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summer storm

This fall, we are going to do things differently; maybe that is the one certainty. It may be hard to plan. We may have little control over the outcome, but maybe that isn’t so different after all.

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unmasking

If we are able to withstand the risk of rejection, maybe even more than once, the chances are great that we will find a home, a tribe, the ability to relax in our own skin in the company of others, and a place where we are known and truly seen.

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my frontline

These past few months at home, when we have quarantined and spent time away from our normal lives, I am reminded of my summer also away from my normal life. And if I learned one thing from my time in the hands of the workers on the frontline - we are in very good hands.

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a little bit of good friday and a little bit of easter in all our lives

Good Friday may bring a community together, encouraging individuals to put more value in the greater good than in singular aspirations, or it may stop us in our tracks, knowing that without the experience of Good Friday, life might have been much smaller.

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the marathon

"Life is a marathon, not a sprint" is an analogy that is painfully overused and probably inherently flawed, but when I consider this time we are in now, it's hard to ignore the similarities.