Category: Poetry
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› Read more: Dealing with Disappointments
Dealing with Disappointments
This one is for those who feel a little behind on dreaming and goal-planning for a new year. This one…
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› Read more: Leave Room for the Locusts
Leave Room for the Locusts
It’s December 30th. At least in my imagination, everyone stands with their pencils sharpened and their new calendars opened, proliferating…
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› Read more: What Mary Knew: Lessons in Mothering
What Mary Knew: Lessons in Mothering
If your family is anything like mine, Pentatonix has been crowding your home with the rhetorical question “Mary, did you…
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› Read more: On Auden & Advent
On Auden & Advent
As Advent is drawing to a close, I’ve found surprising fodder for the fires of worship in the poetry of…
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› Read more: Advent Aches
Advent Aches
The older I get (and the older my boys get), the less Advent equals chocolate treats and the more it…
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› Read more: Cords of Love
Cords of Love
Christ, who led his people with cords of love, breathed through an umbilical cord. Christ, who led his people with…
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› Read more: Beyond the Baby
Beyond the Baby
My husband and I have differing taste in movies. I like somber, based-on-true-stories movies, while G’Joe loves a good light-hearted,…
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› Read more: Christmas for Caregivers
Christmas for Caregivers
This was written a few years ago. Since then, Appa has gone on to be with Jesus, but the lessons…
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› Read more: Melville, Mildness, and Transformation
Melville, Mildness, and Transformation
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about Herman Melville, which I know sounds more than a little odd. Reading Philip…
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› Read more: To Those Who Feel like They are Going in Circles
To Those Who Feel like They are Going in Circles
I’m not exactly sure what I thought my forties would look like, but I think I had the unspoken, almost…