Category: acceptance
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Seeking Community: Hats
“Why do I have to wear so many things on my head?” – Amy Grant, “Hats” Many years ago, singer/songwriter Amy Grant had a song called “Hats”. The song is about how we are different things to different people – parent, child, coworker, friend, etc., depending on where we are. In the Bible from the…
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A Larger Table
As I was coming home from a morning walk I heard a hawk cry. I looked up for the source but realized that the cry became that of one song bird after another. At the tippy top of the pine tree in our yard sat a mockingbird, running through the gamut of calls found in…
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All Creatures Great & Small
When I was little, our house was full of animals – dogs, cats, fish, guinea pigs – there were so many! My dog slept under the covers with me. There was always a cat near my finger tips. The guinea pig and I had great conversations. I can’t say I cared that much about the…
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Homemade with Love
My mom is an amazing cook and baker. I have memories of experiments we sampled for her cookbook and making Christmas cookies together. But one of the things our entire family clings to is birthday icebox cake. When Nabisco stopped making the chocolate wafers this past year, I had to improvise and bake my own,…
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Ache for Home
Home can mean so many things. I met with a group of people on Thursday who embody home – not the one they were born into, but the one they have created. And they welcomed me, a stranger, into their midst. They were authentic and enjoyed good “dad” jokes (although I certainly wouldn’t have told…
Holey, Wholly, Holy 