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Tuesday, September 21st, was World Peace Day.  It was a breather after an intense couple of weeks. I ran into this quote on Facebook today: “There is no way to peace, peace is the way” (A.J. Muste, via Kissing Fish Book). It reminded me so much of Father Clay and the idea that heaven (and […]

The summer is getting long … and this year, the fighting and button pushing between my kids is making it hard for me to concentrate. I want them to go back to school so they can interact with people their own age. And so that their fighting can stop pushing my buttons. This reading from […]

We’re spending the week in “God’s Country” – an informal nickname for the part of Minnesota where I grew up. I guess people call this God’s Country because it feels so far away, and there are definitely more trees than people. I know it’s not heaven, but it does make me feel close to God […]

My heart has been changed, and it’s proof that gentle prayers asking God to help you find peace can help you. It took almost 9 years, but I can finally look at a rabbit in my yard with peace in my heart.   Read more @ www.dearpeoplewhomgodloves

Father Clay says “Jesus was inclusive.” And he says we’re called to mirror that inclusiveness and communicate it in the way we live. Which means that it was my petition, too. It’s my job to live the value of human rights even when – especially when – it isn’t my humanity that’s under attack.   […]