Love Is Our Hope (2024)
Where is our hope? Love is our joy, our purpose, our anchor, our hope.
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All the Wonders
betharichardson
Sep 11 min read
Pre-Release Discount for "Davida Angelica Roared"
I'm excited to announce the arrival of my new book, Davida Angelica Roared . The book is available for pre-orders at a discount through...
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betharichardson
Jul 171 min read
My New Book - Davida Angelica Roared
“ Davida Angelica Roared is a courageous book about lions, wounds, and the healing that comes through roaring.” Thirty years ago I...
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betharichardson
Jul 131 min read
Resilient
I sit down to write And no words come. I am tired, Discouraged, Overwhelmed by the never-ending Reports of disasters and tragedies....
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betharichardson
Feb 221 min read
A Message from the Trees
I walk outside And look up at the tree in the front yard. Its branches are bare. Leaves, long shed, Were raked and carried To the...
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betharichardson
Feb 11 min read
Offer It All to Love
I am out of balance. Overwhelmed with worry about the sorrows of this world. I am tipping over into fear. Concerned that I won't know how...
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betharichardson
Jul 10, 20231 min read
Breaking Through
The weather app said, “Dense fog advisory.” But up here on the ridge, the fog had begun to melt away. I looked out the kitchen window and...
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betharichardson
May 29, 20231 min read
The Unfurling
I’m at the Haden Institute’s summer dream conference. Walking the lake trail, I found this fern in the process of unfurling. It inspired...
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betharichardson
Apr 17, 20231 min read
Waking Up to the Bad News
Gun-related violence is leading cause of death for children ages 1-19 in the US. -CDC Like the frog waking up to her imminent death in a...
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betharichardson
Mar 28, 20232 min read
Awake in the Night
The news about the school shooting at the elementary school in Nashville today has been so hard. I've been wondering what I would say to...
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betharichardson
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Metamorphosis
Help me be patient with myself During this metamorphosis. This shedding of what has been: Working Monday through Friday, Week after week,...
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betharichardson
Jul 1, 20222 min read
Love Affair with a Shooting Star
I don’t remember when I first fell in love with the wildflower called Shooting Star (Primula sect. Dodecatheon). Back in the late 70s, my...
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betharichardson
May 25, 20221 min read
We Have No Words
We Have No Words We have no words To express the depths of our grief, Our sorrow, our outrage, our despair. Lord, have mercy. Christ,...
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betharichardson
Feb 25, 20221 min read
A Prayer for Ukraine
SoulCollage, 5/21/21, Beth A. Richardson God makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. ... God breaks the bow and shatters the spear;...
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betharichardson
Jan 1, 20221 min read
This Year
This year, may we be kind. May we be brave. May we be resilient. May we listen More than we talk. May we give More than we take. May we...
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betharichardson
Sep 14, 20211 min read
When the World Seems So Broken
Birds These mornings, when the world seems so broken, I skip the news and social media. Instead, I go outside and contemplate the sky ......
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betharichardson
Jun 24, 20211 min read
A Message from a Rabbit
Each morning and evening The dog and I walk together Up or down the road. We startle a rabbit Somewhere along the way. The rabbit bounds...
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betharichardson
Jun 14, 20211 min read
Solitude
Let the noises fall away The chaos and clatter in my ears my brain my heart All this hubbub in my mind This turmoil in my spirit Let it...
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betharichardson
May 17, 20211 min read
Let My Worries Be Prayer
When I wake up in the middle of the night Weighed down by news of illness, hate or war Let my worries be prayer That beloved one in the...
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betharichardson
Mar 13, 20211 min read
Old Friends and New
We are invited simply to be with God. ... Crawling up in the lap of Love, resting our head against Love’s breast, and taking comfort in...
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