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Something there is…
I spent last week remembering the legacy of President Jimmy Carter. From Plains to Atlanta to the Capitol Rotunda to Washington National Cathedral back to Plains. In brief here are…
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Home Going
On the whole I’m not a collector of things. Over the years the one exception has been an assortment of nativity sets that I have gathered from my global travel.…
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The Lesson of the Pansies
For several weeks now I have been observing my balcony porch winter garden. It consists of two small red cedar trees, two box elders, and seven pots of pansies. With…
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The Advent Imperative
A walk through a Nashville church plus a healthy dose of imagination created the image above.
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Injured forever
241216 The chief of police, Shon Barnes, in Madison, WI matter of factly reported the stats from the mass shooting at Abundant Life Christian School a week before Christmas: three dead…
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Sans solace
Sans solace / From the bombed building rubble / They pull a one-year-old child / A beautiful girl
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Waiting for the dawn
Waiting for the dawn, a traditional Native American ritual, has been through ups and downs, thick and thin, grief and joy, a daily practice for me. In these recent days,…
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Disassembly required
As autumn creeps into our consciousness, I’ve begun to hear a common seasonal exclamation: “Isn’t the cooler weather delightful!” I notice my internal response is “Yes…but…” Yes…to the reduction of…
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The hummers
The first sighting was made by my sister visiting from Texas. “Look!” She exclaimed as she pointed toward the porch. Looking up, we discovered within eyeshot a tiny hummingbird flitting…
