Tag: faith
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Thank you: A Letter to @theebillyporter
I told you I was writing a letter to the incomparable @theebillyporter. I’m even doing it the same day I made the pronouncement. I’m even doing it while listening to his rendition of I Am Changing. It, along with the live version of Why We Sing are in my Spotify ‘liked songs’ that I often…
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Peace
I’ve been on a Pharaoh Sanders kick for the past several weeks. There is something mystical-magical-inspirational about his work. As I sit here now, wrapping up another work week, feeling accomplished even though I didn’t get everything that I’d hoped for completed today, I’m listening to Hum Allah Hum Allah Hum Allah on Spotify. I…
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Big (to me) Blessings
It doesn’t take a lot to make me happy. Walking outside and seeing the sun reflecting off snow on the mountains after days of rain … Hummingbirds … Dog smiles … I could go on, but much of the list would include things like that. I suppose such happinesses come from humble starts: my parents…
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Sabbath Keeping
I have been pondering the notion of Sabbath for some time. Oh, not that I don’t understand it, but it’s like a jello mold … if you try to pick up the jello from the plate with your hands, what happens? It’s all jiggly and sluices through your fingers. Sabbath can be like that. Image…
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Timed Timelessness
My devotional reading this morning was about recognizing that we all are destined for something similar, no matter what our beliefs: eventually, this physical shell will cease to function and the part of us that is ‘us’ will go on. Every week or two weeks, depending on schedules, there’s a small group of us who…
A New Bloom 