All the Wonders

Oct 281 min read

We Have Hope

We have hope ... When seeds sprout. Babies are welcomed by loving parents. People gather together to Eat and laugh and cry. We have...

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betharichardson

Oct 81 min read

Love Is Our Hope (2024)

Where is our hope? Love is our joy, our purpose, our anchor, our hope.

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betharichardson

Feb 221 min read

A Message from the Trees

I walk outside And look up at the tree in the front yard. Its branches are bare. Leaves, long shed, Were raked and carried To the...

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betharichardson

Aug 6, 20201 min read

Love Is Our Hope

There is this part of me That, if it were not For the singing of the Wood Thrush, Would feel so hopeless. There is this part of me That,...

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betharichardson

Dec 22, 20181 min read

Advent Hope

I'm sitting here reading about the world's latest craziness. (What is going to happen next?!?) And I'm wondering where those the nice...

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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

Oct 15, 20171 min read

Surviving Exile

By the rivers of Babylon— there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For...

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betharichardson

Nov 9, 20161 min read

Seeds of Hope

It's not fair of me To tell you (or anyone) How to feel. We all must find our own ways Through these days. But let me share that This...

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betharichardson

Sep 16, 20161 min read

Hold on to Hope

I saw the moon setting As I drove to work Early this morning. It hung over the horizon, Round and orange, Its beauty suspended Over the...

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betharichardson

Aug 28, 20161 min read

I Come to the Water

I come to the water, Broken, Depleted, Full of sadness. By the shore, I set my burdens down And paddle away Into the still beauty of the...

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betharichardson

Apr 1, 20161 min read

This Tree

This tree, My companion In the front yard. You are the filter Through which I watch The winter sky. Sunrises, stars, The sliver of a moon...

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betharichardson

Mar 22, 20161 min read

God, In Your Mercy

We wake up to the news Of another terrorist attack. Ordinary people doing ordinary things. Lives changed forever. This place seems so far...

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betharichardson

Mar 3, 20161 min read

The Seeds of a New Day

The early-morning light brushes the sky With gentle touches of color And the seeds of a new day are planted. Plant your beauty in us....

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betharichardson

Jun 27, 20151 min read

Joy and Sorrow

Someone described yesterday as a day of "emotional whiplash." From the declaration of love, justice, and equality by the U.S. Supreme...

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