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Advent finally showed up

December 18, 2022 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

Advent came a little later than expected this year.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, Palestine, waiting

Clinging to Hope Amid Failed Expectations

August 26, 2022 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

I held high hopes for tomatoes this summer.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: failure, gardening, hope

Down in the gullies, you make springs to rise

May 17, 2022 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

Have you ever had one of those palm-to-forehead moments?

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Filed Under: Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Annunciation, confession, grace, Prayer

My Piece to Own

March 3, 2022 By Cara Meredith 2 Comments

How are we to respond when we’ve been wronged?

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: gifts, giving, justice

Remembering Our Collective Oppression

June 12, 2021 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

I saw it again the other day: she took a wide berth, or perhaps I should say, she gave me a wide berth.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: coronavirus, humanity, relationships

Hope is still there

February 26, 2021 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

This year, Ash Wednesday looked like parking in a 12-minute spot on the corner of Bay and Montecito and walking up to the front step of our church building.

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Filed Under: Lent, Liturgical Year Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, coronavirus, COVID-19, hope, Lent

The Dark Ancient Truth of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

December 22, 2020 By Cara Meredith 11 Comments

Usually, by the time December rolls around, I am ready for the Advent season to come around as well.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: Advent, coronavirus, hymns

This One Word is Enough

September 19, 2020 By Cara Meredith 4 Comments

“The sun must be sad today, Mama,” my younger son said to me.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: community, coronavirus, fire, Prayer

Striving for Justice and Peace by Putting One Foot in Front of the Other

June 13, 2020 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

Fifty-four years ago, my father-in-law set out to walk 220 miles from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi. Even though the Voting Rights Act of 1965 had passed less than a year earlier, a stronghold of fear still gripped African American voters, especially in the South.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: baptismal covenant, Black Lives Matter, peace, racial justice

I Choir the Proper Praise

April 29, 2020 By Cara Meredith 2 Comments

Just after 7:30 this morning my younger son and I trekked out to the driveway in our slippers and pajamas, a box of sidewalk paint, a roll of masking paint, and my cup of coffee our only companions.  

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: art, children, coronavirus, Easter, parenting

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