Joy for your Body: (Midlife) Manifesto (Psalm 56:8)

“You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your record?” -Psalm 56:8 My body started shutting down. When I didn’t listen to the cues she was giving me, trying to cover and numb the discomfort with medications, my body just got louder. When I had aContinue reading “Joy for your Body: (Midlife) Manifesto (Psalm 56:8)”

Time for Comfort: I’ve Got 99 Problems (Psalm 23)

“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1 Not unlike the list of things to do in my life, the list of problems is unending. But this is the stuff of life. Our lives are full of problems to be solved, or not solved as the case may be.  Problems, and theContinue reading “Time for Comfort: I’ve Got 99 Problems (Psalm 23)”

Dust to Dust: Ash Wednesday Reflection and Invitation

“Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.” Again and again I will repeat the phrase tonight; each time dipping my finger into the fine ash; my blackened finger marking the sign of the cross on each person’s forehead– reminder and sign. Today starts a stretch of 40 days (not including Sundays)Continue reading “Dust to Dust: Ash Wednesday Reflection and Invitation”

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