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Reflections on being heard & listening: themes from Hebrews

Do you feel heard? Seen? Recognized? Beloved? Here are Rev Barbara Brown Taylor’s thoughts on the Love who insists one being Present and bears Witness to our lives: “I use the word “sacred” to describe something that grounds me in this world and opens me up to another world all at the same time. Oceans […]

Reflection on themes of game and challenge: inspired by Superbowl Sunday

Inspired by a collection of scriptures on triumph and defeat, athletic strength and resilience, running the race, being present to the challenges of life and faith. Classic poets’ commentaries on challenges, in honor of the Superbowl. Excerpted from an article by Barbara Mossberg, HuffPost. A moody child and wildly wise Pursued the game with joyful […]

Reflections from Jonah and Mark 1: Being Called

For My People (excerpt) — Margaret Walker For my people standing staring trying to fashion a better way     from confusion, from hypocrisy and misunderstanding,     trying to fashion a world that will hold all the people,     all the faces, all the adams and eves and their countless generations; Let a new earth […]

Meditation: drink from the well — wonder & curiosity

I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, the more […]

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