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December 13, 2018

Paying Attention

December 13, 2018/ SaraBeth Terrell
Paying Attention

Increasing our consciousness, our awareness is a theme of Advent. I feel as if I’ve been in Advent for months, waiting and watching for new ways God is coming into the world around me, maybe even today. Clearing space for something new to happen. I’ve been clearing literal space in my home in recent months.

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August 23, 2018

Stepping Through New Thresholds

August 23, 2018/ SaraBeth Terrell
Stepping Through New Thresholds

Last fall I participated with great delight in Melanie Weidner’s Kickstarter campaign to publish her art work in two decks of cards, 40 each. What a joy to help her art escape into the world for God to use in new ways with people who will never meet her in person.

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March 07, 2018

And How On Earth Do We Love Them? (Part 2)

March 07, 2018/ SaraBeth Terrell
And How On Earth Do We Love Them? (Part 2)

If we believe love is only a feeling, we won't stand a chance of learning to love our enemies. Awareness is a large part of the process.

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March 07, 2018/ SaraBeth Terrell/
February 27, 2018

Who Are Our Enemies? (Part 1)

February 27, 2018/ SaraBeth Terrell
Who Are Our Enemies? (Part 1)

If we claim we have no enemies, we give ourselves a pass on the hard work of loving them.

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August 31, 2017

The Battle of the Yard Signs

August 31, 2017/ SaraBeth Terrell
The Battle of the Yard Signs

Love is what connects everyone and everything at the deepest levels.

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June 06, 2017

The Healing Rhythm of Spring

June 06, 2017/ SaraBeth Terrell
The Healing Rhythm of Spring

I love watching spring unfold every year. The cyclic compact of return, of the normalcy declared by each one being and doing what it was created to be and do brings me hope. We’ve needed something that feels normal and hopeful.

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June 06, 2017/ SaraBeth Terrell/
January 28, 2017

Creating Bondage or Freedom, Day by Day

January 28, 2017/ SaraBeth Terrell
Creating Bondage or Freedom, Day by Day

The day my daughter Julia turned three months old, she found her fingers, and two of them took up residence in her mouth. Since she had cried non-stop for those three months, I loved those fingers even as they flung food when she pulled them out to take another bite and put them right back in.

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January 28, 2017/ SaraBeth Terrell/
November 19, 2016

Tonglen : Sara Beth's Reflections

November 19, 2016/ SaraBeth Terrell
Tonglen : Sara Beth's Reflections

When we have strong feelings like fear or anger or grief or when we are in some kind of pain, it is hard to be kind or patient or to respond to others caringly. As Richard Rohr often says, if we don’t heal and transform our pain and suffering, we will transmit it to others.

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November 19, 2016/ SaraBeth Terrell/
November 12, 2016

"Look At Me"

November 12, 2016/ SaraBeth Terrell
"Look At Me"

I’ve been picking up a sense of fear from people (many who wouldn’t admit to it) off and on for months—regardless how they planned to vote. I was out walking a few days before the election with my mind jumping all over the map when I suddenly heard...

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November 12, 2016/ SaraBeth Terrell/
October 27, 2016

Children of the Day and of the Light

October 27, 2016/ SaraBeth Terrell
Children of the Day and of the Light

“Sing and rejoice, you children of the Day and of the Light. For the Lord is at work in this thick night of darkness that may be felt.” So George Fox began a letter of encouragement to Quakers being persecuted for their faith in England in 1663.

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June 23, 2016

Who Backs Goliath?

June 23, 2016/ SaraBeth Terrell
Who Backs Goliath?

“Who backs Goliath?” The question kept coming back from time to time as I drove. Knowing the popular Bible story of David and Goliath where God, once again, raises up the most unlikely person to be a champion of Israel...

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June 23, 2016/ SaraBeth Terrell/
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