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May 4
7 min

What Job Knows: 7 Movements of Those Who Suffer

In my previous post, I wrote about suffering and the unhelpful response of “painsplaining” – or trying to explain another’s pain. This...

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Apr 30
5 min

Painsplaining 101

In the hardest moments of our lives, when our suffering and loss shines brightest like a gaping wound, our voices break as we cry out...

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Mar 2
5 min

B is for Becoming

(This is the second post in my new "Spiritual Alphabet" writing series, in which I will offer short reflections on words related to...

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Jan 5
3 min

Morning Pages (aka Brain Drain) as a Spiritual Practice

Last night, I started reading the book, The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron. I bought it on a whim after noting how many people raved...

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Nov 11, 2020
1 min

Naming the Loss

Loss weighs down on me today. I can neither deny ignore understand or dismiss it today. There is no healing reconciling hoping or...

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Oct 30, 2020
5 min

A is for Adventure

(This is the first post in my new "Spiritual Alphabet" writing series, in which I will offer short reflections on words related to...

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Oct 17, 2020
3 min

The Artist and Little Miss What-the-Hell

Years ago, when I first started spiritual direction, my spiritual director sent me a book* with a goofy title that depicted critical...

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Oct 1, 2020
2 min

Forgiving Again

A long time ago, someone was a jerk to me over email. I pressed in with earnest communication and healthy boundaries at the time and then...

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Sep 29, 2020
2 min

Mourning With Those Who Mourn: A Prayer for the Displaced, Lost, and Grieving

Earlier this month, I received an email from a pastor in London who found a prayer I wrote back in 2013. She was writing to let me know...

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Sep 28, 2020
2 min

Our World Is Not As It Should Be: A Lament

Three years ago today, I was asked to write a lament for a chapel service at Taylor Seminary. It helped to give voice to some of my...

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Sep 23, 2020
4 min

The Staircase Called Becoming

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve had a recurring dream, where I am in a large house full of rooms, long hallways, and stairways...

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Sep 7, 2020
1 min

A Prayer For Those Who Gather Here

Gathering Let us gather in this moment just as we are questioner sinner seeker for we matter to God more than doctrine, liturgy or creed...

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