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All the Wonders


betharichardson
Dec 2, 20182 min read
Don Beisswenger - Presente
Since he passed away on Monday, I’ve been thinking with gratitude about the many ways that Don Beisswenger shaped my life. I moved to...
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betharichardson
Nov 16, 20181 min read
A Kaddish for My Mother
I’m grateful to Rabbi David Horowitz, Academy faculty presenter this week. He taught us the Kaddish, the prayer prayed to the Holy One on...
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betharichardson
Sep 17, 20181 min read
There Is a Field
I’ve just returned from my second weekend intensive in spiritual director training with The Haden Institute. I’m grateful for time apart...
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betharichardson
Aug 22, 20181 min read
Broken Wide Open
As soon as we laid eyes on you
 Our hearts rushed in, unprotected,
 Held captive by you
 With your bright, smiling eyes. Even with your...
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betharichardson
Aug 11, 20181 min read
Drink Deep
O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water....
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betharichardson
Aug 8, 20181 min read
The Unwinding
How strange and wonderful that I can wake up in the hot, humid south and go to sleep in the cool mountains of Colorado. Today is my first...
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betharichardson
Aug 1, 20181 min read
A Blessing of the Wounds (#metoo)
Bless, O bless these wounds, God, the healer. Fresh wounds, still bleeding. Tender hearts, tender spirits. An innocent crossing the path...
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betharichardson
Jul 18, 20181 min read
Dear Doughnut Fairy
Dear Doughnut Fairy, I don't know who you are, but I wanted to thank you for this amazing gift you left for me this morning with the...
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betharichardson
Jul 14, 20182 min read
Facing Loneliness
The writings of Henri Nouwen have been filling my meditation and challenging me to consider how we can spiritually survive our journey...
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betharichardson
Jun 24, 20181 min read
To Death
Death, We come into this world With you on the horizon. Sometimes you are close. Sometimes you are so far away that we cannot see you....
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betharichardson
Jun 9, 20181 min read
Feast Day of Colmcille
Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Colmcille, the Irish monk who lived and walked in Ireland and then went across the sea and...
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betharichardson
Jun 8, 20181 min read
Hold the Space
We watch the fear, the pain, the struggle And we cannot take away any of it. All we can do, sometimes, is hold the space. And that is...
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betharichardson
Apr 1, 20181 min read
Easter Blessing
Bless this day When light returns, Love astounds, Life prevails. Bless the grieving, The lonely, The hungry. Hope is reborn. Bless the...
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betharichardson
Mar 28, 20181 min read
The Place of Our Brokenness
Here in this season of Lent, we are so aware of brokenness in our world, in society, in our relationships, in our selves. And that's the...
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betharichardson
Mar 20, 20182 min read
To Michael
I came home today and Started looking through boxes of photographs. I was looking for the photo of you and me At the United Methodist...
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betharichardson
Feb 14, 20181 min read
Ashes and Hearts
Ashes and hearts. Hearts and ashes. The convergence of this day of Sacred and secular. As if we needed a reminder that To dust we will...
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betharichardson
Feb 6, 20182 min read
Are You Thirsty? Come to the Water
As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. -Psalm 42:1-2, NRSV ...
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betharichardson
Feb 6, 20181 min read
All Shall Be Well
When you wake up in a fog, The clouds hiding the sun, Hiding the hope and the confidence You used to have. When the place you are...
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betharichardson
Dec 23, 20171 min read
Baby Watching
I sit on the floor watching a sleeping child. Three months old, she is a miracle of breath, of tiny hands and feet and eyes and mouth....
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betharichardson
Dec 7, 20171 min read
A Blessing of the Empty Space
I pulled this blessing out of my book. I'm needing it today on this anniversary of my dad's death. Bless all who mourn today. You sit in...
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