Humility
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Creating Peace
Finding peace within brings peace to those around you.Bringing peace to those around you will create peace in your community.Creating peace in your community contributes to peace in the world.It starts with you, with me; how will you find/bring/create peace… Continue reading
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Relentlessly Decent
Relentless Decency reads his T-shirt.”And are you,” I ask, “relentlessly decent?””It’s more aspirational,” he responds, “but I’m working on it.”The words pursue me: To be decent– respectful, kind, honorable, helpful– and not just occasionally, but, like a dog with a… Continue reading
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Prayer for the Heart of God
Dear God,please don’t let dogma and doctrine,tradition and culture,the desire for comfort and security,the need to be right or to winerect barriers to loving others,to loving myself,to loving creation,to loving you.You are love,and all love flows from your gracious, generous… Continue reading
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On Disagreement
How well do we disagree? How well do we– as individuals, as a culture, as a nation in the world arena–disagree? Part of maturity,part of an evolved faith,is the ability to disagree with respect, with… Continue reading
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Good Dough
Like a good doughdestined to become fragrant, hot bread,dripping with melted butter and sweet honey,I, too, occasionally need to be punched down,deflated,returned to an earlier state,and left in a warm, quiet placeto rise again. Like a good dough,I, too, relish a… Continue reading
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Maundy Thursday
It's probably not your feetmost in need of washing,but let Jesus begin there,and when he's done,you may have the courageto request a fuller cleansing. I mean, he's already here (right?)with the basin,the warm water,the clean towel,those beautiful, gentle hands, soon to… Continue reading
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Essential Self
You are not your history;your history is not you. You are not your family;your family is not you. You are not what you believe;your beliefs are not you. You are not your accomplishments;what you've done is not you. You are… Continue reading
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The Set Up
Tell me I'm handsome,tell me I'm smart,tell me I can do and become whatever I want, and when I encounter failure,when I make mistakes,when I face reality, I will doubt myself,wonder what's wrong with me,realize I can't possibly be … Continue reading
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Advent Lament
No, you come to early, Lord Jesus:Just announced, yet here it is, two weeks from your arrival. We've got too much to do… Chex Mix to make, cookies to bake.Thank God (I mean, thank your Father) … Continue reading
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The Approach
Advent, and who is this approaching? What hidden self emerges from the woods, the crawl space, the garden labyrinth? What time-hidden, reclusive divine embodiment has Word to give, Word to enflesh, my Word, that… Continue reading