Dex: Mom, can you fix slinky problems?
Me: Yes, I can fix slinky problems.
The Slinky Problem. Dead Man Winter. Common Prayer. #TheLightIsWinning
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Slinky Problem
Tag: faith
Darkness
Lent meditation: #theLiturgists
Lent practice: #rethinkchurch
Lent soundtrack: #thebarrbrothers
Faith
Lent meditation: #theLiturgists
Lent practice: #rethinkchurch
Lent soundtrack: #opusorange
Want
āI want you to let go.ā These are the words said to me. It was a dream, but not a dream. “Want” There are deep desires within all of us that drive our search for meaning. If you are reading these words–you were born with desireĀ and want inside of you. You have been pushing the…
Short Post: NoFBNov
No Facebook November is about leaning into life and seeing the invisible. What will I see if I keep looking up? This is the kind of fast day Iām after: Ā Ā Ā Ā to break the chains of injustice, Ā Ā Ā Ā get rid of exploitation in the workplace, Ā Ā Ā Ā free the oppressed, Ā Ā Ā Ā cancel debts. What Iām interested in seeing you do…
No Facebook November 2015
I’ve rewritten the first sentence of this blog post fourĀ times…Despite being pulled out of bed to write with a heart pounding full of purpose, I still have an incessant compulsion to edit and perfect the words that you, my reader, will see. I haven’t been able to write in a long time. The creative constipation…
Forgiveness Blooms
My four year old son, Desmond, told me that he would say the prayer for our lunch. He said he was āgoing to do the one we do at church with fireā. I raised my eyebrows and then bowed my head with him.Ā He started into the Lordās Prayer with child-like accuracy and then came…
Miracle Zip at the Chef’s Table
I was aĀ littleĀ kid once…my parents would motivate me to eat by letting me know that I won’t grow unless I eat. Despite the assumed correlation between eating andĀ growing, I haven’t grown an inch taller since I was 12. My mom thinks it might have something to do with my experiment with vegetarianism…I think it mostly…
Blessings for a New Year
I am blessed to have a job that allows me to meet wonderful people. Many days I get toĀ learn someoneās story and lend my assistance in their journey. One year ago I was working with a homeless man who had recently transferred from a mission in the city…
Hope in a Christmas Jar
I love my children. All day at work I look forward to seeing them. Even if it is a day that I wonāt get to see themā¦Iām still thinking about the smell of their hair and the twinkle in their eyes. I love to listen to them talk…
