Category: The Library
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It’s All In A Name: Part Four
For thus the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said, “In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.” (Isaiah 30:15a) My Brian. Noble. Strength. And a ruthless trust that has led me through the darkest days of my life. I stood with a friend last week…
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Finding Bridesmaids
“They say we go to college to find our husbands, but I’m convinced we go to college to find our bridesmaids.” These words, uttered Saturday from the maid of honor at the wedding we were attending, struck me. Across the reception hall, I looked at my friend, Beth, the maid of honor from my own…
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To Know And Be Known
The only option as I see it, is this delicate weaving of action and celebration, of intention and expectation. Let’s act, read, protest, protect, picket, learn, advocate for, fight against, but let’s be careful that in the midst of all that accomplishing and organizing, we don’t bulldoze over a world that’s teeming with beauty and…
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All’s Right With The World
The year’s at the spring And day’s at the morn; Morning’s at seven; The hillside’s dew-pearled; The lark’s on the wing; The snail’s on the thorn; God’s in His heaven – All’s right with the world! ~Robert Browning In keeping with our annual “grilling on the first day of Spring no matter what the weather…
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Making Every Second Count… Or Not
The past week has been a difficult one for me as I have pondered my recent hospital stay. For those of you who don’t know what happened, I got a horrible skin infection in my weak arm… the one where the lymphatic system is compromised because so many nodes were removed with my cancer. The…
A Spring of Joy 