Category: Poetry
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› Read more: The Seder & The Savior
The Seder & The Savior
A few years ago, when my children were three and two years old, I had the brilliant idea of teaching…
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› Read more: Scarred, Sacred Head
Scarred, Sacred Head
Every year, as Easter fast approaches and catches me off guard, I attempt to reread George Herbert’s poem The Sacrifice. Every…
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› Read more: On Carpentry and Canons
On Carpentry and Canons
We have only recent left the stage where the only safe tools for our youngest to touch in the garage/shop…
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› Read more: Simeon Bears the Burden Bearer
Simeon Bears the Burden Bearer
Simeon was a story gatherer. As an elderly man, he carried the weight of the stories of his people, both…
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› Read more: Mary to the Donkey
Mary to the Donkey
While at a birthday party in the country, my youngest son and I found solace from an epic Nerf gun…
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› Read more: Ripples of Redemption
Ripples of Redemption
No better way to start off Advent season than spending the entirety of the Church service worried that one left…
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› Read more: Lingering Winter and the Cosmic Summer
Lingering Winter and the Cosmic Summer
The icy, wintery storms assailing the Midwest and the freezing seasons of tragedy in lives of friends who live in…
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› Read more: A Cradle for the Coming Christ
A Cradle for the Coming Christ
Even though my turkey is literally still thawing, Christmas trees are out and Christmas songs are playing on the radio.…
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› Read more: Love’s Lonely Offices
Love’s Lonely Offices
Today love will be celebrated with saccharine candies, glittery cards, and helium balloons, and well it should be in a…
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› Read more: Helpless and Full of Hope
Helpless and Full of Hope
The people at Home Depot probably thought I was crazy. I stood staring at a wall of bits, unsure what…
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