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July 2011

July 22, 2011

Do Not Easily Leave: A Small Reflection for a Friday

“Someone asked [St. Anthony]: ‘What must one do in order to please God?’ The old...

July 20, 2011

The things God loves

Every night when I’m putting August to bed, I pray for the man he’s going...

July 07, 2011

Why I wish I lived in a commune.

In honor of this little vacation I'm on with some of my favorites, this post...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

A Letter to 24-year-old Micha (For the Yoobs in my life…)

Dear younger self, I have some things to tell you, not because I’ve really learned...

June 06, 2011

Asking and Listening

In my last three weeks before we leave San Francisco, I’m leading my Bible study...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

It’s (Almost) Grateful June!

So, I’ve been reading Ann Voskamp’s blog a lot lately. I’ve known about her blog...

May 03, 2011

Thankful Tuesday: Mystery and the Rally to Restore Unity

If you haven’t heard, Rachel Held Evans has officially declared this week the Rally to...

April 2011

April 11, 2011

Small Ambitions

Sunday, in the midst of rocking and bouncing my little babes in the back of...

April 04, 2011

The Pen Effect

In the past 9 years, I’ve lived in three very different cities: Syracuse, Philadelphia, and...

March 2011

March 24, 2011

Bless Thou to me my rest

The great thing about the first few weeks after delivering a child is that no...

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...

February 2011

February 21, 2011

Happy Anniversary, Mama:Monk!

Yes, my friends, it has been one full year of bloggerdom. And in honor of...

February 17, 2011

Preserve Me, O God

When I first began this blog, I was making a Benedictinian effort to spend my...

February 11, 2011

Three Vows

Remember how I’m reading through Esther de Waal’s Living With Contradiction? I’ll admit I’m slow-going...

February 04, 2011

Meditation

"How Meditation May Change the Brain," an article published in the New York Times last...

January 2011

January 26, 2011

Dawn, Day, Dusk, Dark

Yesterday I mentioned Scot Sherman’s sermon from this past Sunday. One of the stories he...

January 06, 2011

Why I wish I lived in a commune.

I just rode home in the back seat of a Volkswagen with two seventeen year...

December 2010

December 10, 2010

Good Like Medicine

A couple of weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal published an article that proves why...

December 07, 2010

Thankful Tuesday: A Poem for Advent

Kneeling by R. S. Thomas Moments of great calm, Kneeling before an altar Of wood...

December 03, 2010

A Prayer of Confession, for Advent…

I loved this prayer from our worship service this past Sunday. Wanted to share it...

December 01, 2010

Good Words

A couple of weeks ago, Matt Nault, one of the pastors at my church, spoke...

November 2010

November 29, 2010

The Waiting

Yesterday was the first day of Advent. The word comes from the Latin, “Adventus,” which...

October 2010

October 28, 2010

It’s Golden

My Mom’s Group has been studying the book of Matthew for the past several weeks....

October 25, 2010

Stones Splitting

When I sat in front of my spiritual director last Friday, trying to relay to...

October 13, 2010

Beatitudes

I’ve just finished preparation for leading my Mom’s Group discussion on Wednesday. We’ve been doing...

September 2010

September 24, 2010

Theotokos of the Sign

When Pastor Beverly joined the clergy at our church in the Philadelphia suburbs, I happened...

September 22, 2010

A Nighttime (Packing) Prayer

I love evenings. I love eating with my little family. I love reading or watching...

September 17, 2010

How not to be ferocious with myself.

This past week I managed to pull a typical Micha move. I’m not naturally organized....

September 15, 2010

Preemptive Love

This was the first official Thankful Tuesday that you haven’t heard from me. I may...