Category: Sacred Stitches
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With a little help from my friends
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The Beatles song, With a Little Help from my Friends, comes to mind as I maneuver family complexities with my 94 year old father laid up in rehab recovering from a broken leg. It’s hard to walk this path right now. My father and I have always been close. It’s…
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Recentering
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It’s been quite awhile since I last wrote. I’m not sure why I haven’t … it’s not that I’ve been sitting around, twiddling my thumbs. In fact, the opposite has been true. Things have been flowing spiritually and creatively and it’s felt a bit like I’ve jumped into a fast-moving…
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Planting & Watering
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I love summer gardens. I love all the stages that go into having one — planning it out and the anticipation that begins to build, purchasing the seeds or plants, preparing the soil, planting and watering, weeding (well, maybe less so as the summer goes on), the harvest, and canning,…
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An Altar in the World
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We have one shot at life. One chance to live out our hopes and dreams, to become the person we want to be in this world. To do whatever it is that God calls you and me to do. Thankfully, within this one life, we have lots and lots of…
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Stone Art
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I have always loved stones. I have wonderful memories of scrambling over huge boulders by the Shining Creek Trail River in North Carolina when I used to go backpacking long ago. I see lots of stones when I drive to Virigina. I can tell when I have crossed the state…
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Las Tejadoras de Mampujan
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Tejadoras de Mampujan: Colores de Paz: This is the original group of women led by Juana Ruiz (standing on the left), from Maria la Baja, Colombia. These women create story quilts that share about their heritage as Afro-Colombians, the violent displacement they experienced during the multiple decades-long civil war, and…
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Beautiful Imperfections
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Cherry bowl turned by Charles Geiser. Personal hobbies are an extremely important tool for self-care. Turning wood requires not just skill but focus, patience, and imagination to visualize what you want to make. This bowl is an example of how to work with “imperfections” in the wood, incorporating them into…
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Easter Joy
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Easter is considered the holiest day of the year according to the Christian calendar. It is more holy than Christmas, the day we celebrate Jesus’ birth. For without Easter, without Jesus’ resurrection from the cross where he so cruelly died, our Christian faith is meaningless. There are many ways to…
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A Shared History
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It’s hard to put into words the importance of visiting the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. It is a memorial that is stunning in its beauty and power with quotes from Dr. King’s speeches engraved along stone walls and a huge 30 foot…
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Cardinal Joy
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I have been enjoying the stunning beauty of cardinals lately. I especially love seeing their brilliant red feathers against a white backdrop of snow but am also just happy to see them in whatever setting they show up. Something about them gives me a sense of hope and joy regardless…