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Melody Meeter

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Narrative Medicine

John 12:23-25; 27-28a What is a good death? I often taught this poem in a Narrative Medicine course in my role as ethics consultant in

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Decluttering — Again!

John 2:13-22 When I was a child, with a beginner’s mind, I loved today’s gospel story. The Cleansing of the Temple we call it. What’s

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Church Years

for Myrtle Takken for her 95th Year Grandma walks toward Easter one more time;I see her walking not toward church but trees—trees of the farm

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The Lectionary Advantage

by Melody Meeter There are advantages to preaching from the lectionary. Think of millions of Christians, Protestant and Catholic, hearing the same texts on the

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David’s Good Grief

By Melody Meeter Last week I told about a congregant’s close emotional connection to the Psalms and to David, who was, in her mind, The

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My David

By Melody Meeter Now we are in Ordinary Time and the Revised Common Lectionary has us listening to the story of David. This week we

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The Necklace

By Melody Meeter A few weeks ago I was visiting Robert in the inpatient hospice unit connected with our hospital. I knew him to be

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A Peacekeeping War

I witnessed this yesterday, in Morocco. I was on the train from Rabat to the Casablanca airport, on my way home to New York. Some

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