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First steps

My daughter asked me the other day to tell her about the story of her first steps. She was asking because she came across a little video montage her Dad had made of her toddling first steps across the red … Continue reading

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Stillness 3: Journey

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

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Stillness 2: Desiring God

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

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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

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Seeing the Light 2: Learning

Something that has hooked me in to teaching are the “a-ha” moments where the proverbial light-bulb goes off and new information strikes a chord between teacher and learner. On a really good day, these lightbulb moments are bidirectional, and we … Continue reading

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Cultivating Sacred Space: Week 4 “Seeing the Light”

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 6: Rainy Day Reflection

It feels poetic (yet hopefully not overdone) to convey that I am sitting to write this final reflection on “living water” for the week on a rainy, spring morning.  My backyard looks like a classic calendar scene of almost-April showers: … Continue reading

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Living Water: Week 3 of Cultivating Sacred Space

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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Blessing 1: Moments of Grace

I feel compelled, during this week where I am Cultivating Sacred Space on the theme of “Blessings” that I write some.  This is not my usual writing style, even though I love the rich imagery and stylistic writing of blessings … Continue reading

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Holy Ground 2: Labyrinths

Anyone who is following the Lenten “Cultivating Sacred Space” journey with me probably has realized that labyrinths are an important symbol of my holy ground. The labyrinth offers a sacred space for me. Walking the labyrinth is a deep journey … Continue reading

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