Intentionality

So it’s January 2 and maybe this post is a day or two or more late. And chances are, you have already read a bunch a blogs and posts about resolutions and such. You may have your act together and find yourself feeling pretty good about the start of 2019. Honestly, I wasn’t feeling it […]

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1/02/2019

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Intentionality

Life and Death and Christmas

Three days after Christmas I sat in a sanctuary still beautifully decorated for the Christmas season. Greenery and candles with white lights were intermingled along the stage in an elegant way. To the left hand side, surrounded by the decorations was a simple feeding trough, manger with a doll wrapped in swaddling cloths, Baby Jesus. […]

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12/30/2018

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My Theology

Tangled Raw

The tangle of conflicting intertwined emotions weighs heavy on my sternum. Some angles are sharp and literally, physically hurt when they rub against my inside. Mostly the mass just seems to ache until I can find some sort of distraction to numb the damaged spot. Christmas is usually filled with mostly happy thoughts and memories. […]

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12/26/2018

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Loss

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“Keeps Me Singing As I Go”

I read somewhere recently that when you lose a grandparent to death, part of your childhood dies with them. I lost part of my childhood this afternoon.  My last living grandparent, my mother’s mother, died this afternoon.  Her breathing labored, her heart tired and her mind weary, with her eyes closed as if already in […]

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Shoulder the Responsibility

I don’t know if that saying is used much any more – if someone “shoulders the responsibility,” they are the one that would ultimately take charge, be the one that the buck stops with and is in control of the task at hand. Like my high school daughter lugging her heavy backpack onto her shoulder […]

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Hard Truth and Ridiculous Grace

I never do this, but I did this once. (Actually, I really liked the convenience so it is highly likely I will do it again!) The song on the radio had this fantastic phrasing and I had to purchase this song. It made me late to pick up my middle daughter from her friend’s sleepover, […]