Before and After I’ve always loved before and after pictures: * home improvement * haircuts * weightloss * whatever They intrigue me. How does change happen? Sometimes it only takes a pair of clippers and an hour of sweat…
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Shamanic Running pounding down the hill and toward the river it draws me down every time morning air swelters around me I try to find the rhythm in my stride, my breath grateful for every remaining patch of shade along…
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“Plant your hope with good seed . . .” Listen to Mumford & Sons: Thistle and Weeds Read this week’s Gospel Lesson: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
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Essential Rest I can’t think of a better time to write about rest. I’m just coming off nearly three weeks of travel. It became longer than planned because of a death in our family. My husband’s grandfather died this week, and…
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Northwest Chapel of the Cross on the campus of Luther Seminary St. Paul, Minnesota Where I will be preaching on Friday.
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In the Middle of the Story Ever find yourself in the middle of a story unsure of how it will all turn out? That’s where I am right about now. I’m in the middle of several stories, and I don’t…
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Summer Solstice Daisies at St. John’s University and Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota During the remainder of June and July, blog posts on Wednesdays will feature pictures worth a thousand words. Without the thousand words. Saturdays will remain more reflective with…
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“Nashville in February” Mumford and Sons put on an amazing concert in Denver this week. I was there to feel the pounding drums, join the crowd in singing through most of their current album, and revel in the convergence of…
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Cry of Absence The mornings are so hot already. It’s only June. But heat + humidity = heat index of unbearable. I rolled out early to run this morning. Wednesdays rarely hold any exercise. Full days followed by church and…
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Take and Eat For a second year we are gardening on a grand scale. Well, to be honest, my husband is gardening on a grand scale and I’m supportive and help when I can. He and my daughter and a…
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A Brief History of Reading Part I (mine, not everyone else’s) Although it is tempting tonight to try and be clever about today’s failed prediction of the rapture, I’ll resist. Most of my friends on fb – and the rest of…
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Carpet and Other Upheavals Getting new carpet is a lot like moving. Inside your own house. When we moved into this house eleven years ago the carpet needed replacing. But I’d given up a full time job to go back to…
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Advocacy +++++++++++++++ “One of the hardest things women in ministry have to do is advocate for themselves.” Monday. I’m sitting in on a monthly meeting of the “Heightening the Role of Women in Baptist Life.” It is a conversation hosted…
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