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Fully Alive: Startled
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Open the eyes of my heart, lord. Monday, August 18, 2014. Lord, catch me off guard today. Surprise me with some moment of beauty or pain. So that at least for the moment I may be startled into seeing that. You are here in all your splendor,. Always and everywhere,. This life I breathe. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Subscribe in a reader. The Grace of Preaching. Twas the Night of Little Giants. How to Serve a Flaming Bird, c. 1465. The Little Shop of Words. Onward, to Rome!
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Fully Alive: Optimism
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Open the eyes of my heart, lord. Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Christian optimism is not a sugary optimism, nor is it a mere human confidence that everything will turn out alright. It is an optimism that sinks its roots into an awareness of our freedom, and the sure knowledge of the power of grace. It is an optimism that leads us to make demands on ourselves, to struggle to respond at every moment to God's call. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Subscribe in a reader.
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Fully Alive: August 2013
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Open the eyes of my heart, lord. Saturday, August 31, 2013. The Last Word of History. I was sitting out on the balcony the other night, just thinking and being because it was peaceful and cool outside. And you know those times, at the end of the day, when sort of everything and nothing starts running through your head all at once? Well, I was in that kind of a state of being; you know, drinking tea and being all hipster and waxing philosophic in my own brain. It's certainly not that being a Christian mak...
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Fully Alive: December 2013
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Open the eyes of my heart, lord. Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Hurry Up and WAIT. I know I've pretty much ignored this blog for the past month and a half, but you'll have to just let bygones be bygones because I have no good excuses. And also because ADVENT! World, I am so. pumped. that it's Advent! Also, I'm not very good at waiting. Collective gasp of shock and awe from those who know me. And Advent is a whole 4-week season of the year that helps me learn how to do that. Like I said, not my strongest virt...
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Fully Alive: March 2015
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Open the eyes of my heart, lord. Friday, March 6, 2015. The Art of Being Busy. First things first: I'm currently writing this blog while sitting on the couch in my apartment, watching an episode of Parenthood on Netflix and eating grain-free granola with almond milk. Someone please tell me how I can be a little. More of a Millenial. *self-five* Glad we're all on the same page. So, I've been having the same recurring conversations a lot lately. They go more or less like this:. I'm good, just so busy too!
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Fully Alive: March 2014
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Open the eyes of my heart, lord. Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Christian optimism is not a sugary optimism, nor is it a mere human confidence that everything will turn out alright. It is an optimism that sinks its roots into an awareness of our freedom, and the sure knowledge of the power of grace. It is an optimism that leads us to make demands on ourselves, to struggle to respond at every moment to God's call. Wednesday, March 5, 2014. This morning I woke up and was on a Lenten roll. I successfully did no...
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Fully Alive: September 2013
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Open the eyes of my heart, lord. Monday, September 16, 2013. Little Heart, Big Love. I'm starting to think that God is systematically foiling each of my plans. No, but really. Approximately two months ago, my plan was to be in Rome, Italy, right now. (I am in America.). Approximately one month ago, my new plan was to be working full time in somewhat of a dream job right now. (I am a part time and temporary nanny, part time 'consultant', and part time 'musician'.). So like. I had plans, you know? But thro...
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Fully Alive: Hurry Up and WAIT.
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Open the eyes of my heart, lord. Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Hurry Up and WAIT. I know I've pretty much ignored this blog for the past month and a half, but you'll have to just let bygones be bygones because I have no good excuses. And also because ADVENT! World, I am so. pumped. that it's Advent! Also, I'm not very good at waiting. Collective gasp of shock and awe from those who know me. And Advent is a whole 4-week season of the year that helps me learn how to do that. Like I said, not my strongest virt...
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Fully Alive: October 2014
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Open the eyes of my heart, lord. Wednesday, October 22, 2014. The Man Who Changed My Life. I propose to you the option of love, which is the opposite of escape. Pope St. John Paul the Great. It was 2004, and the summer before my freshman year of high school. The Holy Spirit had me in his net, as CS Lewis would say, and I was being drawn in. But back to the summer. The rest of the pilgrimage was, of course, amazing (it was Europe, and I was 13! Unfortunately, due to the, erm, cultural differences. New web...
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Fully Alive: April 2014
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Open the eyes of my heart, lord. Saturday, April 19, 2014. Awake, O Sleeper. He took him by the hand and raised him up, saying: “Awake, O sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Awake, O Sleeper. Subscribe in a reader. The Grace of Preaching. Twas the Night of Little Giants. How to Serve a Flaming Bird, c. 1465. The Little Shop of Words. 8220;Stir Into Flame” Vocations Reflection. Conversations with the Ogre. Onward, to Rome!