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This is where I’ve been for the past few days - in my garage purging - seminary notes, papers, assigned readings, and the more personal letters and journals I’ve saved over the years. It has been emotionally draining and physically exhausting. At the same time, invigorating and sort of life giving. For once I am not planning to just remove only to replace. From now on I do that work - this work of purging and letting go - at the first encounter. Sermon notes? Discarded after preaching. Bills and statements? Trashed after paying. Handwritten letters and cards? Not so fast. Those are harder to discard though these days they are few and far between received. I’ve held on to some treasured ones and I’ll probably continue to do so. But all my own hand-written notes and journals? Ugh I’ve read for the last time all I want to read of my young, quite immature self. #cloudsofwitnessesshredded #40yearsofpaper #treasurewhereheartis #needseminaryclassnotesnolonger #iknowwhatiknowaboutdoctrine #handwrittenletterssaved #cloudsofwitnessestotherecyclebinThese #cloudsofwitnesses along with this morning’s psalm gave me needed encouragement to keep at it - a reminder from the Lord’s skies that I walk and tarry and try and live and love and grieve and try again to do and be what God has called me to do and be for self, for other and for God’s church. #cloudsofwitnessesheal #neveralone #psalterwisdom #disciplewannabe #dwellinword Psalm 90:1 Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to another. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or the land and the earth were born, from age to age you are God. 14 Satisfy us by your loving-kindness in the morning; so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. 15 Make us glad by the measure of the days that you afflicted us and the years in which we suffered adversity. 16 Show your servants your works * and your splendor to their children. 17 May the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; * prosper the work of our hands; prosper our handiwork.Finally repurposed one HP, one Macintosh, 2 Compaq’s, two Dells, one MacBook, one Dell laptop, three printers, two Zipdrives and an assortment of iPods , cell phones, keyboards, remote controls, two LG monitors, and more…it was a sort of letting go and letting God moment - all had been stored in basement over 20 years - thinking I’d download everything on all of them but never did. Hard drives destroyed on site and now all donated to this fabulous non profit, ewasteCollective - an environmental charity committed to household electronics and computer recycling - giving away refurbished computers to those in need, schools and other non-profits. #agoodthing #abouttime #whatwasiholdingonto #community #disposableculturenot #cloudsofwitnessesrecyclers- Follow Trinity Seasons EPISTLES on WordPress.com
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Worship: not a show, so show-offs need not apply
1 Corinthians 14:38 As in all the churches of the saints, 39So, my friends,* be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues; 40but all things should be done decently and in order. Paul is writing today to … Continue reading
Don’t panic, be still. God’s called you to this
The rector with whom I am blessed to be serving often reminds the people that the two most important days in one’s life are not their birthday and the day they die – as most will reply when asked – but the … Continue reading
Leaning in when all you want to do is run away
I didn’t get past the first psalm reading this morning, it echoed so closely to the lament heard from a colleague just yesterday. A colleague who for all intents and purposes seemed to have all her ducks in a row. … Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, Faith, lean in, lectionary readings, Psalm, WORD, worry
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Let go, let God – the one and only contractor we need
Do you hire contractors to do the work God has offered to do for you? How’s that going? Perhaps the landscape of your life looks a bit like this? Scattered bits of this and that, unconnected and unfinished, untouched, and … Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, God, HIM, Jesus, lectionary readings, letting go and letting god, pause button, Psalm, scripture, vocation
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Rhyme and Reason for the Season
Headed into this second week of Advent I was disappointed to see that the New Testament readings were going to join the past week’s Old Testament readings in the prophetic theme of final judgment, the last days, doom, gloom, the … Continue reading
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Tagged because, chaos, lectionary readings, Lord, mystery, scripture
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One, two, Buckle my shoe… Three, four, Open the door… Five, six, Pick up sticks
Jeremiah 35:18 But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of your ancestor Jonadab, and kept all his precepts, and done all that he commanded … Continue reading
Here’s talking to you, kid…dwell
At the Episcopal parish where I have been worshiping this Lenten season, the priest has been including a prayer from Thomas Merton at the conclusion of the Eucharist and before dismissing all of God’s people into the world to do … Continue reading
