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Monthly Archives: March 2020
Lenten Series – Part 6: Fear of Failure
We are in the season of Lent, a period of 40 days before Easter when Christians traditionally lament over their sins and then, in response, choose something to give up such as chocolate or Facebook or alcohol. The idea is … Continue reading
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Tagged failure, the first must be last, W. Paul Jones, Weavings
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Lenten Series – Part 5: Nagging
We are in the season of Lent, a period of 40 days before Easter when Christians traditionally lament over their sins and then, in response, choose something to give up such as chocolate or Facebook or alcohol. The idea is … Continue reading
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Tagged Al-Anon, controlling others, nagging
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From My Reading – March
“By contemplation, we mean the deliberate seeking of God through a willingness to detach from the passing self, the tyranny of emotions, the addiction to self-image, and the false promises of the world. Action, as we are using the word, means … Continue reading
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Tagged Jonathan Bailey, Leonard Cohen, Martin Luther King, Rachel Naomi Remen, Richard Rohr
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Lenten Series – Part 4: Anxiety
We are in the season of Lent, a period of 40 days before Easter when Christians traditionally lament over their sins and then, in response, choose something to give up such as chocolate or Facebook or alcohol. The idea is … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, Good and Beautiful Life, Lenten devotional
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“Bright Flows the River of God”
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives” (Annie Dillard) My husband and I have been in a peculiar time of helplessness for a few weeks. He has a new diagnosis of too much protein … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Dillard, compassionate service, Psalm 23
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Lenten Series – Part 2: Take an Inventory
We are in the season of Lent, a holy time when Christians focus on the meaning of the life and death of Jesus. This series of posts was first published in February/March, 2016. It focuses on the concept of “letting … Continue reading
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