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Grief
14 May 2020In her book Memories of a Catholic Girlhood, author Mary McCarthy writes of losing both parents to the flu epidemic of 1918. She was just 6 years old. Perhaps because…
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God did listen
14 May 2020Dear students, I want to start by saying that you are in my thoughts daily. I hope that you are finding ways to care for your spirit during this trying…
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Ever-Widening Thought and Action
7 May 2020Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls…
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Julian
7 May 2020Did you know that May 8th is the commemoration of Julian of Norwich? I didn’t—my denomination doesn’t do much with commemoration dates. But my spouse, a chaplain and ELCA minister,…
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Forgiveness During Ramadan
6 May 2020Whether it’s zooming by (no pun intended) or dragging on, nearly two weeks of Ramadan have passed, and we are now in the second third of this month. According to…
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What Even is Time?
1 May 2020As this term of school and this term of life stretch on, it can become difficult to keep track of the days. The usual rhythms by which we mark our…
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All Things in Common
30 April 2020One of the lectionary readings for this Sunday is Acts 2:42-47. The text gives a brief description of the early church, and there are a few verses in particular which…
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Possibility
24 April 2020We’re only weeks or months into this marathon of a pandemic, and I am tired. I am tired of not being able to hug my parents or have our weekly…
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“Only the good, and none of the bad”
24 April 2020Here we are, the first night of new moon/month of Iyar. Even in lock down the sun and moon keep rising and setting, time marches on. The blessing for the…
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“Liminal”
23 April 2020One so timeless so commondeep-rooted mortal so cradledin public rituals and offerings grasped hands shared tales and casseroles then kept silent and sharp in each sole startled heart One all insistent…
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“Pandemic”
23 April 2020What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, just for now, …
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Walking
23 April 2020One of the lectionary texts for this coming Sunday is Luke 24:13-35. The story told here includes two people walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus, which we are told is a…
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Sudden Change of Plans
16 April 2020In the Biblical story of the Exodus, the Israelites had to leave Egypt quickly. They grabbed their dough before it had a chance to rise. That haste, that sudden demand…