I came across this poem by Madeleine L'Engle as I was flipping through my bookshelf this week. I'd never read it before but I needed it. You could read it from a number of different circumstances and it could speak to you no matter where you are or how life is changing for you, but... Continue Reading →
Communion
Jean Vanier wrote this next reading which are excerpts from a few different places. As always they are beautiful and kind and you just want to live within that world they create. And we can. "To be in communion means to be with someone and to discover that we actually belong together. Communion means accepting... Continue Reading →
A Visible Reality
"A truth, a doctrine, or a religion needs no space for itself. They are disembodied entities. They are heard, learned, and apprehended, and that is all. But, the incarnate Son of God needs not only ears or hearts, but living people who will follow him. That is why he called his disciples into a... Continue Reading →
Dear Momma
Dear Momma, You died. A year ago today I was holding your dead hand. For hours I sat with your body as it blanched, as it grew cold. Your fingers were starting to not look like your fingers. I couldn’t stop crying. They came for you, to take you and I wailed. Because... Continue Reading →
Community – The Vision and the Call
Its been a fair while since I've posted on the blog. Things have come up! Unexpectedly, I've been preaching more. So much has come up inside of me because of this process but mostly its been an eye-opening to see the astonishing amount of energy and focus that such a thing requires. And I've loved... Continue Reading →
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