for Good Friday
Posted on March 29th, 2013 by Anne
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These sing to me!!
Posted on August 26th, 2011 by Anne
I Heard the Angels Singing Don’t Let Nobody Drag You Down Oh yeah!!
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“Something beautiful for God”
Posted on June 26th, 2011 by Anne
These are the words of Mother Teresa brought to my attention by a dear friend in Scotland when I told him of my work these days with the poor and homeless. The quotation affected me greatly and sticks in my head; she captured the feeling exactly. Amen.
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Have I told you…
Posted on May 1st, 2011 by Anne
…about my work with those in need, those on the fringes of society, those who are my neighbors? No? Well, stay tuned, because I’m going to be writing more. In the meantime, you can check out the web site of the two projects I’m most involved with…Boulder Outreach for Homeless Overflow (BOHO) and Medical Respite [...]
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“Go to the Limits…
Posted on March 22nd, 2011 by Anne
…of Your Longing” by Rainer Maria Rilke; translation by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. [...]
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Listening to the power of listening
Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Anne
As I continue to read Jim Wallis’ Faith Works, I draw your attention to the second section which includes these three chapters: Do the Work and You’ll Find the Spirit Recognize the Three Faces of Poverty Listen to Those Closest to the Problem The third chapter of this section really affected me. It ended with [...]
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Listening to what I read
Posted on April 13th, 2010 by Anne
On my reading agenda now is Faith Works: How to Live Your Beliefs and Ignite Positive Social Change by Jim Wallis. The first three chapters, which he has organized as lessons, have me hooked: Trust Your Questions Get out of the House More Often Use Your Gift If we started with these three lessons, what [...]
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raising awareness
Posted on March 4th, 2010 by Anne
I recently launched a new resource called 2dollardifference to raise awareness about hunger and poverty. http://2dollardifference.wordpress.com encourages people to experience in a meaningful, albeit partial, way the situation of half of the population of the world: eating for $2 a day. “Simple but not easy,” participants eat for $2 a day for one week, then [...]
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Fair weather friend?
Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by Anne
“Scrrrrritchhhhh….sssscrrrraaape…,” were the sounds that roused me from my slumber in the wee hours of the morning. Could that be someone clearing the driveways of snow? Snow? Was it supposed to snow? I had heard something on the radio about possible flurries, but enough to scrape? I pulled myself back deeper under the covers with [...]
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