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The Irises and Missing My Father
Revisiting a meditation on grief and hope.
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Brandi Willis Schreiber
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Creating as Gift and Gratitude
A few short thoughts and an anniversary giveaway
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Revisiting the Praise of Geese
And what they teach us about love
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St. Anthony on Staying Where You Are
Revisiting his advice in a new year
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The Holy Ordinary
I know I have written recently about sorrow, uncertainty, and spiritual struggle, all through the lens of the bittersweet “bright sadness” which is the…
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The Irises and Missing My Father
They came with the house: a small clump of purple bearded irises beneath towering, brittle crepe myrtles. I didn’t know the irises were even there until…
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Brandi Willis Schreiber
St. Anthony on Staying Where You Are
And how to not easily leave it.
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Brandi Willis Schreiber
The Dry Bones
Can these bones live?
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The Praise of Geese
January – the first chapter of the year – has closed. But the Canada geese are still here.
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