One of my favorite things about pilgrimages is the friendships that are formed. I love to look down a long table of women at dinner and see faces aglow with the joy of a shared joke, the concern of a listening ear, or the intensity of sharing a meaningful story. Night after night I watch friendships grow and bonds deepen…
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Sister, you need a nap, not a resolution.
There is a new calendar on my desk and a new year to write on checks (yes I still write checks). Marketing folks and IG tell me that means NOW, right NOW, is the time to start something new. Now, is the time to run after my business goals. Right now is the window of opportunity I have to gain…
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Flipping Tables with Jesus
During Holy week we find Jesus flipping the tables in the temple. Oh we love this passage … here is our God, our Savior, our meek and loving Jesus fully ticked off. Oh hooray! A Jesus we can relate to. We who are seldom meek, and we who are weary of trying to be loving, can wrap our hands around…
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Journeying with Women this Holy Week.
Sunday marks Palm Sunday and the Christian world’s entry into Holy Week. As a global people we will mark the last week of Jesus’ life, the Last Supper and the birth of our practice of communion, Jesus’ arrest, crucifixion, death … and glorious resurrection on Easter Sunday. Whoa… it’s a big week. For the last six months I have been…
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Give a Joyful Christmas to Yourself Mommas
The expectations of the Christmas season for moms is often a soul sucking stew of June Cleaver, Mrs. Claus, and your mother. Somehow, once a year, in the rapid pace of the 21st century we are supposed to pile on the expectations of women 70 years ago, and make it all work. In March we buy some cookies at Trader…
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