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I Am Child
Post Views = 1633I am Child. I awake to a world of color and shapes and textures. It is all new: new sounds (hear that chirp?) and new smells (mmm, can I have a taste?) and new feelings (I’m jumping up and down!). I want to run to the edge of that view, To hug…
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A Question For Parents
Post Views = 1941What is my role as a parent? I’ve asked myself that question so many times. And I’ve answered it in myriad different ways throughout the years. (And I’ve been a parent for over 24 years now.) I used to see my parental role as helping my child to become like me. That…
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Book review: Where The Colors Blend
Post Views = 3588By Stephen Copeland An Authentic Journey Through Spiritual Doubt and Despair…and a Beautiful Arrival at Hope As the subtitle suggests, this book is Stephen Copeland’s six-year personal pilgrimage through mountains of questions, valleys of shadows, streams of discovery, trails of transformation, and vistas of hope. It is a book that moves slowly…
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From a Tired Christian
Post Views = 3757I’m tired. I’m tired of keeping up with images. Of trying to please. Of trying to fit in. I’m tired of trying to figure out what’s sin and what’s not. I’m tired of working so hard to win the approval of the divine and the mortal. Of making sure I’m not contaminated…
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In the beginning
Post Views = 1762In the beginning was emptiness Nothing becoming something Vacancy becoming occupied Barren becoming full Dark water becoming land Thick blackness becoming colorful light Night becoming morning In the beginning was movement A void filled A fog parting A baby birthing A gift giving A dream awaking A light flashing In the beginning…
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On Prejudice
Post Views = 2818I’m not prejudiced. Today I was walking down the sidewalk as someone was approaching from the opposite direction. I clutched my purse a little tighter, put my head down to avoid eye contact, and picked up my pace. It wasn’t my neighbor or the little old white lady I see at the…