God, you called me to lovebut people are inherently risky.Telling my story, being known, asking for help,complaining again aboutthe thing I worry might sound cliché by now. Shouldn’t I be over it already? But something is happening when I am known.I am becoming stronger somehow. I am reminded of the pillars I’ve seenholding up cathedrals.Flying […]

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Today is new, oh God,The light is gathering and spilling onto everything. The sleeping and the sleepy.The trees brushing the window.Even the unwashed dishes know it’s time. What a gift.Unopened. Lord, you know the obstacle course ahead.The intractability of most of my problems.The irritations I will need to smile through.The forgetfulness that will undo my […]

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Blessed are we, living in this small space, in these bodies we now inhabit, within the walls of circumstance, in these short years and finite strength, and with these eyes that see only so far. We are fragile, contingent beings. Yet blessed are we, recognizing that it is our limits as well as our gifts […]

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