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Oranges

Kathleen Norris writes about her niece (in her book Acedia and Me) . When her niece was three, Kathleen’s brother would drive her to day care in the morning, and her mother, who worked as a stock-broker and financial planner, would pick her up in the afternoon. She always brought an [...]
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New Year

It is a New Year. Per usual, I didn’t get around to making any resolutions.  I find it sufficient to dust off my list from last year, and work on the ones I never got around to.  Plenty of folk cover the gamut for me on 43things.com. A few I liked this [...]
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Softer

“Hi, I’m Sharon.  You ready?” I follow her.  “Can you make me look young, distinguished and handsome,” I say. She glances back, “Well, I’ll try, but there is a surcharge for handsome.” I’m in downtown Atlanta with a conference for Spiritual Directors International, doing a presentation about how spiritual care is grounded in self-care.  I have a window [...]
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Enough

Last night I watched Jet Li’s movie, Fearless.  It is the story of Huo Juanjia.  Huo Juanji is the son of a great fighter who refuses to teach his son to fight. But Huo learns on his own, and wins. With each win, the taste of victory and pride co-mingle. He grows up with an [...]
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There’s always something

“Where’s your blog?” A Sabbath Moment reader’s email implores. “I used to follow your blog.  Where did it go?” Short answer?  I don’t know. Long answer? I really don’t know. That’s only sort of true.  Here’s what I know: I used to blog at blogger.com Now, my blog is here. This is the kind of rhetorical prose that makes me an award-winning [...]
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