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A Caress of God: The Garden I Call Home

Post author:Claudia Stecker
Post published:June 23, 2025
Post category:Food and Gardening Reflections
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The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, his boundless affection for us. Soil, water, mountains: everything is, as it were, a caress of God.1 There is nothing like the…

Baskets of Really Good Food

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:June 20, 2025
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Reflection for the Body and Blood of Christ / Second Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Genesis 14: 18-20 (RM) or Isaiah 65: 1-9 (RCL); Psalm 110 (RM) or Psalm 22…

Strong and Constant (Frank Andersen)

Post author:Petite Lao
Post published:June 16, 2025
Post category:Music Reflections
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I recently rediscovered the song “Strong and Constant” during my retreat in St. Rambert, France. I have been singing this song since I was a child but did not truly…

The Mystery of the Trinity

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:June 13, 2025
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Reflection for Trinity Sunday C Readings: Proverbs 8: 22-31 (RM ) or 1-4, 22-31 (RCL); Psalm 8; Romans 5: 1-5; John 16: 12-15. The Trinity, a Trinitarian God, has to…

What I Read and How it Influences Me

Post author:Susan Smith
Post published:June 9, 2025
Post category:History Social Justice World Events
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I am sure I am not alone in being horrified and appalled by what is happening in Gaza, and sadly, increasingly in the West Bank. Hamas’ violent attack on Israeli…

Pentecost: The Message Radiates Outward

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:June 6, 2025
Post category:Scripture Reading
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Reflection for Pentecost Sunday C Readings: Acts 2: 1-11 (RM) or 1-21 (RCL); Psalm 104; 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-7, 12-13 or Romans 8: 8-17 (RM) or 14-17 (RCL); John 20:…

The Legume Family: Important Plants for All

Post author:Wendy MacLean
Post published:June 2, 2025
Post category:Food and Gardening
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For centuries people in geographically diverse parts of the world have been eating legumes. Combined with a grain such as corn, rice or wheat, legumes provide a complete protein that…

A Story Too Bodily to Forget

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:May 30, 2025
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Reflection for the Feast of the Ascension C Readings: Acts 1: 1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1: 17-23 (RM), or 15-23 (RCL) or Hebrews 9: 24-28, 10: 19-23 (RM); Luke 24:…

The Taste of Things: Life’s Tensions

Post author:Sandra Stewart
Post published:May 26, 2025
Post category:Personal Growth Reflections
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I was schooled in the chaos of unbridled tension from a very early age. In truth perhaps, we all are. Maybe it is merely a function of being human, or…

How Can You Be at Peace?

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:May 23, 2025
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Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Easter C Readings: Acts 15: 1-2, 22-29 (RM) or Acts 16: 9-15 (RCL); Psalm 67; Revelation 21: 10-14, 22-23 (RM) or 10, 22-27, 22:…