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My History
On Sunday I was in a small group after church speaking about our histories and some of the legacies we might find if we dare look. We were looking not only at our parents, but also at our grandparents and deep into our history. What does that look like? What can we imagine from what we know of the present and the past? I thought about my mother and her deep roots of Protestantism. As I became more Anglo-Catholic, she challenged me on many issues, but the one she disliked the most was “Intercession through the Saints.” Once we were in a small Episcopal church in Washington and she had…
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I Like you just the way you are
Last week I was in the middle of a misunderstanding which grew and loomed over my week. It was brought on by someone taking over what I thought I was doing. I’ve been working on ridding myself of these bad feelings without writing unnecessary e-mails about how angry I was and without hurting more people. Here are a few things I learned as I journeyed through this. Try to go to the places in your life that give you strength and encouragement and help you let go what you are hanging onto. Walking is good and riding a bike by the sea on an unexpected warm day can heal the…
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People In Love with Themselves
What is forgiveness and what is a gift? I have been watching the Democratic debates. In the most recent one, the candidates reached new lows in attacking one other. The last question came from Judy Woodruff and it was meant to embrace the Holiday season: “Name a candidate from whom you would ask forgiveness for something—maybe that was said tonight—or a candidate to whom you’d like to give a gift.” This question was first directed to Andrew Yang. It caught him off-guard. He stared into space, befuddled, not knowing what to say. Finally he said, “I don’t think I have much to ask forgiveness for—you all can correct me on this.”…
