cultivating the beautiful ordinary by sharing our tales and our tables
Lent is for lovers. “Lent is a time for discipline, for confession, for honesty, not because God is mean or fault- finding or finger-pointing but because he wants us to know the joy of being cleaned out, ready for all the good things he now has in store.” ― N.T. Wright 2018. The year Valentine’s…
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An enthusiastic teeny-bopper still dwells in a substantial corner of my heart. She used to tight-roll her jeans, wear scrunchies in her hair, create dance routines to Paula Abdul, and hang New Kids on the Block posters in her bedroom.
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One of my most loved, and at the same time, most hated parts of the experiences I had at Recovery Weeks was the excursion at the end of the week.
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Ash Wednesday. A chalked smearing of celebration tasted—now absent, ached for, and anticipated.
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What a month it has been, the intensity of it still lays on my heart and crowds in on the edges of my thoughts.
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It’s here once again. Ash Wednesday.
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