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Uphill idealist: Framed days
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Life is tough, but hope is tougher. Friday, July 03, 2015. If I could, I'd take all of the favorite days and place them in a frame. This would be perfect, except there are too many moments to fit any size frame. There were dreams - and they came true. There a people I longed to meet - and did. There are songs that were written - and played. There were paintings painted - and displayed. There were broken hearts - and they were mended. There were strangers - and now they are dear to me. But they can reside.
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Uphill idealist: 2/15/15 - 2/22/15
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Life is tough, but hope is tougher. Wednesday, February 18, 2015. Letting the dough rise - re-Lent. Ash Wednesday is a holy day that brings reflection and contemplation to the center of life. Perhaps for me it's a day to reflect on spiritual matters that I am too busy to notice. Or maybe it is the meeting of slowing down and preparation with the Lenten season being married to the coldest and bleakest times of year in my region (WNY). We are ashes, we are resting bread dough, we are imperfect - but perfec...
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Uphill idealist: 1/18/15 - 1/25/15
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Life is tough, but hope is tougher. Thursday, January 22, 2015. In the fall of 2010 I was introduced to TED talks. I watched an eighteen minute talk. By researcher and storyteller - Brene’ Brown. ( brenebrown.com. If you haven't seen a TED talks they have become an international phenomenon, where people from various and unlimited backgrounds share short talks that are:. 8220;Ideas worth sharing”. For more information on TED talks – look online here:. Because we aren’t no matter how hard we try. The more ...
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Uphill idealist: 6/28/15 - 7/5/15
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Life is tough, but hope is tougher. Friday, July 03, 2015. If I could, I'd take all of the favorite days and place them in a frame. This would be perfect, except there are too many moments to fit any size frame. There were dreams - and they came true. There a people I longed to meet - and did. There are songs that were written - and played. There were paintings painted - and displayed. There were broken hearts - and they were mended. There were strangers - and now they are dear to me. But they can reside.
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Uphill idealist: 6/21/15 - 6/28/15
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Life is tough, but hope is tougher. Thursday, June 25, 2015. For the warmth,. For the pause,. For the need beyond words,. For the joy bubbling to the surface. Because of the news we read,. Because there is news we can't bear to read,. Because there is news we can't wait to share. In the in-between,. In the hopes,. In the pits of despair,. And in the embrace of love. For its flickering,. Because it's light carries on even in the darkest of times,. To connect with us. Wednesday, June 24, 2015. If it can be...
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Uphill idealist: 3/15/15 - 3/22/15
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Life is tough, but hope is tougher. Friday, March 20, 2015. Faithful Practice is not perfect. Place - Western New York, in a small post-industrial city continuing to effort of reinventing itself. There are many small towns an cities like this along the northeast. But this is my town. But this is not really my story, this is God's story. Over the last twenty years, there are two practices that I feel have been God's gift to me:. My second choice of gift from God for this place is creativity. As you ca...
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Uphill idealist: Light a candle
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Life is tough, but hope is tougher. Thursday, June 25, 2015. For the warmth,. For the pause,. For the need beyond words,. For the joy bubbling to the surface. Because of the news we read,. Because there is news we can't bear to read,. Because there is news we can't wait to share. In the in-between,. In the hopes,. In the pits of despair,. And in the embrace of love. For its flickering,. Because it's light carries on even in the darkest of times,. To connect with us. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Uphill idealist: Verklempt tree
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Life is tough, but hope is tougher. Thursday, July 02, 2015. When words don't cut it. And emotions run deep. When life is shifting. In all the places feet sweep. When hearts are full. And beats loudly bleat. This is the place that verklempt and I meet. For foes who once were friends and those no longer foe. When verklempt comes to visit -. You pray for the shortest stay,. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Type your heart out. View my complete profile. Abby of the Arts. Things I wish I had said. Visitor...
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Uphill idealist: 1/11/15 - 1/18/15
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Life is tough, but hope is tougher. Thursday, January 15, 2015. A Mix tape for 2015. This article first appeared in First Lutheran Church's January 2015 newsletter, but I share it here because the message of what "track" we listen to and live by has legs here as well. Thank you for your grace on the context, and may this track be one that is life-giving to you in the days to come. Year anniversary by the way.) There has been a great deal of proclamation as well a much to take in and listen to. John 3:16-...
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