Category: thankfulness
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A rainy day grave and a call to ministry.
It has been twenty years exactly. Twenty years since Pastor David Stoner surprised me in Bible study and started a chain of events I never expected to end up here. As we sat in study, someone asked him about seminary (not me) and he was sharing information about it. At…
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The Ones who leave you like Atreyu
It happens to all of us. We get star struck. We see someone and we feel like we are approaching The Oracle in The NeverEnding Story. Suddenly, we are little Atreyu. We know that our truth will be seen and if we try to cover it with bravado or airs,…
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the dream of a garden memorial
I dreamt that I walked in soft green grass,the whisper of wind in the trees.The flowers all nodded their sweet helloas they welcomed the buzzing of bees. I dreamt of a tree whose leaves unfurledand gathered my sorrow withinAnd took it from me and gave me insteadpeace and innocent comfort…
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A thing learned… a joy, a sorrow
Time moves on- a restless, ever moving, ever changing, never changing entity, one we cannot ignore or hide from. “From that one experience, a finger touching a flame, a person learns countless things.”~ A New Culture of Learning It has been a joy to share my blog in a new…
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Exclusive holidays…why Christmas and Thanksgiving SHOULD overlap
There are a lot of holidays that really don’t go together. St Patrick’s day and Halloween, for example. There are even a few that bump up against each other that don’t quite go together either, like St Patty’s and Easter (some years). Many argue that Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas don’t…
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Why so many Christmas Cards?
My beloved looked at me like I had turned into a hoarder. I have over 400 blank cards ready to be addressed and sent this year as soon as the Calendar says November 20. I know there must be shock on your faces too. But my Christmas cards serve as…
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Amid the boxes and packing paper
Lately it seems my blogs have ended up in my seminary blog, but today, this is just about me and my life. Not about how it works with seminary. Today, it is about the fact I sit in this house, as it is almost empty of our things; things that…
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25 things, for my friend Fran and becuase of her. (from Jan 26, 2009)
Edit 25 Things, for my friend Fran and because of her by Julie Kelly on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 10:26am 1. If I could change one thing about my life, it would be to live as a missionary with basically nothing. Simple is good. 2. If I could take…
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question
Originally posted and written 2-19-2009 I hear this friend,her mom is dying.Soon she will no longer hold her mommy. I watch the tv, stories of reaching, grasping, desperation and I think…how horrible for them. I know divorce anddeath and poverty are all around, most times not so silent. My…
Mistress of Divinity 