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The Trust Is Hard
160. The Trust Is Hard It feels to me like there are so many things that need fixing—so many systems in this country and in this world that need change. There’s the prison system. There’s the educational system. There’s the church. There’s the economy…
Let Me Be Mad
159. Let Me Be Mad I’ve learned that there are times when I need to be angry. And there are times when other people need to be angry too. When I worked in the nursing home as a music therapist, there was a man…
Thanksgiving Salute To Meister Eckhart
158. Thanksgiving Salute to Meister Eckhart Meister Eckhart was a German theologian, philosopher, and mystic. He joined the Dominican order in 1277. ISince I became aware of him, I have found quote after quote of his that I love. And here’s one appropriate for…
Learning to Say True Thanks
157. Learning to Say True Thanks Thanksgiving comes around each year and whoever is going to gather, gathers. We figure out how to say what we’re thankful for. I always avoid the vegetable because there’s so much else that is so good—why eat green…
Grace for Thanksgiving
156. Grace for Thanksgiving Whether we sit down tomorrow to a table surrounded by family and laden down with food; or whether we gather at the church and all eat together; or even if sit with a small group; or if by chance we…
Goals and Visions
155. Goals and Visions In the past seven or eight years I’ve been working with goals and visioning. It began as my daughter started her own coaching and consulting business. I agreed to be one of her first clients in a program called “Best…
How Many Times
154. How Many Times Today I led devotions for a District UMW Planning Team and because Thanksgiving Day is approaching, I pulled out a piece of music I wrote in 1981. As we sang it, I was reminded that I still need to hear…
Misconceptions of Aging
153. Misconceptions of Aging I worked for thirteen years with the elderly as a music therapist, eleven years in a nursing home in Rockland County, and two in a nursing home in Westchester. Sometimes as I told people where I worked they expressed sympathy…
Faith and Feminism
152. Feminism and Faith This is the first of several on the issue of feminism—not necessarily all in a row—just know that I’ll come back to it. Secular and faith-based have usually blended together for me. Years ago I went to a book group…
Using the Light
151. Using the Light I continue to love the shadorma poetry form. If you remember from past posts, it is a six line poem, no rhyme scheme, but a syllable scheme: first line—three syllables; second line—five syllables; third line—three syllables; fourth line—three syllables; fifth…
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Daybook of Personal Faith
Mama and Me
