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Tag Archives: Serendipity
Grace Shows Up
It was supposed to be a very quick trip to the grocery store; a mission of mercy for ranch dressing that we’d neglected to pick up for Red Door lunch. My goal was to get in, out, and back in … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2017
Tagged Christianity, forgiveness, giving, Good Friday, grace, ministry, reconciliation, Serendipity, service, vulnerabiity
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healing, before we ask
Meditation for Proper 16, Year C Luke 13:10-17 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was … Continue reading
Posted in sermons
Tagged Art, Christianity, faith, healing, Luke 13:10-17, memoire, Proper 16 Year C, Proper 18 Year C, Serendipity, spirituality, teachers
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Charmed
You never know when a moment of serendipity will emerge; I suppose that is the point of these random acts of cosmic curiosity. Today, as we were driving home after my daughter’s guitar lesson through a crowded part of the … Continue reading
Posted in quotations and reflections, work and life
Tagged Celtic, celtic cross, celtic spirituality, charm, coincidence, iona, pendant, saints, Serendipity, st. columba, st. martin's cross, vintage
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Stay on the Path
Today was one of those beautiful summer days that follows a night of thunderstorms. I woke early for my morning walk, taking notice of the lush green cathedral of branches arching above me on the oldest block in my neighborhood … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual journey, work and life
Tagged Christianity, Contemplation, faith, God, journey, labyrinth, path, Serendipity, spirituality, vocation
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First Lecture
As the ball dropped to welcome 1995, I made one firm resolution: Teach a class. I was working as a social worker at the time, and I had just been promoted to the Director of my tiny department. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual journey, work and life
Tagged college, Education, faith, journey, learning, ministry, Serendipity, teaching, vocation
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Unexpected
My life seems to be filled with unexpected moments these days. Consequently, I have had trouble keeping up my usual writing pattern. I have beaten up on myself a couple times for sitting down to write late at night when … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual journey, work and life
Tagged Contemplation, divine presence, God, Serendipity, sleep, stillness, unexpected
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falling from the sky
Like many of us, there have been times in my life when I have looked up to the heavens, begging whatever divine force may be listening for a sign of what to do, or a portent of what is to … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual journey, work and life
Tagged Death, faith, God, Grief, meaning, memory, randomness, remembrance, Serendipity, signs, transition, Tyler Potterfield, wonder
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Cultivating Sacred Space Week 5: Stillness
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
Posted in Lent 2014, Spiritual journey
Tagged Christianity, Contemplation, faith, gratitude, meditation, mindfulness, sacred space, Serendipity, spirituality, stillness
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Seeing the Light 5: Serendipity
(in response to the writing prompt: a moment I saw clearly) Today, I saw clearly. I saw God, the omni-present and ever present. It wasn’t what you might expect. No burning bush. No blinding light. No trumpets sounding from above. … Continue reading
Closet Excavation
Whoever coined the phrase “skeletons in the closet” probably had taken a peek into my downstairs coat closet and quickly shut the door before anything otherworldly escaped. From all I have read in the professional literature about hoarding, there seems … Continue reading
Posted in work and life
Tagged cleaning, closet, clutter, donation, faith, finding, found, God, growth, maturity, Parenting, Serendipity, spirituality, time
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