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Quarantine Queries 6: Why does fruit rot on the tree?
We drove to New Mexico for some fresh air, family time, and a change of quarantine scenery. I wanted to do some writing this week but have been in a bit of a dry spell. As I wandered about, observing my new surroundings, I found a peach tree. I noticed some rotting fruit still on…
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Experiencing God’s Grace at AUMC
The following is a transcript from a brief sharing I was invited to give at our church, Arapaho United Methodist Church, and can be found on the church’s live stream from 6/29/20. I was answering the question, “How have you experienced God’s grace at Arapaho?” The transcript may have slight differences from the talk but…
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Mothered by God: reflections for Mother's Day
In the beginning, God hovered over the Earth like a mother bird preparing her nest. A baby grows within a mother’s body and then emerges with the mother’s DNA, like the mystery of Jesus’ “I in you and you in Me.” When new life arrives, mothers nourish and nurture. They remain deeply in tune with and…
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Quarantine queries, #3: Where will I belong?
As a 6 on the Enneagram , I am aware that I tend to give too much weight to authority figures and systems. A year ago, when I was praying and discerning a big decision, I pictured myself with tons of cords coming from my body, plugged into many outlets representing systems that I’ve trusted…
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Quarantine Queries, #2: How can I stay centered?
This week’s quarantine query:”How do I stay centered amidst all the uncertainty?” I find that during this anxious time filled with a steady outpouring of information that is constantly changing, I am leaning on spiritual practices that I have been introduced to over the past couple of years. My practices are inconsistent and very imperfect,…
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Quarantine Queries, #1: What do I do with my anxiety?
I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart… And to try to love the questions themselves, as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live…
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why I’m grateful for panic attacks: anticipating rescue
“For thus says the Lord God: I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of…
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dreams deferred
Two years ago, almost to the day, God completely changed my life. In November of 2016, I remember talking with a friend and telling her that I felt like something was coming, but I didn’t know what it was. As we sat together in her car in the parking lot, she prayed with me and…
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#momand : Shawn, dentist & adoptive parent
I’m excited to introduce you to Shawn Blagowsky, dentist and adoptive mom of two children! She is married to her husband, Brett, and their children are Brianna, who is 22, and Josh, who is 17. Shawn works part time as a dentist and adopted her children when they were very young. Though she says that…
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finding God in the whirlwind
It usually starts with a twinge in my stomach. Whatever I have been thinking about or doing races immediately to the background, off into hiding. “No time for you, Menial Tasks! Go away, Logic! Off with you, Rational Thinking! We’ve no place for you now!” Panic Mode yells as through a megaphone— the kind that…
Lindsay L. O'Connor 