Year: 2021

Food and Work

“‘Speak to those who cross your path,” says God. “Help forge relationships between them and me.  Learn their languages of hope and meaning, and make a crack so that I can enter their understanding.  Because I am right there like a beggar at their gates.'”

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Listen, Stop, Consider

“‘Remember to extol his work,’ Elihu says (Job 36:24). I looked up at the green canopy surrounding me, energized by knowing life teemed around me, even in the ways I could not see. “

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Together in Love

There are some, especially in this continuing pandemic,  who are very fond of talking about freedom—especially when they are talking about themselves, without any concern for the fact that freedom is always balanced by responsibility and duty, especially to others, because all political freedom comes by being members of a body politic.”

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Diocese of Vermont faces “financial cliff” warns bishop

[The financial] assessment revealed that a “financial cliff is on the horizon.” In his report, which was submitted to me and presented to Diocesan Council on June 16, Mr. Burnett wrote, “The Bishop envisioned financial shortfalls early on in her ministry, and we can reaffirm that there is, in fact, trouble ahead, likely in the first quarter of 2023, where, without intervention, expenditures will far exceed revenues.”

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The Courage to Be Nobody: Simone Biles and the Art of Renunciation

Few of us can even imagine the pressures of being the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) who is not allowed to fail, the face of the Olympics, America’s standard bearer, and the always dependable foundation of the team’s success. But her renunciation of these burdens, however temporary, may be her greatest achievement insofar as it helps athletes—and society as a whole—engage with issues of mental health and personal well-being as never before, without stigma or shame. 

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Rest …

“Rest (v): Trusting we are enough. Trusting we are loved. Savoring the gift of this life.”

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