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Return to the water
I grew up on the water. I feel a constant pull from it to return. Like a beacon, drawing me to it, wanting to be near it.
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“What should I do?” Maybe you are already doing it.
I’m constantly asked “what should I do?” And I don’t genuinely think people are really looking for advice. Advice is too casual and normal. They’re asking for help. They are stuck and know they need to do something but don’t know what to do. They believe they must do something. And they believe they are…
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“Fear does not prevent death.”
“Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.” —Naguib Mahfouz For much of my life, I felt ruled by fear. Like a despot in charge of my life like a banana republic. Fear of alienating myself, of offending my classmates, or never fitting in. Fears which didn’t end when I left school. They persisted into…
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Waters Shall Break Forth
God’s message draws us to the margins Advent 3A | Isaiah 35:1-10 When I first visited my grandparents in Green Valley, I really didn’t know what to expect. I was in grade school, 8 or 9 I think. And what I knew of the desert is that it’s covered in sand and there is nothing.…
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When are you living for?
We’re all conscious of time. It’s finitude and speed. Sometimes languishing and always passing, faster and faster as we age. There’s something about having less real estate left to cover which increases our velocity. We all have thoughts about time and how we live our lives. And we’re all focused somewhere: past, present, future. When are you…
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All Life is Motion
ALL LIFE IS MOTION All life is motion. Movement, progress, not in the progressive sense, or the ever building, rising toward an infinite power, but as in making movement one step in front of another. All life is motion. Movement in our cells, the very building blocks of life, moving constantly and permanently vibrant buzzing,…
