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March 2014

March 11, 2014

An Invitation to be Lonely

My husband’s out of town this week and we’ve now made it through one...

March 10, 2014

My Chalkboard and all the other things…

I missed posting my chalkboard last Friday because I wanted to make sure you saw...

March 04, 2014

An invitation into the Mystery of Easter

I’ve mentioned here several times that I’ve been teaching the Godly Play curriculum to...

March 03, 2014

#FoundGrace: Our Community Lenten Practice. ‘Find yourself found.’*

I worked out Saturday morning with a friend. As we rode home together, the...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

The Pursuit of Enough: Keeping Sabbath

“We rest in order to honor God and his creation, which suggests that not to...

February 21, 2013

The Ashes and the Being Made Whole

Last year in Austin, Chris was away for work and I couldn’t get myself...

February 19, 2013

Thankful Tuesday: pink flowers, paddle boats at dusk, binoculars in the aquarium

Back in the olden days, I used to complain a lot about San Francisco's weather....

February 14, 2013

Beautiful: A reflection for the day after Ash Wednesday

I wrote this post two years ago, when Brooksie was known only as T-Rexy. (These...

February 12, 2013

Thankful Tuesday (before Ash Wednesday)

This, as I head into this “Sabbath Lent”: “Stop for one whole day every...

February 11, 2013

The Pursuit of Enough: Slow, Deliberate

Last Friday afternoon, I donned my running clothes and wheezed the mile and a half...

February 29, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} How Lent should be observed in the monastery

"There can be no doubt that monastic life should always have a Lenten character about...

February 27, 2012

Fumbling Toward Alleluia

I slowly eased into liturgy. I was reading Anglicans first before I entered the doors...

February 22, 2012

Guest Post: {Family and the Christian Year} Christine Warner on Lent and brushing teeth to candlelight

I'm so thrilled I have the chance to introduce you to Christine Warner today. She...

February 22, 2012

Wednesday: Ashes and Death

I'm reposting what I wrote for Ash Wednesday last year, when I was nine months...

February 21, 2012

Fat Tuesday Thankful

Writing posts two nights in a row at 11 pm because I spent the evening...

February 20, 2012

Transfiguration and Beauty

Last year, I wrote about picking my son up from the nursery after our church's...

March 2011

March 09, 2011

Wednesday: Ashes and Death

I love Ash Wednesday because it reminds me that I will die. I am a...

March 07, 2011

Entering Lent

Lent is my favorite season of the Liturgical year. I love it for a lot...