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Christmas in Verse
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This morning I told Michelle DeRusha I was glad she included the Stargazer lilies in her post. Their presence communicated something poignant and deep about her wider experience of grief and... Read More + |
Roots
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I thought about Mary Ainsworth when I read Julia Cameron’s chapter on Roots in The Right to Write this week. Mary Ainsworth is the developmental psychologist who, in the 1960s and 70s, conducted... Read More + |
I Eat with My Eyes
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I drive with the windows down and the air conditioning on. The sun burns through the windshield but it is not enough to be cool--I must let the breeze ripple my hair, feel the wildness of strands... Read More + |
Wanted: Friendly Reader
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We must protect our creativity. We must choose readers who read with love. Read More + |
A Letter To Myself
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Dearest Laura, When you tuck your boys in at night, you remember; how you would slide under covers and wait for mother’s soft hands. You hold on to that child, long for her sweet smelling skin.... Read More + |
Invite the Muse to Tea
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My muse is not happy with me. She has caught wind of all the niceties Julia Cameron lavishes on her writer-self to care for Inspiration. In our reading of The Right to Write this week, Cameron... Read More + |
Strangely Warmed
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Week two of book club discussion for John D. Beckett's Loving Monday: Succeeding in Business Without Selling Your Soul Read More + |
Sky-cradle
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One of my former patients used to tell me about a recurring dream that he had when he took a certain medication. The patient, who was a quadriplegic, not only was able-bodied in the dream, but he... Read More + |
What's In A Name?
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Book club discussion on chapter eight of Gerald May's The Wisdom of the Wilderness: Experiencing the Healing Power of Nature. Does the naming process promote subjugation? Read More + |
RAP: Eating Our Words on Good Friday
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What might we hear if we quietly sip a coffee for just 10 minutes, put the news aside, maybe even sit still outdoors where distraction falls away? Might we "taste and see that the Lord is good"? Read More + |
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Daily Reflection From Laity Lodge
Add to the Beauty
During the past several days, I have been reflecting on various implications of a passage in Ezekiel 41 in which God reveals his plans for beautiful decorations of the temple in Jerusalem. I began... Read More +













