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2018-08-06T14:29:05-07:00

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Honoring a Myriad of Colors Alongside Patrice Gopo

Last updated on: August 6, 2018 at 2:29 pm By Cara Meredith

One of the ways I continue to color outside of the lines is by seeking to recognize, celebrate and honor different races, cultures and ethnicities. As someone who identifies as white, for a long time I didn’t think issues of race had anything to do with me …but when the power of love entered my life, I began to see the profound beauty already existent in a myriad of colors around me. In the same thread, you must get your... Read more

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All the Colors We Will See

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Patrice Gopo

2018-08-03T15:10:50-07:00

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Christmas Carols in August, Paired With a Little Rohr

Last updated on: August 3, 2018 at 3:10 pm By Cara Meredith

On Wednesday, the boys and I packed ourselves like sardines into the car and set out to drive 591 miles in a single day. I wondered about the smoke and haze of the previous week’s fires outside of Redding, California, and whether the coloring books and binoculars and shared iPad would be enough for a six-year old and almost four-year old to make it ten and a half hours in the car. But then, miracle of miracles, we made it.... Read more

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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

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Richard Rohr

2018-07-30T20:53:22-07:00

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Raising Our Voices, Courtesy of Kathy Khang

Last updated on: July 30, 2018 at 8:53 pm By Cara Meredith

I remember the first time my voice trembled, how thoughts inside my head seemed to swirl through my body, past a thumping heart and throaty vocal chords and a suddenly dry tongue. I remember a fire rising up from my belly and the way my brain fought against its own set of should’s – of how I should act and what I should say and where I should and shouldn’t say what I needed to say. I remember how an uprising... Read more

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Kathy Khang

Martin Luther King Jr

Raise Your Voice

2018-07-24T14:32:15-07:00

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Holy Interruptions (A Sermon, Part II)

Last updated on: July 24, 2018 at 2:32 pm By Cara Meredith

Sometimes my words are found on the page. Sometimes they come out via a Janet Jackson lapel mic or in a short homily at our little neighborhood church. Today you get the second part of the latter, still chalk-full of coloring outside the lines theology – or if you want to listen to it in full, just click here. Enjoy! — Because when I do that – when I make these boxes and create black and white worlds of dualism in my mind –... Read more

2018-07-24T14:31:57-07:00

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Holy Interruptions (A Sermon, Part I)

Last updated on: July 24, 2018 at 2:31 pm By Cara Meredith

Sometimes my words are found on the page. Sometimes they come out via a Janet Jackson lapel mic or in a short homily at our little neighborhood church. Today you get the first part of the latter, still chalk-full of coloring outside the lines theology – or if you want to listen to it in full, just click here. Enjoy! — A year and a half ago my family moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Seattle. And if you’ve ever moved, you... Read more

2018-07-14T21:02:57-07:00

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The Pits of Moving and the Wisdom of Dr. King

Last updated on: July 14, 2018 at 9:02 pm By Cara Meredith

If you’ve ever moved, you know that the whole thing is not exactly the most stress-free experience. Whether you rent or own, whether you’re moving by choice or by force, whether you’re heading to place you want to go to or despise more than anywhere else on the planet, moving is not for the faint of heart. It doesn’t matter how many times I declutter the house, I will always find another bag to drop off at the Goodwill, hours... Read more

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Beloved

Martin Luther King Jr

Moving

2018-07-14T21:19:24-07:00

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For the Love of Mr. Rogers

Last updated on: July 14, 2018 at 9:19 pm By Cara Meredith

I’ve got to hand it to him. Mr. Rogers was a machine, in the kindest and peace-filled and loving sort of way. And if you haven’t yet seen the new documentary, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, you’d best get yourself to the movie theater as soon as humanly possible. As a child who watched the show for years, I think about how he taught me to love others unconditionally. As a parent, I think about what it means to treat our children... Read more

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Mr. Rogers

Won't You Be My Neighbor

2018-07-13T18:04:18-07:00

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Learning to Color Outside the Lines

Last updated on: July 13, 2018 at 6:04 pm By Cara Meredith

When I went to pick up my boys from Vacation Bible School at our little Episcopal church yesterday, the teacher pulled me aside. “I just wanted to let you know,” she said, before pausing, “that your son asked the other kids in his class to call him Meatball. Should we be concerned?” Bulldozing the nativity set and throwing plastic baby Jesus on the floor might warrant a concern. Pocketing the $10.16 his class collected for clean water around the world... Read more

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