You are the ocean; I am a wave. I am a part of you. I am the ever changing, ever volatile. I am a playground for dolphins, a challenge for surfers, a delight for small children playing where I meet the sand. I smooth over the sharp places and sculpt the shoreline as I dance. […]
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“This day I call the heavens and earth as witnesses against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, that you and your children may live.” Words spoken by Moses as the Israelites prepared to enter the promised land. And, from the gospel of John: “I am
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Note: This sermon was given at Christ Episcopal Church on Mother’s Day, 2024 Sustenance: Rooted in God Where do you find your sustenance? Are you bound to the world and the promises of the world, or are you rooted in eternal reality, the promises of God, and your true nature? If you’re bound to the
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We make life so much harder on ourselves than we need. The suffering our minds put us through…so often concerned about what will be or what happened that we are rarely conscious and aware of what is right in front of us. Right now, as I’m writing this post, my mind is: Wow! That’s a
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Who are you behind the mask? We all hide our true natures in one way or another behind facades that present what we believe others want from us, need from us, or, at times, reflect how or who we wished we would be. As we unpack the Russian doll of self, under the niceties of
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What happens when we come face to face with the divine? According to the Biblical record, when a human is contacted by the divine, either by an angel or by God Himself, the receiver of this visit is left in a less than desirable emotional state. In Deuteronomy, chapter 18, the Israelites cry out, “If
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Sleeping to Escape Reality There’s an REO Speedwagon song that used to serve as my alarm back in high school. In the ballad, a man desires to stay asleep so that he can dream that the woman he loves also loves him in return. Since his dreams were better than his waking life, he longed
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Stiff as a Board I carry a lot of tension in my body. When I was in college, I often noticed how slim and lean most of my friend’s calves were (a bit weird, I admit). If my friend’s legs resembled those of flamingoes, mine (and I am a relatively slim person) resembled those of
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Note: This post is the text version of a sermon I gave at my home church on in September, 2023. Just a few short weeks ago, I was on the mountaintop. I felt in tune with God’s will and knew without a doubt that the Spirit was working through me in ways that went beyond
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About two years ago, I lost my husband to liver cirrhosis. He had celebrated 4 months sobriety shortly before his passing. It was a beautiful four months. When he died, I wasn’t angry with my husband; I understood the nature of the disease and that he never meant to hurt me. But I was angry
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