I commit to daily writing…as I do during advent and lent…I go out on a limb and have faith that time will find me to write.  Tonight, it would seem that time has found me in the 11th hour … Continue reading →

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Advent Word: Remember

Posted on December 1, 2014 by harasprice

Today’s advent word could not be more fitting: “remember.” Today is World AIDS Day, and I cannot forget. For many years, I have honored this date as the day I would recount those I had loved and lost. For one … Continue reading →

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Advent Word: Look

Posted on November 30, 2014 by harasprice

Today was an amazingly beautiful late Autumn day in Virginia. After several days of chilly weather…including some Thanksgiving hail…it felt refreshing to be outside in plain clothes without shivering. A stockpile of bulbs awaited planting: tulips, daffodils, grape hyacinth, crocus. … Continue reading →

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Virtual Advent Calendar

Posted on November 30, 2014 by harasprice

Today is the beginning of Advent, and the artists and photographers of my faith community at St. Thomas Episcopal Church have put together a virtual calendar of photographs and readings for this season. This year’s theme is, “The Light Within.” Follow … Continue reading →

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Spoken Word

Posted on November 25, 2014 by harasprice

When I was twenty-one and in social work school, I look a class in solution-focused brief therapy.  Back in the day, this was cutting edge and transformational to the way in which traditional psychotherapy was taught: lengthy problem-focused assessment and … Continue reading →

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Simple Gifts

Posted on November 23, 2014 by harasprice

The past few days have been both exhilarating and exhausting. I cannot fully recap in the brief words of a blog post what it means to bring a project like Turkeys of Thanks through to its conclusion, including the distribution … Continue reading →

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