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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

Throwing Spirals and God Beholding Us … and Smiling

February 12, 2020 By Cara Meredith 1 Comment

I threw the best spiral of my life yesterday afternoon.  

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: football, God, joy, Lego, singing, young children

Morning Prayers and Giving Thanks, Courtesy of Harry Potter

November 26, 2019 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

A couple of Saturdays ago, my oldest son and I trekked into the heart of San Francisco for a visit to one of the most iconic Episcopal churches, Grace Cathedral.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Prayer Tagged With: Grace Cathedral, Harry Potter, Prayer, Thanksgiving

The Holiest Invitation of All

November 8, 2019 By Cara Meredith 2 Comments

Last month, I gathered with a group of women communicators for a five-day retreat in northern Idaho. We’d been together over Zoom calls for several months by that point, but found ourselves itchy for a little face-to-face interaction.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Prayer Tagged With: Listening, Prayer, work

We Celebrate Our Mistakes!

August 27, 2019 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

When it comes to mistakes, I tend to think I have a pretty healthy attitude on the subject. It’s okay, we all make mistakes, I tell my seven-year-old son when he accidentally falls off his pint-sized skateboard and skins his knee.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: food, parenting, teaching, young children

Living in a Land of Maybes

June 11, 2019 By Cara Meredith Leave a Comment

Lately, I feel like I’ve been living in a land of maybes.Perhaps replying with a “maybe” when someone invites you over for a glass of wine or extends your child an invitation to their son or daughter’s birthday party isn’t a big deal to you – but for me, it’s like twenty five years of history gets unearthed every time I utter the response.

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Filed Under: Discipleship

The Color of Life

February 9, 2019 By Cara Meredith 5 Comments

I’m oftentimes asked why I wrote The Color of Life, and if I’m honest with you, the first thing I’ll say is that I never […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: books, racial justice, racism

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