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Silence and Slow Time: honoring Richard Meux Benson and Charles Gore, monks and mystics

January 14, 2020 By Mary Lee Wile Leave a Comment

Students found the idea of a week in silence more alarming than a week detoxing from substance abuse, but as full time high school English teachers, my husband and I treasured the time in silence and prayer.

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Filed Under: Saints, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: empty nest, grandparents, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, parenting, retreat, silence, SSJE

Perception

November 4, 2019 By Mary Lee Wile Leave a Comment

“Grandma, where’s your mean picture?” asks my seven-year old grandson.“Mean” picture? Our house is full of family photos, paintings, icons – but I can’t think of any “mean” pictures.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: evangelism, Good Shepherd, grandchildren, Jesus

The vast expanse of interstellar space

August 18, 2019 By Mary Lee Wile Leave a Comment

At the local library yesterday, my four-year-old granddaughter listened to stories about stars, and about how everything on earth – including the Earth itself — is made from the debris of exploding stars, known as supernovas.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: grandchildren, space, theology

Jesus with Gray Hair

May 12, 2019 By Mary Lee Wile 3 Comments

Jesus with gray hair? That’s not an image I’d ever imagined, not until my six-year-old granddaughter created one.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: coloring, death, grandchildren, grandparenting, Jesus

Epiphany, Inclusivity, and Restroom Wisdom

January 19, 2019 By Mary Lee Wile 1 Comment

Not long ago, as I waited to use the restroom at Friendly Toast in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, I became intensely aware of the sign on the door

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: grandchildren, icons, inclusion, Prayer, strangers

Resurrection, With Wounds

August 31, 2018 By Mary Lee Wile 4 Comments

“Resurrection comes amid the deep loss that plunges us into darkness, when life hurts and makes no sense.” Br. Luke Ditewig, SSJE The day after […]

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: children, grandparenting, pain, resurrection, school

Letting the Little Children Gather at General Convention

July 18, 2018 By Mary Lee Wile 2 Comments

Editor’s Note: This post has been adapted from Mary Lee’s original post for The New Northeast, a online community for the Episcopal Diocese of Maine. […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: church, General Convention

Life’s Longing for Itself

March 15, 2018 By Mary Lee Wile 1 Comment

These days my prayers are an admission that I’m not the one in control.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: adult children, art, children, control, Jesus, Kahlil Gibran, Kathe Kollwitz, parenting

Trying – and sometimes failing – to commend the faith with grandkids at Christmastime.

January 4, 2018 By Mary Lee Wile 5 Comments

Talking with unchurched grandchildren about matters of faith involves a dance whose steps I’m still learning.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, Faith, Family, grandchildren, young children

Calling On God in Common, Creative Prayer

November 11, 2017 By Mary Lee Wile 3 Comments

The creation of these prayers nearly always binds a group together in profound ways.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Prayer, Uncategorized Tagged With: creativity, discipleship, Family, ministry, Prayer

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