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Behold Your Grief

Behold Your Grief

On Ash Wednesday, I enter the dim sanctuary to hear my beginning and ending declared:  “from dust you are, to dust you shall return.” (Gen. 3:19)     The rector marks my forehead with ashes. In the starkness, I mourn. I ache. I long. I grieve.   So begins Lent. Reminded of our...

Deconstructing Lectio Divina

Deconstructing Lectio Divina

Nestled in the corner of a strip shopping center, my favorite Colorado Thai restaurant served scrumptious pineapple chicken curry. Eager to replicate the dish, I set out to decipher the ingredients and spices involved in the creation. I scribbled down notes as I savored each bite at the...

Behold: To Gaze Upon

Behold: To Gaze Upon

One thing have I desired of the Lord; that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple. Psalm 27:4 - KJ21   One thing? In Psalm 27, David proclaims the one thing he desires which he will...

Writing Your Way Through Advent

Writing Your Way Through Advent

I sat in Marilyn McEntyre’s Advent poetry class last Tuesday evening. My brown eyes burned, fighting to stay awake. Up way past my normal bedtime as I am an early bird to the nth degree, I wrestled with the tiredness I felt at that moment. Yet my heart bound joyfully over the pleasant pasture...

Advent: Behold Jesus

Advent: Behold Jesus

This December blog is brought to you by the word Behold with a hint of prose.   Behold.   In autumn Sun greets the day full of reds and oranges, golds and yellows.   Leaves – once green, crisp up, curling in the drying air loosening their grip upon dogwood trees.    ...

Noting The Gift of Thanks

Noting The Gift of Thanks

I grew up in the deep South where “Please” and “Thank you” flowed as readily as the waves upon our Georgia shore. I also grew up in an era and a locale where “Thank You” notes created the ebb and flow of gift-giving as they wrapped up the response to any gift received.   My mother never...

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