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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

My Screen Tweens: Uncut

August 28, 2020 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

I have my share of impulsive freak-outs when I glance at the couch from the kitchen and see my tween daughters in their favorite spots staring at their screens again.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: coronavirus, parenting, screen time, tweens

Of Poor Ladies & Oreos

August 11, 2020 By Anne Warner 1 Comment

I hope Clare of Assisi and her Poor Ladies embraced the gift of humor as much as they did poverty, charity and humility.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: cloud of witnesses, Contemplation, fasting, Jesus Christ, Prayer, saints

My Cousin-Sister in Gallup, New Mexico

June 17, 2020 By Anne Warner 3 Comments

Autumn is a firstborn daughter, like me, and sixth months my senior. Unlike me, her dad—an artist, teacher and retired cross country coach—is Navajo (Diné).

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: coronavirus, Family, Navajoland, teenagers

The (Virtual) Vesper Light

May 3, 2020 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

In the Before Times I had an awkward relationship with my at-home Book of Common Prayer.

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices Tagged With: coronavirus, Daily Office, Evening Prayer, Facebook

Grow at the Movies: Little Women

February 3, 2020 By Anne Warner 1 Comment

“It’s not a happily-ever-after story,” said my elder daughter Ida when asked what she thought of the new Little Women movie.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: anger, books, Grow at the Movies, reading, stories

Where We Stand: Standing Rock Now

November 18, 2019 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

Last month I interviewed Water Protector Sierra Asamoa-Tutu and Episcopal priest John Floberg, both of whom served at Standing Rock. In their own words, here’s what they shared about where things stand with Standing Rock.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: environment, first nation, indigenous people, standing rock, teenagers, youth

The Culture Wars on Kinsley Street

October 25, 2019 By Anne Warner Leave a Comment

Three springs ago the Martin family moved in across the street. Later that summer Isra Hatel, who lives three doors down, called me. She told a story that wasn’t actually new, though I tried to listen as if it had been.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, coffee, interfaith, Neighbors

Native Gardening: Here and Now

September 25, 2019 By Anne Warner 2 Comments

I’m a carpenter’s daughter. My father built the suburban Chicago house of my childhood with his own hands in the evenings after working his for-pay job. Suburban sprawl put food on my table and paid half my college tuition where in environmental science classes I was taught about its horrors.

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Creation care, For the Beauty of the Earth, nature

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