Ethiopian Orthodox Transfiguration icon, from the Monastery de Bose, Italy. Transfiguration Sunday: The Third Way Between Feasting & Fasting We are in the second week of our Feasting & Fasting series, and today, we land at a fork in the road—a discernment moment with two Gospel choices: Jesus getting all lit up on the …
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photo-https://www.aqha.com/-/united-kingdom-2 Random? (Not So Random) Mark Nepo describes the original meaning of random as “the instant a horse at full speed has all four hooves off the ground.” Random implies—suspended midair, defying gravity for a fraction of a second. Originally, random meant unbridled passion, full tilt, full send. A life given over completely to …
NOT St Mary Magdalen kids 😉image generated by ChatGPT, OpenAI. Ash Heads I remember the Ash Wednesday service at St. Mary Magdalen. Every year, an entire grade school class would return from Mass as Ash-Heads—foreheads smudged, a little holier (and messier) than before. We had just been told we were going to die, and for …
Prisoner of Hope: Praying Beyond the Fecal Hurricane Are you facing personal struggles or global crises that tempt you to despair? In moments like these, we need Desmond Tutu’s words: “I am not an optimist, but I am a prisoner of hope.” Some days, the world feels like it’s spinning in a hurricane of rage. …
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Photo Credit Sonia Sanmartin Navigating Tension-Filled Times Stealers Wheel nailed it: “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you.” (pun intended =) Welcome to life in 2025, where everyone has a hot take, and somehow, we’re all just trying to make it through without …