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2023-11-03

The Stone & the Stonecutter: A Reflection on Ephesians 2:19-22

The Stone & the Stonecutter: A Reflection on Ephesians 2:19-22

2022-11-12

Worked on Christmas decor last night. This year, I

Worked on Christmas decor last night. This year, I bought some adorable felt mistletoe to hang in the entry, and we added ornaments from our trip to Nashville and our visit to the Titanic museum. And I’m featuring a couple old favorites too: my middle school ballet shoe ornaments and the wooden ornament with E’s pic. 🥰

Twinkle lights, fleece blanket, @zeldathescottie,

Twinkle lights, fleece blanket, @zeldathescottie, and legs stretched out on the couch. 🥰

I crossed a fun threshold last week: Completing on

I crossed a fun threshold last week: Completing one hundred days of morning pages! I started in January pretty steadily, but my practice tapered off with the busyness of the spring semester and the chaos of the summer. I also finished filling up a composition notebook on the same day, and if you are a lover of office supplies, then you know the joy of finishing your time with one tool and getting to start a new season with another one!

#morningpagespoetry
#morningpages
#theartistsway
#poetry
#contemplativepractices
#contemplativespirituality

#notamused 😂

Zelda is in a constant state of frustration at Gra

Zelda is in a constant state of frustration at Grandma Vicky’s house. All this wide open space to investigate, horses and cats everywhere she turns, and I have the audacity to put her in a harness and long tie-out, so she won’t sniff her way into Truman Lake. 😂

Fall decided to sneak its way into November. I can

Fall decided to sneak its way into November. I can’t help but take pictures of my changing neighborhood on every single dog walk.

I came down with a head cold this week, and the da

I came down with a head cold this week, and the dang thing threw off everything. As thankful as I am for congestion-relieving drugs, they mess me up every where else. Even so, I did manage to get through my school work and eek out a few lines of fodder for poetry this week. #morningpagespoetry #morningpages #poetry #contemplativepractices

More poetry gleaned from my morning pages this wee

More poetry gleaned from my morning pages this week! I feel like repeating themes keep coming up… probably just a reflection of the season I’m in. Elijah turned thirteen on Saturday, so I wrote an acrostic poem with his name. It’s special, so I won’t share it here. But we did convince him for about an hour on Friday night it contained a cipher that held the clue to his birthday present. 😆 #morningpages #morningpagespoetry #contemplativespirituality #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Happy 13th birthday, Elijah!!

Happy 13th birthday, Elijah!!

🌵babies 🥰

When sitting at the desk sounds like actual tortur

When sitting at the desk sounds like actual torture, I can count on @zeldathescottie and a furry blanket to make Saturday Seminary Work better.

Poetry from my morning pages this week. This week

Poetry from my morning pages this week. This week has been a lot. I noticed so many questions in my writing and in this poetry as I worked on it. #contemplativespirituality #morningpages #morningpagespoetry #poetry #contemplativepractice

Cling, little leaf To the window of my car I know

Cling, little leaf
To the window of my car
I know not where you’re going
But I’ll take you far
Farther, at least, than Sunset
Or Sunshine
Do you know where you’re going
Clinging to the window of my car?

Change is in the air Change is in the leaves The

Change is in the air
Change is in the leaves

The world is dying a slow and beautiful death
While we pretend nothing is changing at all.

Back to the cemetery after too weeks away. The mor

Back to the cemetery after too weeks away. The mornings are chillier than they were when I started my morning contemplative practices here in August. But I am grateful for a space of less distraction. (It is not lost on me the great privilege it is to be in a stage of life as well as economic circumstances that allow me this time every weekday morning! I am savoring the season.) #contemplativepractices #contemplativespirituality #morningpages #silenceandsolitude

Another week to play around with my morning pages

Another week to play around with my morning pages and pull out the poetry that lives within it. Play is the key for me here. I’m definitely no expert in writing poetry, but I am sort of loving how my brain is looking for poetry throughout my week. #morningpages #morningpagespoetry #writerlylife #contemplativespirituality #contemplativepractice

My faithful seminary pup, who has patiently waited

My faithful seminary pup, who has patiently waited/napped next to me on the couch as I catch up on last week’s reading and get ahead on next week’s. I promised her a walk soon!!

Someone missed me while I was in Portland.

Someone missed me while I was in Portland.

Fun with prayer beads at @pdxseminary this morning

Fun with prayer beads at @pdxseminary this morning!! #cohort22 #contemplativeprayer #seminarylife

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