Good Tidings of Grief
Comfort and Joy “Good tidings of grief, to you and your friends, good tidings for Christmas, and a thoughtful new […]
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Hopes and Fears of All the Years
I’ve been thinking a lot about the nature of longing. This has made for awkward holiday gatherings with typical mid-forties
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Hope Yet to Come
This past June, a two-story house in our neighborhood was struck by lightning during an overnight thunderstorm. The strike opened
Mary and the Art of Presence
“I’m so glad you were born!” Our rector, the Rev. Beth Fain, exclaimed this, shining with authenticity and her signature
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The Vigil of the First Day of School
I have never met a first day of school that did not make me cry. I have been both a
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When Walls are Good: Building Routines Like Nehemiah’s Wall
About two weeks ago, my husband and I began talking about getting our soon-to-be 6th grader, Jon, back into school
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What We Need to Grow
Growth can look so many different ways; it can even be invisible. When our children are young, they are most
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A Prayer for Camp Communities
The lake splashed softly against the rocky shore outside the green cabin walls as I took in the news that
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Laying the Foundation of Spiritaual Practices
I distinctly remember having a conversation with my husband when our children were very young and I was a stay-at-home
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Empty Nest
My mom texted a picture to all seven of us kids at the end of August after Nathan, my youngest brother and twenty years my junior, left for his freshman year of college. “In the first week of empty nesting we found an empty nest!” she wrote.