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Monthly Archives: October 2017
For New York
God of falling leaves and pumpkins children carve, you know our falling, too, the suddenness of of a broken autumn afternoon, on Manhattan streets. Some people were walking and some riding bicycles and some were on their school bus going … Continue reading
Happy Halloween from Tuesdays Child — Resources to share from A Child Laughs
Tuesday’s child is full of grace.” For the next five months I will share sections from the new book — A Child Laughs — Prayers of Justice and Hope (edited by Maria Mankin and Maren C. Tirabassi) Pilgrim Press, May … Continue reading
Halloween in the United States, 2017
We learn that Irish folk carved turnips to light the way of welcome for wandering spirits, and Mexicans picnic in graveyards with tamales and empanadas pan de muerto, calavera de azúcar, and great baskets of marigold to honor the dead. … Continue reading
All Saints Day hymn with new lyrics
Many thanks to Mark Rideout who does such a wonderful job with new hymn lyrics for this offering for All Saints Day. I See a Song of the Saints of God Tune: Grand Isle, Irregular, John H. Hopkins Words: Mark … Continue reading
Update on the Ministry of Roofs for the Roofless
I love to keep you updated on the ministry of Roofs for the Roofless in Chennai, India. I knew the founders as poets, writers for decades … and also as creators of one of the most effective, self-effacing, grace-filled ministries … Continue reading
Remembering Bob Guillaume (November 30, 1927- October 24, 2017)
When I knew him – before Soap or Benson or Sports Night or the Lion King — he was good old reliable Nathan Detroit, and I heard him serenade Adelaide, the well-known fiancée ninety-six times in all. It was the … Continue reading
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Resources from A Child Laughs –Street Ministry
“Tuesday’s child is full of grace.” For the next five months I will share sections from the new book — A Child Laughs — Prayers of Justice and Hope (edited by Maria Mankin and Maren C. Tirabassi) Pilgrim Press, May … Continue reading
Cracker Jack Christians — thoughts before the World Series
New Jersey Pastor LL Kroouze DuBreuil shared this meditation on Cracker Jack Christians a little earlier this fall and I thought what a remarkable reflection it would be moving in to the “World” Series baseball competition which is so very … Continue reading
What we sign up for
We do not sign up for life and we do not sign up for the way that we die. We do sign up at some point to be human, which means making mistakes, expressing ourselves imperfectly, and then taking responsibility … Continue reading
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Thursday Guest Post — three Voices three Poems
Katherine Burgess — a prayer that is so often forgotten Lord, this day I thank you For all those people Who signed their organ donor cards Who made it possible for others To have a better quality of life To … Continue reading
Gifts in Open Hands 