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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.

Transition to Doctor

Posted on February 26, 2013 by harasprice

Today was a bright point of light on the journey of life. I had the amazing experience of being present at the very successful dissertation defense of one of my doctoral students. I sometimes simply use the term “mentoring” as … Continue reading →

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Snow drift

Posted on February 25, 2013 by harasprice

I was driving home after the longest of long days…a full slate of clients followed by an evening support group. It had been a hard winter in Buffalo, and today was the fourteenth day in a row of steady snow. … Continue reading →

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Music of the spheres

Posted on February 24, 2013 by harasprice

The first time I stepped foot in Kleinhans music hall, I was on a fourth grade field trip to hear Peter and the Wolf. We had talked about this classic piece in Mrs. Carere’s music class and learned about the … Continue reading →

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Making risotto

Posted on February 23, 2013 by harasprice

I had a moment of Zen tonight as I stood in my kitchen, slowly stirring my risotto. In the swirls across the slowly simmering rice and stock, my wooden spoon inadvertently began to trace an infinity symbol rhythmically around the … Continue reading →

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Ladies Aid

Posted on February 22, 2013 by harasprice

In my preschool years, I spent many days in the company of my Gramma. Memories of her farmhouse (particularly the kitchen) are fresh in my mind, and sometimes I walk into those memories just for a sense of familiar connection. … Continue reading →

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Blessed are the poor in spirit

Posted on February 21, 2013 by harasprice

For a significant part of my career, I was a grief therapist affiliated with a Hospice program. People came to our agency for a range of reasons, all having something to do with loss. We also provided grief support as … Continue reading →

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Grace, in the present moment

Posted on February 20, 2013 by harasprice

During my Junior and Senior years of college, I worked in a residential health care facility (nursing home) as an Activities Assistant. I needed a job to pay my rent. But I also wanted a job with purpose. I was … Continue reading →

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learning to transpose

Posted on February 19, 2013 by harasprice

From the time of my birth until my seventh grade year, my family attended a Pentecostal church. For those of you who may read this and are unfamiliar with the expression and service structure in charismatic Christian congregations, we had … Continue reading →

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What’s in the box?

Posted on February 18, 2013 by harasprice

We have the joy of relationship with a family friend who is truly one-of-a-kind. She is quirky, funny, both solitary and outgoing. She is our daughter’s “Moon Mom” (a preferred title over godmother) and I would trust her with both … Continue reading →

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The nature of things

Posted on February 17, 2013 by harasprice

I spent my childhood in the rural “snow belt” of Western New York in the south towns outside Buffalo. Snow was a way of life from October to April most years, and no one experienced a grocery store eggs-bread-and-milk panic … Continue reading →

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