Tag Archives: Christianity

Journeying 5: Good Friday

Posted on April 18, 2014 by harasprice

“God was not looking down on the cross. God was hanging from the cross. God had entered our pain, and loss, and death so deeply and took all of it into God’s own self so that we might know who … 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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Cultivating Sacred Space Week 5: Stillness

Posted on April 6, 2014 by harasprice

I know that some of you who read my blog are also following along with me through this Lenten journey of “Cultivating Sacred Space” that I am curating and leading with my faith community at St. Thomas Episcopal Church.  The … Continue reading →

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Cultivating Sacred Space: Week 4 “Seeing the Light”

Posted on March 30, 2014 by harasprice

This week’s theme on my Cultivating Sacred Space Lenten series is “Seeing the Light.” The lectionary passages that were read this morning invited us to see the light in new and inspiring ways.  A story from the Old Testament begins … Continue reading →

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Living Water 1: Baptism

Posted on March 23, 2014 by harasprice

I didn’t actually think that the first “living water” themed topic I would write about on this blog would be my own baptism. But, this evening as I sat in stillness with this theme, a vivid image of that Sunday … Continue reading →

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Living Water: Week 3 of Cultivating Sacred Space

Posted on March 23, 2014 by harasprice

The story of Jesus meeting the woman of Samaria at the well is unquestionably my favorite Gospel story; in my faith community, it is also the reading for this Third Sunday in Lent.  Here is a link, if you’d like … Continue reading →

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Pelican

Posted on March 6, 2014 by harasprice

Yesterday, a pelican crossed my path as I started out on my Lenten journey of Cultivating Sacred Space. Admittedly, it was not an actual flesh-and-blood pelican, but its appearance in my life on Ash Wednesday was fortuitous, nevertheless. This particular … Continue reading →

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Aunt Edna

Posted on October 26, 2013 by harasprice

On Sunday mornings growing up, my parents would load me in the car, and drive out of their way to pick up my Great Aunt Edna on the way to church. Aunt Edna lived in a run-down, grey shingled house … Continue reading →

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Windows of Grace

Posted on October 24, 2013 by harasprice

I reconnected with the image of the “Cosmic Christ” window from Grace Cathedral at a weekend retreat I attended a few weeks ago. One of our retreat facilitators brought a collection of spiritual art and religious icons to join us … Continue reading →

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