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Photo credit Often, it’s a restless night and bad dreams that tell me I forgot. Other times it’s the way I snap and growl at my children in the morning. It’s not that they’re worse than normal, but I’m less tolerant, carrying my own internal agitation...
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(Photo Source) For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength. Isaiah 30:15 I sat in the little house with the oil lamp lit, computer in place. ...
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(Welcome to #SmallWonder. I’m happy you’re here. This week I’m re-sharing an old post as I put my time and energy into preparing for a retreat this weekend, co-led with Laura Boggess, “As a Little Child.”) Wendy knew the...
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In the early morning darkness, I lay my head back on the couch, face lifted, chest wide, shoulders back. Open. Prayers rise, unbidden, as coffee cools in my cup. Decisions, relationships, lift like smoke, ascending from that tense place in my chest...
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Our stove was broken. The oven burned everything and the biggest burner, the one I used every meal, either ran on high or not at all. It was one more thing we didn’t have time for, didn’t have money. Not long ago, when our finances led me to consider...
