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The Pursuit of Enough: Keeping Sabbath
“We rest in order to honor God and his creation, which suggests that not to rest dishonors both.” -Judith Shulevitz, The Sabbath World The thing about Sabbath is that there are still always dishes...
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The Pursuit of Enough: Remembering the Thankful
I can flip the switch from Resting Weekend Micha to Anxious Snap-Mouth Micha in about, ummm, three minutes of staring at my computer, remembering all that exists in there that I still have to do. The...
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The Pursuit of Enough: When God makes it beautiful
I’ve been grinding my mouth guard down to a thin layer of plastic. All night, grinding. I was this stressed one year ago, suddenly making plans to move across the country again with my family, trying...
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The Pursuit of Enough: Ask me what I have for you…
When I was five months pregnant with Brooksie, I was barely one year into our new life in San Francisco. I was still making friends. I was still coming to terms with the reality of the Pacific Time...
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Courage to love
The thing about humans is that in order to understand one another, we must sacrifice a bit of ourselves. It’s difficult to empathize because to do so is to reject the most self-protective part of our...
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One Good Phrase: Laura Turner (The adventure continues…)
Well, we all knew this day would come. It’s our very last week of One Good Phrase. Soon, I’ll give you a little summary post to point you toward all the little gems of phrases that have come through...
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I’m Back. And I have a post up at Deeper Family. Also, hi.
artpixie.tumblr via Pinterest Hi. It feels a little strange to sit here writing something out to say to you. I spent the past month resting from this blog. I spent the month finishing final details...
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Enough: A Reflection on 2013
I know it’s almost February. But, if you don’t mind having a little grace with me and my book-finishing/moving brain, I’m ready to call it a New Year around here. Happy New Year everybody! January has...
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An Invitation to Make Space
A couple of weeks ago I shared how, after a difficult season of living with daily emotional stress and anxiety related to the neighbors below us, we moved. And on that first day in our new home, as I...
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On Writing: Ego, Insecurity, and the Life of the Beloved
Several months ago, I emailed my former spiritual director, Debby, and asked her to help me get some perspective. I haven’t met with Debby since I moved to Austin and she moved away from San...
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