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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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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…