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Wednesday Night Poem

Tonight is Thanksgiving Eve. How many of us are up late cooking or straightening for guests? All so that tomorrow we can share a feast with friends and family, expressing gratefulness to one another and to God. The day takes effort to create, but really, all the best things do. It is a day for [...]

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Remembering Patriotism and Freedom on September 11

On this anniversary of September 11, I am thinking about how near and far the events seem. When I see images of the burning buildings, for a brief moment my heart flutters in a way reminiscent of the clutch I felt in my chest that day. Even the full clutch still hits me sometimes, like [...]

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Wonder-full Living

Initially, I thought this post would be about a totally different topic (snakes or breastfeeding, to be specific). But when I sat down to write, I thought of the number of people I have encountered in the past two months who feel stuck. They feel unsatisfied with where they are in their lives and they [...]

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