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The Generosity in Receiving
In a curious twist, a friend bought me coffee on the first day of my Lenten generosity practice! My first reaction was disappointment that I wasn’t able to be generous and treat her. But on the way home, I thought about this more and saw a different perspective. Perhaps the ability to graciously receive what… Continue reading The Generosity in Receiving
What Exactly IS Generosity?
As I began my Lenten practice of generosity, I first realized that I need to define precisely what generosity actually is. My initial thought was that generosity was all about charitable financial giving. But as I started to think about it more, I saw that this is a very narrow definition and a limiting way… Continue reading What Exactly IS Generosity?
A Practice for Lent 2024
Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day coincide this year, and this gives me a unique perspective on choosing a Lenten practice.
Gifts & Graces: February 2024
Here’s my random gratitude collection of mostly small but sometimes large things that helped make January better.
Gifts & Graces: January 2024
Here’s my random gratitude collection of mostly small but sometimes large things that helped make December better.
Advent 2023- 12/30/23
The Eyes of Jesus, by John O’Donohue I imagine the eyes of JesusWere harvest brown,The light of their gazingSuffused with the seasons: The shadow of winter,The mind of spring,The blues of summer,And amber of harvest. A gaze that is perfect sisterTo the kindness that dwellsIn his beautiful hands. The eyes of Jesus gaze on us,Stirring… Continue reading Advent 2023- 12/30/23
Advent 2023- 12/29/23
The Ongoing Work of God “It is not simply the birth of the Child that the season celebrates; it is the awareness of the ongoing work of God within Him, the foundation of our own hope for liberation that marks our lives and lifts our hearts.” The remaining Christmas season includes several feast days that… Continue reading Advent 2023- 12/29/23
Advent 2023- 12/28/23
Old Maps “No, they would not be going back through Jerusalem, they said. All three of them had had a dream that said steer clear of Jerusalem, as if they needed to be told. If anyone in Jerusalem knew anything at all they would be here instead of there. Besides, none of their old maps… Continue reading Advent 2023- 12/28/23
Advent 2023- 12/27/23
Bringing Christmas into the New Year “The Christmas season, if we see it as a whole rather than as an isolated event (and, in our age, a totally distorted and even misleading conception of the feast) can ignite the spark that will lead us through the darkness of our own lives every day of the… Continue reading Advent 2023- 12/27/23
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