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On Traveling Lightly

In his poem “Traveling Light,” Pádraig Ó Tuama speaks of how the experiences of life can weigh us down. But when we are carrying less in our hearts and minds, we can find and experience small moments of light, grace, and beauty.

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The Power of Writing

The deepest satisfaction of writing is precisely that it opens up new spaces within us of which we were not aware before we started to write

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Pray Like Martha

Martha and her siblings Mary and Lazarus were dear friends of Jesus. In two different circumstances, Martha is direct and tenacious in her questions toward Jesus.

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Where Is the Peace?

Reflect In his poem “The Peace of Wild Things,” Wendell Berry writes about how peace can be found and experienced in the wild things found

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Let Your Life Speak

Reflect One of the most well-known poems of Mary Oliver is “The Summer Day.” She ends it with some of her most famous words, “Tell

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Polarization vs. Alienation

Reflect One of the saddest realizations of our current culture is how polarized we Americans have become—politics, faith, how we treat people different than us.

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