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Category Archives: Churchy Stuff
Rules of the Road
This photo was taken at everybody’s favorite roundabout: the one with the hotel in the middle of it, perched over the Mass Pike. It’s technically not in Watertown, but if you live in Watertown, you can’t avoid it. The guy … Continue reading
Posted in Churchy Stuff, Community, courage, love, Parenting & Spiritual Life, Prayer, Watertown
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At the Corner of Common St. and All Saints Day
This morning as I waited for the light at the corner of Common Street and Mt. Auburn, I glanced over at the cemetery. It was a dark but searing morning. Everything about the weather and the light announced in all … Continue reading
Things are looking up
We should have an eclipse every day. In the midst of a season of truly awful words and actions filling the news daily, yesterday’s eclipse was like a secular Easter. I was part of a huge crowd that gathered near … Continue reading
Posted in Churchy Stuff, civil discourse, Community, Uncategorized, Watertown
Tagged astrophysics and spirituality, eclipse, eucharistic prayer c, secular Easter, Star Wars prayer, Watertown Public Library
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Notes on an Overfull Time
What a winter. I’ve not posted here for sooo long. My kitchen is sooo messy. My inbox is soooo full. My heart is soooo full, too. So let me summarize the last 6 weeks of my life out and about … Continue reading
Posted in Churchy Stuff, civil discourse, Community, justice, lent, Uncategorized, Watertown
Tagged faith in action, ides of trump, lent 2017
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Scatter the Darkness
One thing I love about winter is that I get to offer this blessing every Sunday: May the Sun of Righteousness shine upon you and scatter the darkness from before your path. This blessing has been handed down to me to … Continue reading
Posted in Churchy Stuff, Community, courage
Tagged blessings, longing for light, righteousness, scattering darkness, winter
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Kale and comfort
It withstood a few cold snaps and then a long dry spell. Neem oil protected it from the threat of wee invaders. Chicken wire and bungee cords protected it from the threat of larger invaders. It’s an early harvest of … Continue reading
Posted in Churchy Stuff, Gardening, Prayer, Watertown
Tagged dealing with hardship, harvest, kale, pastoral care
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Of Graves and Grace
Last Saturday, I traipsed around Mt. Auburn Cemetery with a group of tweens on a scavenger hunt. It was an amazing journey, organized by a father of one of the tweens. As anyone who has spent time with middle schoolers … Continue reading
Posted in Churchy Stuff, middle school, Parenting & Spiritual Life, Watertown
Tagged All Saints Day, cemetery scavenger hunt, communion of saints, Mt. Auburn Cemetery, SSJE, tween spirituality, Watertown youth group
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Pothole Season
Right on schedule, I came down with a head cold on Easter Monday. It’s an occupational hazard. It’s practically what Episcopal clergy sign up for. It should just be added into the ordination vows: Q: Will you be diligent in … Continue reading
Fire and Ice(dams)
Like most of you reading this — well, at least those in New England — I’ve been too busy to do much blogging recently. My creative and expressive juices were dried up by days of just trying to navigate narrow … Continue reading
Posted in Churchy Stuff, Prayer
Tagged ashes, blogging in winter, Boston snow, Holy Spirit, making ashes, New England winter, prayer to holy spirit, record snowfall, shrove tuesday, Watertown churches
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#Experience
Sitting quietly in the midst of the holiday hub-bub, while sugary holiday songs wafted through the air around her, this mother sat feeding her baby at the Arsenal Mall — I mean “Project.” Her centeredness was so beautiful. It felt … Continue reading
Posted in Churchy Stuff, Parenting & Spiritual Life, Prayer, Watertown
Tagged Advent, Advent calendar, Arsenal Project, books on prayer, busyness, experience, prayer, SSJE
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Living Water(town) 