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Mother’s day – filled with hope, love, longing and loss.
I've Been Thinking

Mother’s day – filled with hope, love, longing and loss.

My story I remember the days of love and insatiable longing. Longing for motherhood to be mine. To hold a tiny, wee […]

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The way out is the way in – exit plan
Health and Well-Being / I've Been Thinking

The way out is the way in – exit plan

“The way out is the way in.” Barbara Brown Taylor.  “Learning to Walk in the Dark.” Endings can be so hard, painful, […]

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“Do not be afraid” – Big little words
Spirituality

“Do not be afraid” – Big little words

I keep thinking about the words Jesus said to the two Mary’s after His resurrection. Matthew 28:1-10 tells us they to go […]

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Up from the grave He arose!
Spirituality

Up from the grave He arose!

Empty graves Today in church, our Pastor spoke about the need for resurrection in our lives. How the disciples were in self-imposed […]

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Scorched earth and rainstorms
I've Been Thinking

Scorched earth and rainstorms

When disappointment and loss come, where do we turn? Find hope?

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A Psalm for pilgrims
Spirituality

A Psalm for pilgrims

I love Psalm 130. It’s honesty and it’s clarion call to hope. From the depths of despair, O Lord, I call for […]

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Are you weary?
I've Been Thinking / Spirituality

Are you weary?

These are dreary days, and although the sun and warmth have returned to this part of the country, (don’t get me wrong I love […]

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Losing patience: and finding quiet encouragement for your day
I've Been Thinking / Spirituality

Losing patience: and finding quiet encouragement for your day

Oh, pandemic living. These days of living cheek to jowl grow long. And some days feel longer than others – so we […]

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Remembrance – love and loss
I've Been Thinking

Remembrance – love and loss

Today I am thinking of family, of love and of loss. I’ve shared this story before, and I guess I will keep […]

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Mother’s day
I've Been Thinking

Mother’s day

A note on Mother’s day May, 10, 2020 Mother’s day feels so profoundly tender today… many Mother’s cannot meet with their children […]

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O Lord and Ruler – O Antiphons – Day 2
Spirituality
  • December 18, 2019
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  • 4 min
  • 5 years
  • 582 words
  • 2
Tagged Advent, Christmas, Lord and Ruler, O Antiphons

O Lord and Ruler – O Antiphons – Day 2

Today we look at O Adonai or O Lord and Ruler. We have such an inherent longing for justice. It wrenches our […]

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The “O Antiphons” – O Wisdom
Spirituality
  • December 17, 2019
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  • 5 min
  • 5 years
  • 697 words
  • 8
Tagged Advent, Christmas, O Antiphons, Wisdom

The “O Antiphons” – O Wisdom

“O Antiphons” A fresh way of seeing I came to the love of liturgy late. Having spent my life in churches that […]

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Whisper His Name
Spirituality
  • December 9, 2019
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  • 3 min
  • 6 years
  • 367 words
  • 4
Tagged Everlasting Father, Mighty God, Names of God, Prayer, Prince of Peace

Whisper His Name

There are days we fill our prayers with a keen yearning, with love and longing. Our hearts cry out for mercy so […]

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Light of the World
Spirituality
  • December 8, 2019
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  • 4 min
  • 6 years
  • 497 words
  • 6
Tagged Christmas, Hope, Jesus, Light for our path, Light of the World

Light of the World

There are lights everywhere. Lights to remind us, point us to the Light of the World. December It’s December and Christmas-time, and […]

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Dark days
I've Been Thinking / Spirituality
  • November 16, 2019
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  • 10 min
  • 6 years
  • 1,414 word
  • 11
Tagged C. S. Lewis, Light in the dark, rest, Sorrow, The Horse and his boy

Dark days

Dark days can seem unending, and crushing. As I read this article by Scott Hubbard, https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/when-joy-feels-far-away it was profound and meaningful to […]

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Remembrance Day
I've Been Thinking
  • November 11, 2019
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  • 7 min
  • 6 years
  • 935 words
  • 12
Tagged Remembrance Day, Royal Canadian Dragoons

Remembrance Day

My Dad was a World War II veteran. Seeing this picture of my Dad when he first enlisted, fills me with sadness. […]

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Waymaker: finding hope again
Spirituality
  • October 4, 2019
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  • 5 min
  • 6 years
  • 694 words
  • 9
Tagged Faith, Hebrews 11:1, Hope is the thing with feathers, Prayer, Waymaker

Waymaker: finding hope again

“You are here Moving in our midst I worship you I worship you You are here Working in this place I worship […]

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Not the end of the story: warning – vulnerable post.
I've Been Thinking
  • October 2, 2019
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  • 12 min
  • 6 years
  • 1,720 word
  • 9
Tagged #metoo, Healing, Isaiah 61: 1 - 3, Justice, Sexual abuse

Not the end of the story: warning – vulnerable post.

(Note: I wrote this initially in 2018 at the height of the #metoo movement out of frustration and pain – watching the […]

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Living hope
Spirituality
  • September 27, 2019
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  • 2 min
  • 6 years
  • 184 words
  • 9
Tagged 1 Peter !:3, Hope

Living hope

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living […]

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Treasure in jars of clay
Spirituality
  • September 23, 2019
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  • 4 min
  • 6 years
  • 578 words
  • 3
Tagged 1 Corinthians 4, Afflictions, Beth Moore, Suffering, Treasure in jars of clay

Treasure in jars of clay

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. […]

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  Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops, at all. - Emily Dickinson  

Mother’s day – filled with hope, love, longing and loss.
The way out is the way in – exit plan
“Do not be afraid” – Big little words
Up from the grave He arose!
Scorched earth and rainstorms
A Psalm for pilgrims
Are you weary?

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