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"She did not need much, wanted very little. A kind word, sincerity, fresh air, clean water, a garden,..."

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:09:03 -0400

“She did not need much, wanted very little. A kind word, sincerity, fresh air, clean water, a garden, kisses, books to read, sheltering arms, a cosy bed, and to love and be loved in return.”

- Starra Neely Blade (via thatkindofwoman)

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Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:02:09 -0400

A Blessing for Good Friday We neverwould have wished itto come...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:06:09 -0400

A Blessing for Good Friday

We never
would have wished it
to come to this
yet we call
these moments holy
as we hold you

Holy the tending
holy the winding
holy the leaving
as in the living

Holy the silence
holy the stillness
holy the turning
and returning to earth.

Blessed is the one
who came
in the name

blessed is the one
who laid
himself down

blessed is the one
emptied for us

blessed is the one
wearing the shroud.

Holy the waiting
holy the grieving
holy the shadows
and gathering night

Holy the darkness
holy the hours
holy the hope
turning toward light.

—Jan Richardson

I’d give almost anything to be wherever this picture was...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:27:19 -0400

I’d give almost anything to be wherever this picture was taken, right.now. #tiredofwinter

// #dowant

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:24:48 -0400

// #dowant

1883 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-90) ~ Bulb Fields

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:22:18 -0400

1883 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-90) ~ Bulb Fields

{ This blessing is becoming an anthem of sorts, for my life right now. So beautiful. } Blessing the...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:12:49 -0500

{ This blessing is becoming an anthem of sorts, for my life right now. So beautiful. }

Blessing the Dust
A Blessing for Ash Wednesday
By Jan Richardson

All those days
you felt like dust,
like dirt,
as if all you had to do
was turn your face
toward the wind
and be scattered
to the four corners

or swept away
by the smallest breath
as insubstantial—

Did you not know
what the Holy One
can do with dust?

This is the day
we freely say
we are scorched.

This is the hour
we are marked
by what has made it
through the burning.

This is the moment
we ask for the blessing
that lives within
the ancient ashes,
that makes its home
inside the soil of
this sacred earth.

So let us be marked
not for sorrow.
And let us be marked
not for shame.
Let us be marked
not for false humility
or for thinking
we are less
than we are

but for claiming
what God can do
within the dust,
within the dirt,
within the stuff
of which the world
is made,
and the stars that blaze
in our bones,
and the galaxies that spiral
inside the smudge
we bear.

(http://paintedprayerbook.com/2013/02/08/ash-wednesday-blessing-the-dust/#.UTp8Zo7C9zo)

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Sat, 02 Mar 2013 01:24:58 -0500

{image courtesy of Lisa Congdon}

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:38:17 -0500

{image courtesy of Lisa Congdon}

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Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:22:22 -0500

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Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:58:24 -0500

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Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:50:14 -0500

{raucous narratives}

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:50:54 -0500

God does not quietly accept our own well-worn narratives, smoothed over and sweetened by complacency and comfort. Jesus comes into our midst and declares that the Scriptures have been fulfilled in him, through him. Then he goes on to create a new narrative that is ours to follow and to re-create.

This is a dynamic, raucous God who jars us to wrath or to faithfulness, and who simultaneously provides us the opportunity to partner in the creation of a new narrative, woven with edge-people in edge-places, and in the particularities of daily living and daily people.

Indeed, new narratives are unfolding in our midst, in some of the most peculiar places, where God continues to act, far outside our holy walls.
—David Ostendorf, on Luke 4:21-30

Sargent is one of my favorites…

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:12:08 -0500

Sargent is one of my favorites…

#lovethiscity

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:25:23 -0500

#lovethiscity

How is this real? #amazing

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:32:56 -0500

How is this real? #amazing

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Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:51:10 -0500

atavus: James Abbott McNeill Whistler - Nocturne in Black and...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:56:05 -0500

atavus:

James Abbott McNeill Whistler - Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, 1874

Scotland + #iwanttogotothere

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:22:57 -0500

Scotland +

#iwanttogotothere