Forever But Not For Keeps
August 15, 2018
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“The stories of Hannah and of Mary, reminds me that our children are not ours—they are lent to us for a season. They are our children forever, but not for keeps.”
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December 24, 2017
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On this long, dark, winter night as we wait for the light of the world to be born consider that the light might be in you and that you might be what the world most needs.
2FAB Advent Special #4
December 23, 2017
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“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” Luci and Jordan on the Magnificat for the fourth Sunday of Advent
Birthing Justice
August 14, 2017
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Instead of seeking justice in the world around her, Mary proclaims this beautiful song of God’s justice within her.
Speaking to the Soul: Being Real
June 2, 2017
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There is no one right way to go through life, but letting other’s define if we are ‘real’ enough is surely one of the wrongs we can do to ourselves.
Speaking to the Soul: Exulting in the Spirit
May 31, 2017
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How often do we grope and grasp for some reassurance of God’s presence in our lives, and struggle to hold on to hope when the anxieties and pressures of life seem to crush in upon us?
Speaking to the Soul: The party at Cana
January 7, 2017
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Jesus may have been God’s son, but he was also Mary’s, and when mama says to do something, it’s probably best to just do it, whether you like it or not.
Speaking to the Soul: Magnificat
December 17, 2016
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How are we going to incubate that spark of Christ that’s in all of us and help the world turn upside down? Maybe we can start by magnifying the Lord and rejoicing in God our savior. Then by getting to work.
Speaking to the Soul: Shipwrecked
December 1, 2016
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The Mary and Martha story is the Gospel reading for the Feast Day of Nicholas Ferrar, a deacon who founded a religious community in England that devoted itself to continuous prayer, to teaching, to the health and well being of its neighbors and to intentional poverty
Speaking to the Soul: The Flesh the Word Requires
June 13, 2016
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We all belong to the group of things that die and Jesus has joined us on the journey. He not only died for us, he dies with us. He gives us the greatest gift of his presence and he does not hold himself aloof from us or our mortality.
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