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"In love we find out who we want to be, in war we find out who we are.”   —Kristin Hanna, The Nightingale The course of history is directed by the choices we make and our choices grow out of the ideas, the beliefs, the values, the dreams of the people. It is not so much the powerful leaders tha

Life seems sometimes like nothing more than a series of losses, from beginning to end. That's the given. How you respond to those losses, what you make of what's left, that's the part you have to make up as you g o. ― Katharine Weber, The Music Lesson Every one of us is losing something precious to

A "Do What You Can" S tory It was a chilly fall day when the farmer spied the little sparrow lying on his back in the middle of the field. The farmer stopped his plowing, looked down at the frail feathered-creature lying on his back in the middle of the field. He inquired, "Why are you lying upside

Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong . - Lao Tzu Things are fluid in this world, and if you don't

Dear Readers, In lieu of a MessyMarvelous skill today, we offer you this poem. Written in 2016 by Maya Angelou for Oprah Winfrey, it speaks to all of us about the legacy of our life's work and the difference we can make in the world when we continue doing what God has given us to do. I have been ble

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. Genesis 2:2-3   Resting when tired is a relatively new sk

photo credit: Michael Grab @ GravityGlue.com Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony. – Thomas Merton What I tell my kids is, "I'm preparing you for college and for life." So, having independence, know how to set your own boundaries, figuring out how to

“Life is frittered away by details. Simplify.” —Henry David Thoreau “Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time, accepting hardship as a pathway to peace…” —Reinhold Neibuhr I have finally put words to a feeling I have been carrying around. It is the feeling of detoxing. I believe I am

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest. -Nelson Mandela Complacency is easy...and the foe of spiritual growth. -Aiden Wilson Tozer After last week, are you asking yourself, “What now?” Have you suggested to yourself and others that you need

art credit by @Jane_Mount on Instagram A riot is the language of the unheard. -Dr. Martin Luther King Love does not look like the silence and complicity of too many of us, who wish more for tranquility than justice. — Bishop Michael Curry Pivot--Practicing What We Preach This was not the post we had