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I wrote this poem this past December and then let it sit for a good long while. Now it seems to me that it has something to do with Lent and Jesus’ invitation to follow him into the desert for these forty days. When I wrote it, I was thinking of...
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Last January I quit my job . . . this is the story of how I was given the courage to do it. My small church graciously held open my position as associate pastor for six months after the twins were born. As the time ticked by and the heavy heat of summer turned...
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It’s only a story, but it’s a nice story. I used to hear it when I was a child from Matryona, my cook, who is still with me. It’s like this. Once upon a time there was a peasant woman and a very wicked woman she was. And she...
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One day Bartholomew was grumpy . . . His ears were cold. “Wrap your scarf around your ears to keep them warm, ” said George. But Bartholomew was still grumpy. His legs felt too stumpy. “I’ll carry you,” said George. At home,...
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The More We Own The Less We Have to Name If we had only one coat, we would call it Warm, but if we got another, it would not be Warmer, just our other coat, and if we bought, borrowed, stole or rescued from...
