Writing
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A Review by the Rev. Jennie Hogan
A theologian, Nicola Slee offers bold, humble, and poetic perspectives on the sabbath. The subtitle of her book emphasises the difficult work of sloughing away our resistance to rest. The American more» -
Let yourself tremble, shake like the windblown leaf, speak your truth. more»
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...there is no moment this blessing refuses to sing itself into the heart of the hated and the hateful, the victim and the victimizer, with every last ounce of hope it has. more»
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Surging swell unrelenting Fisher's net cast from storm Colours fast in ceaseless shaping Shingle beach salvaged story's form more»
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What the festival costs is more than the price of helium in a few small red balloons, and a birthday cake for the church during coffee hour. more»
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The shelter of the cocoon provides the supports that aid our healing. Before we ascend, we must kneel and bend to get the uplift desired. more»
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with sculpted spontaneity, haute couture sincerity, synthetic joy, and ads that tickle up our hopes and needs... more»
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Easter is past. A bewildering resurrection is interwoven with grief. Christ companioned the ones who loved him and mourned his loss. He walked alongside them, shared breakfast on the beach, and bore witness that grief does not have the last word. Is not the end of the story. more»
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Peace must start here. In the battlefield of our hearts, where our wills seek their way and our wants collide with others. more»
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Joseph saw him first, the man who was an unexpected baby, boy in a carpenter’s shop. John, recently passed, recognized his cousin, playmate, friend rising from the Jordan with a dove more»
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The passion narratives ask us to view the world from God's perspective, with the loving eyes of Christ, from the Spirit's vantage point. more»
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Come close with Mary, Martha, Lazarus So close the candles stir with their soft breath And kindle heart and soul to flame within us Lit by these mysteries of life and death. more»
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Courage and faith, water and earth, reveal unseen spaces nurturing life, strengthening hearts... more»
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We’re heading to a sunset shooting cosmic light ten thousand streams of happiness not far from the swing of the foam more»
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A stall beneath a public hall: Journey’s end – could this be – the beginning quest? more»
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Some writers reflect on the 12 days of the song... more»
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Beauty blossoms the landscape of the bare heart warming it like the breath of creatures healing like nectar... more»
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Here let the weary come; let the aching come; let the lost come; let the sorrowing come. more»
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But we must be careful to not too soon forget, the one to whose feet we bring our treasures. more»
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when all is said and done that might and power... more»
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...Christians should never be triumphalist as the magnificent truth of the gospel is always framed in thin, beautiful, delicate ice. more»
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Do we know that within each one of us is the unspeakably beautiful beat of the Sacred? more»
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There is something telling about the fact that the very day after Christmas the Church celebrates the Feast of Stephen, the first Martyr. more»
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Happy Feast of St. Francis! The hospitality of Franciscans has been a pivotal gift in my life, and I owe them much for helping to preserve my vocation and to sustain me when I made a flying leap into ministry beyond the local church. more»
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My hospice patients were dying, but they still longed for fresh air and birdsong. more»