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At the Core

At the Core

A plethora of muscle and tissue damage led to months of physical therapy a few years ago. Finally released from the grueling three-day-a-week PT schedule, my physical therapist grinned with such joy as she sent me on my way. Little did I know what was in that folder full of exercises to...

I Will Give Thanks

I Will Give Thanks

I will give thanks to You, Lord, with all my heart... Psalm 9:1a (NIV) I  I will I will give I will give thanks I will give thanks to I will give thanks to You I will give thanks to You, Lord I will give thanks to You, Lord, with I will give thanks to You, Lord, with all I will give thanks to...

Saints Around Us

Saints Around Us

All Saints' Day In a week which holds All Hallows’ Eve and All Saints’ Day, it's a good time to pause and reflect on those who have gone on before us. Whenever I come to this week of the year, I think of Hebrews 11. This “Saint’s Hall of Fame,” features some who are quite famous, known by their...

Blended Listening

Blended Listening

Pondering how to draw near to God today, I notice three themes show up regularly in our latest conversations.  Breath prayer.  Lectio Divina.  Creativity. Lord, what are Your invitations for this day?  Be still, daughter. Listen.  I pause and I wonder.  As one who thinks outside the proverbial...

Found Poem: Words that Delight

Found Poem: Words that Delight

Who among us does not have dreams that this year will be different? It is not over,  this birthing. There are always newer skies into which God can throw stars. You enter the  extraordinary by way of the ordinary. In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Even a thousand miles inland you...

Between

Between

Between This line  And the next I may have Fought a dragon Or was it a dragonfly?   Between  This line And the next I may have strolled around the block Or down the lane On another planet. Between  This line And the next I may have chatted with a friend Over a cup of Earl Grey tea Or...

Cross Training for Creativity

Cross Training for Creativity

Any personal trainer will tell you that cross training is good for the body.  If you swim, walk. If you walk, lift weights. If you lift weights, run. If you run, swim. You get the drift. Muscles become familiar with the familiar, even a bit sedated, so switching it up invites muscles to respond...

This Is About Poetry

This Is About Poetry

  This is about poetry. This is about prose. This is not about equations And this has never been about what’s only black and white. This is about moments captured in cinnamon and cayenne.   This is about what is ancient. This is about what is fresh. This is not about what makes...

Touching the Hem of His Garment

Touching the Hem of His Garment

Desperate. Shunned. Lonely. Long, long, long suffering.  I vacillate between seeking healing one more time and believing that I shall never be healed.  Why try? Why not try? Why try? Why not try?  I’ve been dismissed. I’ve been given hope. I’ve grown sicker, not more healed.  Now one more...

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