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Notes from an Altar Guild Intern

September 9, 2021 By Anne Warner 3 Comments

It seems altar guilds have secret society tendencies. They keep to themselves for the most part, dutifully showing up when no one else is around to do tasks that only get noticed if they aren’t done or are done incorrectly.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: altar guild, church

A Practice, a Prayer & Two Three-Point Turns

June 10, 2021 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

Lolo had volleyball practice last night from 5-7 p.m. just like every other Tuesday and Thursday since March when this masked season hesitantly started.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: Evening Prayer, Prayer

The Interlude before the Ascension

May 13, 2021 By Anne Warner 2 Comments

This year the Ascension just hits different (as the kids like to say). Our pandemic experience right now has parallels to how the disciples must have felt after the resurrection

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Filed Under: Easter, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Ascension, coronavirus, disciple, Easter, Jesus Christ

Baptized in a Dram Shop Dress

April 27, 2021 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

Last summer some church paperwork requested my baptismal anniversary. Having no idea of the date, I consulted my early years photo album.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: baptism, grandparents

Hello, Gorgeous

March 9, 2021 By Anne Warner 8 Comments

Circle up you gorgeous pandemic caregivers. Look at your tired hands and feet. You are alive today. You’ve kept others alive this past year.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: caretaking, children, church, coronavirus, exhaustion, parenting

Reservations & a Borrowed Wedding

February 28, 2021 By Anne Warner 1 Comment

Later today I’ll call 600 Kitchen & Bar in downtown Kalamazoo and ask a question I’ve never asked before. “Yes, hello, are you taking reservations for shipping container tables for February 28?”

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Blessed Virgin Mary, Jesus, wedding

Life edit: sans socials

February 22, 2021 By Anne Warner 4 Comments

Instead of reaching for my phone to document or share the moment, I just stood there. I noticed everything I could about that particular horizon including the way the shaggy underbelly of clouds faded to a delicate pink, like short fuzzy tentacles of a jelly fish.

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices Tagged With: social media

Context of a Cure

February 3, 2021 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

Imagine for a minute that the three main characters of the story—the servant, the centurion, and Jesus—are standing in front of you.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: healing, Jesus, Luke, trinity

Of Prophets and Pandemic

November 19, 2020 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

The kids have grown but the washing machine has not. Loads fill more quickly than in the days before hormone body odors kicked in.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: coronavirus, death, grief, prophet, standing rock

The Evolving Life of James of Jerusalem

October 23, 2020 By Anne Warner 2 Comments

No, it isn’t just us in modern times—for siblings in the Bible, there’s usually drama.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Family, Jesus, siblings, St. James of Jerusalem

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