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Sacramental Living

Letter From the Editor
Writing

Letter From the Editor

ByStephanie Reeves February 1, 2022February 1, 2022

Dear Reader, What’s so holy about going to the grocery store? Or doing laundry? Or taking a meal to a sick friend? Or changing a diaper? You might think of sacraments as things like the Eucharist (Communion) or Baptism, or Marriage. But when we do all that we do for Christ and in Christ, we…

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Rocks and Trees and Squirrels, We’ll Bless Them All!
Faith and Culture

Rocks and Trees and Squirrels, We’ll Bless Them All!

ByRebecca Detrick February 1, 2022February 2, 2022

When I hear the word sacramental, the image (and voice) that pops into my mind is that of Mel Brooks, satirically clad in the attire of a Jewish Rabbi, leading a mule-drawn cart full of Sacramental Wine. He stops to chat with Robin Hood and his Merry Men clad in tight (tight) tights, and then…

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The Cell and the Snail
Faith and Culture

The Cell and the Snail

ByKeren Dibbens Wyatt February 1, 2022January 30, 2022

Over the last 25 years I have become weaker and less mobile due to my chronic, disabling illness. I have become unable to be an active part of any church or community. At times I have felt very isolated and wondered if I were really part of the Body of Christ. So much of the…

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The Sacredness of Being Present
Faith and Culture

The Sacredness of Being Present

ByPaula Frances Price February 1, 2022January 30, 2022

Hours after my daughter was born, a nurse whisked her out of the room for the pediatrician to examine. My husband followed as I lay in bed worrying.  When he returned, he said the pediatrician had heard a click in our daughter’s hips and that we would need to go to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. …

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Amounting to a Hill of Beans
Faith and Culture

Amounting to a Hill of Beans

ByEmily Gibson February 1, 2022January 30, 2022

Every day on our farm, I engage in the ritualistic task of moving manure to our compost pile. Cleaning the barn is a familiar and comforting chore, allowing me to transform something objectionable and just plain stinky to a tangible benefit: growing the nurturing fertilizer of the future. Unlike some daily rituals in my life, it…

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Looking at Earth and Seeing Heaven Instead
Faith and Culture

Looking at Earth and Seeing Heaven Instead

ByCharity Craig February 1, 2022January 30, 2022

It was a warm November day, the leaves had only recently begun to turn, and the maples along our street were blazing in deep reds and oranges. The air smelled earthy, pungent, and I could hear the crackle of the fall leaves beneath my feet even over the podcast on my AirPods. All of this…

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What I Learned One Sacred Night
Faith and Culture

What I Learned One Sacred Night

ByAbigail Alleman February 1, 2022January 30, 2022

It was a night in the late winter of 2010. I had a six-month-old baby and a two-and-a-half-year-old. Life was full of diapers, keeping nap times, and playing with my toddler while my baby slept. I didn’t know where my quiet inner spaces had gone. Life was busy, so busy of here-to-there and everywhere in…

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