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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.

Journeying 2: Brave New World

Posted on April 15, 2014 by harasprice

I woke up at 3:00 a.m. this morning in hopes of seeing the total lunar eclipse. I stepped out onto my back patio, still in my pajamas, feeling the warm spring wind blowing and swirling. Clouds were in rapid motion, … Continue reading →

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Journeying 1: The Past

Posted on April 14, 2014 by harasprice

During an early part of my social work career, I worked as the unit social worker in a skilled nursing facility for older adults with Alzheimer’s/Dementia. The challenge that I faced every day was how to bring dignity and worth … Continue reading →

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Happiness and Heartbreak

Posted on April 13, 2014 by harasprice

I was sitting at my kitchen table today, making a cross out of the palm branch that I had earlier carried as a parade flag around my church during the litany of the palms. I folded and tucked one end … Continue reading →

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Cultivating Sacred Space during Holy Week

Posted on April 13, 2014 by harasprice

Lectionary Reading for Palm Sunday The week begins:  the palm branches are waving and the cries of “Hosanna!” can be heard resounding.  We can get caught up in the crowds, the celebration, the hope of glorious salvation.  But the triumphant … Continue reading →

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Stillness 6: Light and Depth

Posted on April 12, 2014 by harasprice

“For by the light of understanding within your light I have tasted and seen your depth, eternal Trinity, and the beauty of your creation.” ~St. Catherine of Siena

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Stillness 5: Paths of Knowing

Posted on April 11, 2014 by harasprice

“Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long.” ~ Psalm 25: 4-5 (Photo … Continue reading →

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Stillness 4: Letting Go of the Day

Posted on April 10, 2014 by harasprice

Our days are like the grass; we flourish like a flower of the field; When the wind goes over it, it is gone, and its place shall know it no more.  ~Psalm 103:15-16

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Stillness 3: Journey

Posted on April 9, 2014 by harasprice

“There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Stillness 2: Desiring God

Posted on April 8, 2014 by harasprice

“Going everywhere, my God, with you, everywhere things will happen as I desire for you.”  ~St. John of the Cross

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Stillness 1: Fixed on True Joy

Posted on April 7, 2014 by harasprice

Almighty God, grant us grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found. ~Book … Continue reading →

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