Category: Blog

Boredom

by Meg Jenista “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings

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On Naming

Jim Bratt is away today. We welcome guest-blogger, Carol Van Klompenburg. Thanks, Carol! I was planting dianthus in my backyard flower bed when Barb arrived

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Why I Can Pray Again

In my late teens and early twenties, I spent minimally an hour each day in prayer. That is not an overstatement. I persistently listened and

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Well-Done!

The Washington Post picked up Theresa Latini’s April 23 post here on The Twelve, “Please don’t pray for me.” Congratulations, Theresa!

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Feasting on the Psalms

I’ve been enjoying this week’s big music release: the new Mumford and Sons album, Wilder Mind, with its more electric direction–what I’d label “thrash folk.” But what’s been

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Witchdoctor

Right before lunch I went to see a parishioner at work. Her mother-in-law had just died. Her husband had been there with his mother. I

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Remember

by Meg Jenista “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and

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