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• A Tribute to a High School Principal

  

  Mr. Roub was principal of my elementary, middle, and high school from the time I was six until the time I graduated. There may have been a year or two in there... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• In the Arena

  “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid. I am with you. Nothing can ever separate us.”*I’m sitting before the Christmas... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2016 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Earthquake Hits Genovia

  

  The top news story from all major news sources today is the earthquake  in the Kingdom of Genovia. The earthquake, measuring . Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Look Back and a Look Ahead

  

  May the wind be always at your back, and the sun shine warm upon your face, may the rains fall soft upon your fields, until the day we meet again. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Be Strong

  

  As I scrolled through social media yesterday I knew I needed a break from word clutter. So I’m signing off here for a couple of weeks. Thank you immensely for... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rising to Our Feet for The Messiah

  

  When I was a teenager Uncle Don and Auntie Ruth Stoddard gave us an old record player. They also gave us a stack of records. Most of these didn’t meet my teenag... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Darkness is Not Winning – A Life Overseas

  

  I’m at A Life Overseas today where I quote my brother and sister-in-law!I read these words from their newsletter yesterday morning and immediately asked... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• #InternationalTeaDay

  

  Today is International Tea Day. In the midst of hard and sad news, this somehow made my day. Call it superficial or shallow, but I think life is always better... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• In the Face of Hate – Love Out Loud

  

  by Robynn MarilynIn Philadelphia, a severed pig’s head is thrown at the door of a mosque.On the street in Boston a man tells a Muslim woman walking with her... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Power of Words

  

  I am grateful to my friend, Parry, for these beautiful and wise words of poetry. Parry is a Muslim woman who lives in Kuwait.  Of all weapons, the most lethal... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Love, Fear and the Syrian Refugee

  

  The NYTimes Daily Briefing had this to say this morning: Trumps’s latest firestorm. The leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination, Donald J. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Invitation to Wonder

  

  won·der/ˈwəndər/nouna feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Insomnia–Advent’s Distant Cousin

  

  Yesterday I sent Marilyn an email. Words rushed over the keyboard past the constraints of grammar and spelling. I was so angry and so very upset. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Syrian Moms Speak

  

  Refugee in Arabic Calligraphy from https://twitter.com/MalekJandali“So now I know what the word ‘refugee’ means, that you leave your own country Syria, and you... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• His Mercy Echoes

  

  Yesterday my mom wrote a comment on my post that is worthy of a space of its own. Here it is: From my mom – Pauline Brown: I recently read the story told by a... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• After the Outrage

  

  The outrage that echoed loudly through social media the last few weeks has left us for a time.  It is now old and uninteresting, sort of like leftover turkey... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Away in a Manger?

  

  Away in a Manger…a repost.Away in a manger, no crib for a bed. The little Lord Jesus lays down his sweet head. The stars in the sky look down where he lay, The... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Some Thoughts on Gratitude

  

  There’s this wonderful tradition built into the tapestry of American culture: Thanksgiving. Every year on the last Thursday in November, Americans gather in... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Striving to Be Kind

  

  Whether it’s about a red Starbucks cup or a political opinion, we live in a world that is increasingly divided, even as it is more connected than any time in... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Album for the Unexplainable

  On the afternoon of July 6th I was sitting on the 47 Bus coming home from work when I got a phone call from my daughter, Stef. She was crying so hard that I... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2015 RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION