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Blessing the Body (excerpt) — Jan Richardson This blessing takes one look at you and all it can say is holy. Holy hands. Holy face. Holy feet. Holy everything in between. Holy even in pain. Holy even when weary. In brokenness, holy. In shame, holy still. Holy in delight. Holy in distress. Holy when being […]
Acts of Kindness & Giving for Lent (guides and calendars sourced from several organizations) Illustrated Lent for Families: *Already printed and available* at front of church, which is always open. Or accessible as downloadable multi-page PDF with coloring pages, scriptures and activity guides. Due to licensing, the link will be sent by email to all […]
Bread by Helena Minton The dough rises in the sun, History of the human race inside it Orgies, famines, Christianity, Eras when a man could have his arm Chopped off for stealing half a loaf. I punch it down, knead the dark Flour unto the light, let it bake, Then set it on the table […]
Date Palm Trinity (excerpt) — Khaled Mattawa … Those were my brothers who cowered beneath the date palm to gather handfuls of fruit, rubbing each date clean on their sleeves, chewing softly to savor the taste as though it were a good omen, and rising to resume their lives, on their faces the smiles of […]
As Kingfishers Catch Fire — Gerard Manley Hopkins ~~ As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame; As tumbled over rim in roundy wells Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’s Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name; Each mortal thing does one thing and the same: Deals out that […]
