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Strange and Reassuring
210. Strange and Reassuring I went to a workshop just outside of Boston years ago. It was titled “Death and Dying.” The most astounding piece of it, and consequently the part that I remember was the exercise in dying. We were all seated on…
Therapy and Good Things
209. Therapy and Good Things Sometimes it has felt to me that in therapy there is a focus on the things that went wrong in your life, and on the bad things that happened. I have come to believe that often it is important…
Therapy and Change
208. Therapy and Change My work with therapists had its beginnings in Nashville. I went to see the pastor of our church, just to talk about some of my frustrations—Nelson traveling, four children under six. At some point, he said, “What do you want?”…
Breathe
207. Breathe And I’m talking about conscious breathing. Part of my Jin Shin routine (see #187) is to take 36 conscious breaths each day. But once I started the breathing from the diaphragm, I found myself at other times in the day taking more…
Each Day Begins
206. Each Day Begins It used to be that as I drove to church on Sunday morning I would sing the tune to “When Jesus Wept.” It was a breath exercise for me and also a chance to get my voice tuning up a…
Philosophy of Aging
205. Philosophy of Aging It’s here in a rap—written when I was 62—and still true today. So tap your toe, get a beat going, and read it out loud. — Aging Rap — Well, we’re gonna do a little bit of aging rap That…
To Shred or Not To Shred – Journals, That Is
204. To Shred or Not To Shred – Journals, That Is I found myself a few weeks ago going back to my very first journal and trying to decide whether I should keep them with permission given to my children to read them if…
Choco and Rudy Hang Out
203. Choco and Rudy Hang Out As I decorate for Christmas, I pack away other things to make room. And starting yesterday the process was reversed. Now one of the things that got packed away during Advent and Christmastide was Choco-Latte. He’s a stuffed…
The Epiphany Star
202. The Epiphany Star In 2004 I listened to a sermon and went home and wrote this song. I didn’t write the music out—I just wrote the words out. I took it to the Bible Study the next Wednesday and sang it to them…
Tell Your Own Story—and Stop
201. Tell Your Own Story—and Stop Sometimes I have to slow myself down in the midst of my talking and ask: Who does this story belong to?—this story I’m getting ready to tell? When I was leading writing workshops for fifteen years there was…
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Daybook of Personal Faith
Mama and Me
