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What I am learning from the Christmas story this year:
Post Views = 495~God didn’t hold on to stability, keeping things as they had always been. No, God came to switch things up, to destabilize the status quo. (Why else would God have chosen to be born as a baby to an unwed teenage mother?) ~God’s birth story isn’t run-of-the-mill, but full of creativity (who…
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A Christmas Prayer
Post Views = 523(Written in 2012) Eternal One who came to earth on this night so long ago, As Christmas takes over our hearts, we pray that powerful changes would happen in the world around us, so that your kingdom will come in mighty ways: That no nation will will take advantage of the poor…
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Book Review: Shadows
Post Views = 849Shadows: Scruples On The Line by Evie Yoder Miller) I was very interested in this book because of my Mennonite background and its connections to the Shenandoah Valley, the area of Virginia where I have lived most of my life. This book follows five Anabaptist families who are all a part of…
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Autumn
Post Views = 4032The season of autumn The season of death A holy process A sacred moment of stepping outdoors A new cleanliness in the air As all around is dying As all around is letting go As all around is finding the divine freedom of release Just a part of the cycle of life…
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Which journey am I on?
Post Views = 557What is this journey? A journey into the unknown? A journey toward God? A journey toward finding my true self? Is the journey about me? Making sure I’m a good person, well-respected and well-liked? Making sure I go to heaven? Making sure I’m on the moral high ground? Making sure I’m right…
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Significant Silence
Post Views = 884(I missed going to the beach this summer, so I wrote this poem instead.) By the ocean The sound of greens and blues Swirling and foaming Grit under my feet Heat on my face Sinking into the pulsating coolness A steady rhythm Swoosh-ahhh, swoosh-ahhh Salty air with a bit of tanginess Pungent…