Hosanna, here, in the ashes.
I don’t know what today held for you, but I imagine it was a mix of things. I mean… Valentine’s Day + Ash Wednesday A both/and if there ever was one. Tonight the ashes of last year’s Palm Sunday palm fronds were smudged onto my forehead, the mark of the cross, a...
An End-Of-Year Blessing
Instead of ‘ending the year strong’, what if we chose instead to end the year… soft. A year from now we’ll look back on whatever story 2024 ends up telling, our eyes skimming the highlighted and/or tear-stained pages. It probably won’t go how we think it will; it...
Here’s the Promise: Goodness Will Chase You Down
If you prefer audio, this article is also available as a podcast episode. Keep a straight face, I thought to myself. Everything was already in place. The date was marked on a dozen calendars. The cards were signed, the gifts wrapped, the decorations purchased and...
For When You’re Stuck in One Long Winter
You know Jennifer Dukes Lee, right? She’s one of my favorite people and I’m not kidding when I say it took approximately thirty-five seconds to land on her newest book, Growing Slow, as the first All The Things book (more on that below). This is the message we need...
For When Your Clothes No Longer Fit
There are two piles of jeans on my bed, a stack of pants on the floor, a dresser drawer jutting out, and hangers left empty in the closet. There’s a part of me that is slightly frustrated, a feeling rising up that says, How are you still here? and Look how these don’t...
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