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2023-08-29T07:51:43-07:00

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Sharing Your Gifts is Essential to Human Flourishing

Last updated on: August 29, 2023 at 7:51 am By Tricia Gates Brown

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In last Sunday’s gospel lectionary passage, Mt 16:13-20, we read about Peter receiving the “keys to the kingdom”: Jesus tells Peter he is building his church on him and what Peter binds on earth will be bound in heaven, etc. Traditionally, this story is interpreted as the time Jesus instituted the authority of the church or the beginning of the line of apostles that gave popes and priests authority—starting with Peter on down to today. But most scholars believe this... Read more

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2023-08-23T06:50:40-07:00

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When Joy is a Field of Wildflowers: Adopting a Perspective of Abundance

Last updated on: August 23, 2023 at 6:50 am By Tricia Gates Brown

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Over half of my life I operated not from a perspective of abundance but scarcity. During that time, according to my skewed perception, everyone was a competitor or critic, always judging and potentially threatening, and nothing felt secure. It seemed just when I had something in hand, it would be whisked away. So everything had to be white-knuckled and guarded, whether relationships, status, ideas, or things. But then in 2005, everything changed in an extraordinary season of wonder and transformation... Read more

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2023-08-16T06:57:07-07:00

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Why it Matters that Mary was Like You

Last updated on: August 16, 2023 at 6:57 am By Tricia Gates Brown

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This week, our farm acquired a rooster needing a home. He is big and bantam, and we christened him Snow White. Since he is afraid of the other chickens—in particular, the other rooster, he hangs out close to the house and I talk to him through the window. Because last Sunday’s lectionary passage (Mt 14:22-33) was about Peter, I was pondering when Jesus warns Peter he will betray him three times before the rooster crows. Of course, that’s what Peter... Read more

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Family, Parenting and Religion

2023-08-09T05:03:04-07:00

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’32 Flavors and Then Some’: On the Benefits of Being a Generalist

Last updated on: August 9, 2023 at 5:03 am By Tricia Gates Brown

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In talking about his book Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialist World, David Epstein frequently mentions the “zigzag,” the shift in career trajectory, the shunting from one hobby or art or sport to the next, the benefits of roaming. While Epstein’s book focuses a good deal on youth and early specialization, specifically the problematic strategy of “pick and stick,” he also writes and speaks about adult concerns: career zigzagging and the benefits of changing your mind. Epstein investigates highly... Read more

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2023-08-04T06:02:36-07:00

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When Unmoored, You Search for Moorings: Why We Are All Religious

Last updated on: August 4, 2023 at 6:02 am By Tricia Gates Brown

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For six years in my mid-30s, I stopped attending church. I thought the only way to find truth was to get out of the pew and seek it within. Now that I am actual clergy, I smile at how much things change. I still believe in the church of the every day, the every moment, and that truth is no more available to us in a church than in the recesses of our hearts. I still believe many churches are afraid of... Read more

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2023-07-28T06:56:47-07:00

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You Are More Than Your Body: The ‘Wolf at My Door’ Series

Last updated on: July 28, 2023 at 6:56 am By Tricia Gates Brown

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{For the beginning of this series, click HERE} July brought a turnaround from my early March lupus-crash, to which I credit Rx shifts, natural medicine, aggressive acupuncture, rest. Now, as I measure plans and activities against new limitations, my life is changed; but my gratitude is great for the reprieve. And some things I don’t want to forget, like the white space of silence. In the midst of the crash, down time was imperative, not a choice—in fact, down time... Read more

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2023-07-26T08:04:03-07:00

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How Stories Use What You Already Know

Last updated on: July 26, 2023 at 8:04 am By Tricia Gates Brown

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Let me tell you a little parable. The kingdom of God is like this: A young woman noticed in her lawn a tiny maple seedling that had grown from a helicopter seed that landed there. Instead of weeding it out, she decided to let it grow. Over the years she cleared around the small tree, and in times of drought, she gave it a drink of water. And over time, the tree grew and grew, casting shade over her family’s... Read more

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2023-07-19T16:52:47-07:00

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Why Clarity Requires Contemplation: A Meditation on Bathing

Last updated on: July 19, 2023 at 4:52 pm By Tricia Gates Brown

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It has been years since I had a shower. In 2007, when I built a little cottage in a big woods, I installed a 100-year-old clawfoot with a cranberry-red exterior. Found on Craigslist, it’s provenance was a Victorian house in a nearby city. Both my contractor and plumber tried to talk me out of it, calling it impractical—the tub was heavy, old and worn, and challenging to install. Yet while this was true, they couldn’t see their misguided motives, clearly... Read more

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2023-07-13T06:16:12-07:00

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On Succession, Flannery O’Connor, and the Thrall of Rotten Characters

Last updated on: July 13, 2023 at 6:16 am By Tricia Gates Brown

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I am currently in the thrall of Succession, the HBO series that recently ended (and recently swept Emmy nominations). Yet I wasn’t an instant fan. After watching a few episodes, I gave up, finding the main characters too unbearably, uniformly despicable. “I don’t like a single one of them,” I told my husband. “How can I get into it when I don’t care?” But then I encountered thoughtful commentators who lauded the show. Almost immediately upon giving it a second... Read more

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Women in Religion

2024-04-06T16:22:11-07:00

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Reverend Taylor and the Church of Swifties

Last updated on: April 6, 2024 at 4:22 pm By Tricia Gates Brown

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For many millennials (not to mention others), Taylor Swift is a religious experience. One such person calls me Mom. My daughter—the same age as Swift—drove the backroads of rural Tillamook County blaring Swift’s earliest albums from a beat-up sedan that won ‘Worst Car’ her senior year. To daughter Madison, Swift comes close to perfection. Deciphering the genius and intent of her songs, the closest thing she has to religion. Her attendance of Taylor’s Eras Tour later this month will be... Read more

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