Holy Week VI – Saturday Six Word Stories* in silence waiting for new life ++++++++++++ *During Holy Week the posts each day are six word stories. Today’s story is taken from the silence of the biblical witness to the story we are…
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Holy Week V – Friday Six Word Stories* Cohen: O longing of the branches ++++++++++++ *During Holy Week the posts will be six word stories. Today’s story is taken from Leonard Cohen’s newly released “Old Ideas” album. The song is “Come Healing.”…
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Holy Week IV – Thursday Six Word Stories* Maundy (new commandment) wash, serve, love ++++++++++++ *During Holy Week the posts will be six word stories. Today’s story is taken from the gospel reading: John 13:1-17, 31b-35
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Holy Week III – Wednesday Six Word Stories* surrounded by a cloud of witnesses ++++++++++++ *During Holy Week the posts will be six word stories. Today’s story is taken from the epistle reading: Hebrews 12:1-3.
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Holy Week II – Tuesday Six Word Stories* * During Holy Week the posts will be six word stories. Today’s story is taken from the lectionary gospel text: John 12:20-36.
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Holy Week I – Monday Six Word Stories* ______________________ * During Holy Week the posts will be six word stories.
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3MMM | Episode 185: Self Compassion
Self compassion. Who needs it? Well, all the humans. It is hard, however, to love others when we struggle to love ourselves. This can be reality for many people. Sometimes it is just a season. For others it is an…
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3MMM | Episode 103: Nelle Morton on Listening
Has the Spirit been speaking to you in the course of this pandemic year? Where? How? Through whom or what? The past year has been quiet in some ways, making listening easier as many of us work from home. We…
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3MMM | Episode 16: Engaging Ritual
There are many powerful rituals available for ministers to engage while leading people of faith. In this post, I want to share two stories about engaging ritual. This past weekend I took some of my seminary students to the “Beating…
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Late Summer Six-Word Stories We’ve just turned the corner from summer to autumn. Before the warm days slip away entirely, I want to share a few late summer six-word stories.* Most are from trips in September. The first three were…
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A Six-Word Story* ____________ * This idea came from Six Word Story Everyday. At that site contributors offer pictures worth a lot of words, but they only use six to tell each story. Since that discovery, I’ve posted a number of these short…
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Six Word Stories from England About a year ago I discovered Six Word Story Everyday. It’s a fun way to tell a story using only six words. Along the way over the past year, I’ve posted a number of these short story-pictures,…
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Sacred Six-Word Stories This idea came from Six Word Story Everyday. At that site contributors offer pictures worth a lot of words, but they only use six to tell each story. Since last fall I’ve posted a number of these…
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