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why do bad things happen to good people?

why do bad things happen to good people?

The rain splashes against the window like tears. The past creeps in like flickering shadows and I am thinking of it again. I no longer ask why bad things happen. In retrospect, I can see how God turned what others meant for evil to good and my sin into something else....

the artist’s rule

the artist’s rule

"As you make art or write, the process is a container for awareness. Everything that rises up—judgments, blocks, insights—is a reflection of the whole of your life." Christine Valters Paintner in The Artist's Rule I sat in the corner of my kitchen yesterday morning...

thin places

thin places

“Thin places,” the Celts call this space, Both seen and unseen, Where the door between the world And the next is cracked open for a moment And the light is not all on the other side. God shaped space. Holy.       Poem by Sharlande Sledge What if God is veiled by my...

it may take an earthquake…

We were driving home Sunday night, tired from an exciting day of Easter and family. Too tired to talk, I flipped the station to Public Radio. "On Being" featured an interview with an Armenian  Orthodox theologian and gardener. Krista Tippett's voice remained calm and...

The Story That
Changed Everything

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