Carol Bradsen

Lenten dis-ease

By Virginia Marie Rincon Lent has always been a challenging time for me.  Challenging in the sense that every Feb with out skipping a beat my symptoms of lupus poke their ugly head out and remind me of this dis- ease in my body. This has been my journey since 1989 when I had my …

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Come to the Circle

In today’s Lenten journal, Rev. Judith Liro ponders circles—the circle made by prayer beads, the circle we gather in to worship, and the great circle of life. “Come to the circle, the circle of Life, Come to the circle of Life.Come to the circle, the circle of Life, Come, dance and sing! ”  —Words and music by …

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Making old prayers yours

Today, the Rev. Judith Liro, founding priest of St Hildegard’s explains how she takes the ancient tradition of praying with the Roman Catholic rosary and makes it come alive for herself with new language. The image above is from https://wayoftherose.org/sample-page/ “In the circle (of a Roman Catholic rosary) there are five large beads with ten …

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Campo de Estrellas in Episcopal News Service

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2022/02/21/episcopalians-explore-embrace-green-burial-as-a-final-act-to-care-for-creation/ From the article by BY HEATHER BEASLEY DOYLE, see link above for full article” Episcopalians are helping to shape the future of funeral practices as people increasingly consider the economic and environmental costs of typical American burials, while also seeking to reconnect with the circular nature of life and death in the natural world.” …

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Ecowomanism: Servant Leadership School Offering for Winter 2019

To Honor the Earth January 10 — March 28, 2019, 10 classes Thursdays/afternoon and evening classes Afternoon 4 pm — 6 pm  CST Evening 7 pm — 9pm CST With Melanie Harris’s book, Ecowomanism: African American Women and Earth-Honoring Faiths, as inspiration and guide, we’ll dig into our own stories—How did you and I grow up …

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