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Your Monday Blessing for today

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

May God’s home be in the arms of the homeless and the refugee, may God’s ceremony be justice, may God’s tribute be surrender. May God’s righteousness be the poor, confirmed, and may God’s river be the very stream where she … Continue reading →

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The Turtle Dove

Posted on January 31, 2017 by

Your (perennially tardy) Monday Blessing: The Turtle Dove   My faith in turtle doves is hard to quantify. I know the sound well: a throaty, mournful, muted trumpet, that collides with the atmosphere and flares out dully into glory. The … Continue reading →

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Blessing for Beginnings

Posted on January 9, 2017 by

Blessing for Beginnings If you are well, If you are fit, and ready, and healthy, And energized, Then now is the time to begin. Begin the novel, begin the exercise regime, Begin the new you, begin the home improvement, Begin … Continue reading →

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Blessed be the work

Posted on August 1, 2016 by

Your Monday Blessing: this week I’ll be going on vacation, which means it’s time for summer reruns. Here’s one I wrote in 2014, about work. Happy Monday, everyone! Blessed be the work of your hands. Whether you hold a welding … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: let the artists win

Posted on November 16, 2015 by

I vote we let the artists win the ones covered in paint from their last attempt to smuggle across the beauty of a bowl of fruit the 14-year-old rapper learning to spit throwing life’s chaos on the rhythm wheel uncovering … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing

Posted on May 18, 2015 by

May your dreams constantly be interrupted by children, and may your dog keep you from doing anything too important May your life be filled with the triumphs of fixing all the household objects that weren’t supposed to be broken. May … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing

Posted on April 27, 2015 by

Our world is constantly evolving, changing all the time, and it happens so gradually and so mysteriously, that we mortals can but wonder at the way that rocks may become life, and dinosaurs may become birds, and we become…who knows. … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Posted on March 16, 2015 by

May your friendships be richer than gold, And love more expected than the rain. May your life be long in kindnesses, And may your days be God’s way Of smiling at the world.

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Your Monday Blessing: The present spirit

Posted on February 2, 2015 by

Your Monday Blessing: (with apologies to Mr. Dickens, and wishing him and his a happy 203rd birthday) “Come in and know me better, man,” the winter giant roars, He’s crammed your hearth with mistletoe while you were filled with snores. … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: snow day!

Posted on January 26, 2015 by

May blessings come into your life like snow, Drawing eyes to wonder, Melting on various tongues, Urging warmth and comfort to turn inward, to the heart. May the drops of heaven connect you to the living and the dead, Burying … Continue reading →

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