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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All the Wonders
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
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
Dec 12, 20202 min read
Saying Goodbye to the Office
So many people have lost so much this year. I've been fortunate in many ways. I have kept my job. I've not lost any friends or family to...
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betharichardson
Aug 1, 20201 min read
Stand Witness
There are forces that flow Through this universe. Forces of life, of death, of good, of evil. Today a person dies. Tomorrow a child is...
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betharichardson
May 24, 20201 min read
Counting Time
When life has slowed, And days run into days run into days I count my time in dog walks and cups of coffee. I watch the plants, Reaching...
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betharichardson
Apr 1, 20201 min read
Days Run Together
Days run together And soon I don’t know ... Is it Wednesday or Saturday? We step through this disorienting, timelessness of social...
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betharichardson
Feb 27, 20191 min read
I Hear the Sound of Breaking Hearts
I hear the sound of breaking hearts. Tender, young hearts, open and hopeful, Facing betrayal from the church which formed them. Scarred,...
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betharichardson
Nov 16, 20181 min read
A Kaddish for My Mother
I’m grateful to Rabbi David Horowitz, Academy faculty presenter this week. He taught us the Kaddish, the prayer prayed to the Holy One on...
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betharichardson
Aug 22, 20181 min read
Broken Wide Open
As soon as we laid eyes on you
Our hearts rushed in, unprotected,
Held captive by you
With your bright, smiling eyes. Even with your...
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betharichardson
Aug 1, 20181 min read
A Blessing of the Wounds (#metoo)
Bless, O bless these wounds, God, the healer. Fresh wounds, still bleeding. Tender hearts, tender spirits. An innocent crossing the path...
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betharichardson
Jul 14, 20182 min read
Facing Loneliness
The writings of Henri Nouwen have been filling my meditation and challenging me to consider how we can spiritually survive our journey...
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betharichardson
Jun 8, 20181 min read
Hold the Space
We watch the fear, the pain, the struggle And we cannot take away any of it. All we can do, sometimes, is hold the space. And that is...
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betharichardson
Mar 20, 20182 min read
To Michael
I came home today and Started looking through boxes of photographs. I was looking for the photo of you and me At the United Methodist...
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betharichardson
Feb 6, 20181 min read
All Shall Be Well
When you wake up in a fog, The clouds hiding the sun, Hiding the hope and the confidence You used to have. When the place you are...
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betharichardson
Dec 7, 20171 min read
A Blessing of the Empty Space
I pulled this blessing out of my book. I'm needing it today on this anniversary of my dad's death. Bless all who mourn today. You sit in...
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betharichardson
Sep 20, 20171 min read
Some Days It Seems Too Hard
Some days it seems too hard to Turn on the news, Read the texts, Answer the phone. What news, What pain, What disaster Awaits us today?...
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betharichardson
Jun 1, 20172 min read
A Fitting End
Yesterday in The Upper Room Chapel we held a service of celebration for Alive Now, the beloved publication which began in 1971 and ceased...
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betharichardson
May 13, 20171 min read
A Season of Blooms
In this season of blooms, The hard work Of birthing, growing, transformation, Forgotten in the moment of metamorphosis. God's miracle of...
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betharichardson
Feb 21, 20171 min read
Honoring and Releasing Weavings
Join your spirits with us today as we celebrate, honor, and release Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Tradition. We will be...
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