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Tag Archives: hope
no extensions necessary – September 22
9.22.2016 a baby’s cry down the hall young child face with cap looking up from the bag lunch table next to mom. grace, hope, forgiveness, failure, care it’s all right here. no extensions necessary. —————————
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Tagged care, compassion, cry, grace, helplessness, hope, poverty, sharing
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the blank edge – September 12
9.12.2016 the blank edge is what we fear that there will be no beyond beyond it is a step of faith everyday that the path chosen is not a sham. ———————-
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Tagged choice, faith, fear, hope, leap, mortality, path, resurrection
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eyeblink – August 25
8.25.2016 the surgical light gazes down while the man out of sight adjusts the tube in your arm voices sound like they’re in the next room or maybe a dream moment except it’s your love leaning over saying … Continue reading
figure of speech – August 21
8.21.2016 a voice on the phone says hello I have your results all is normal all is well, benign no change a weight disappears that I thought was only a figure of speech. literal lift, lightness of … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, appreciation, Health, hope, literalism, Medicine, objective reality, response
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songs on the way – August 11
8.11.2016 all we go down to the dust yet even at the grave we make our song Alleluia, Alleluia Alleluia. a plain plastic box holds her remains but not her soul we spoke and prayed the words for … Continue reading
before and after – July 24
7.24.2016 we have tried anger and rage before a short term response of pain long term of evil. only changed hearts change the world. ——————-
Christ heart – July 10
7.10.2016 May the Christ heart be within me. May I grow in seeing the world and myself through the Christ eye and measure my heart in its reflection. ————————-.
reaffirmation of vows – March 23
3.23.2016 filled choir, robed and not, faces and voices who’ve said Yes Lord. have we done enough does it matter enough or is it simply enough to follow and be faithful in offering whatever it is we’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, faithfulness, gifts, God, grace, hope, journey, ordination, Prayer, vows
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when the bus hits you – January 6
1.6.2015 What do you have to bring to the table when the bus hits you or the wind drops or the bough breaks of the sails ebb what sustains you when the rest is gone. ————–
signals – December 13
12.13.2015 tree lights in the dark signaling warmth in the cold for all of us. ————–
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Tagged Christmas, darkness, Decorations, faith, hope, light, meaning, signs
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