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Community Archives ⋆ The Mudroom

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What is The Mudroom? October 26, 2016. Bull; 1 Comment. Amy sat with me on my screened porch at the lake, listening the way only a woman who has spent thirty years as a cloistered nun in a monastery, then three more years training to be a therapist, can listen. You have compassion fatigue, she said. I asked. There’s an actual name for this? It’s not just that I can’t manage my time and relationships well? I feel a little slammed. Isn’t that an oxymoron? Then my role is Julie, the Cruise Director. Amy ask...

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Chicago Writing Workshop ⋆ The Mudroom

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What is The Mudroom? We will be scheduling another workshop in January. Subscribe for updates. 935 W Wilson Ave. Chicago, IL 60640. Through conversation, reflection, and writing exercises, tap the creativity that is uniquely yours. Explore the creative process and practice the craft of writing! Is a book editor, author of fiction and nonfiction, and workshop presenter on topics of writing, editing, creative process, and spiritual practices. Vinita will sell copies of her book,. I just ordered a copy of V...

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Hope Archives ⋆ The Mudroom

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What is The Mudroom? When Compassion is Exhausting. October 10, 2016. Bull; 2 Comments. The first year of giving a crap, that’s the exciting one. For me, it was back in 2009 and Twitter was a twinkly new toy and. Was a new buzzword and everyone had a birthday campaign. This year for my birthday,. All I want is clean water for a village,. All I want is malaria meds for children is Sub-Saharan Africa,. All I want is to rescue a girl from sex-trafficking. We could Save People! After seven years of working i...

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Church Archives ⋆ The Mudroom

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What is The Mudroom? Social Justice is a Pot of Spaghetti Sauce. October 12, 2016. Bull; 6 Comments. I didn’t want to write a post on social justice. It feels fake sitting on my couch in my largely white, affluent, suburban neighborhood. What do I have to say? As a white woman, I feel like my steps at connection across lines even on Facebook feel privileged, bumbling, and awkward. Justice cannot be a platform. Justice flows from the heart of God. What did I have to offer? Nothing, rang out loud and clear.

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Our Guest Authors ⋆ The Mudroom

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What is The Mudroom? Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window). Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window). Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). Pingback: How to Decide a Name for Your Blog or Website. Subscribe for new posts in your mailbox! Leslie Leyland Fields will be joining us this month. Check out her new memoir! Div align=...

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The Places We Are Pierced ⋆ The Mudroom

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What is The Mudroom? The Places We Are Pierced. May 8, 2015. Bull; 17 Comments. Wondering what it means. To follow a God who points to his scars as a sign of resurrection. –. It is the Thomas part that they always harped on in Sunday school. Thomas, the guy who was doubting, the guy who didn’t believe. It was not the Jesus part, and it certainly wasn’t the scars part. I found myself red faced and weeping in front of a Facebook status asking for prayer. I may have been healed, but there was still plenty o...

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Faith Archives ⋆ The Mudroom

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What is The Mudroom? A Peculiar Kind of Christianity. October 28, 2016. Bull; 0 Comments. One of the verses that was drummed into my head as I was growing up in the church was 1 Peter 2:9. 8220;But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light”. There was even a praise song we’d sing in church, that was basically just this verse. We knew the way to live that insur...

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The God Who Sees ⋆ The Mudroom

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What is The Mudroom? The God Who Sees. August 12, 2015. Bull; 12 Comments. I’m the girl you know who overplays the role of prophet. Cassandra and I would have gotten along just fine. Sometimes I warn people in conversation, I’m just that girl, who gives unwanted perspective all the time. I shoot from the hip. If you want sweet and sugarcoated, go play with someone else. I stop my tongue. Even my bedrock, most unchangeable convictions are challenging. I don’t believe in making more money, rising up la...

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Esther Emery

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What is The Mudroom? Author Archive for Esther Emery. Esther lives with her husband and three children on three acres of Idaho mountainside, in a yurt her husband designed and built himself. She's out there in pursuit of self-sufficiency, integrity living and solidarity economy. Why I Live in a Yurt, Off the Grid, in Idaho; Or: The Empty Space. August 29, 2016. Bull; 15 Comments. I had a hunch, though I didn’t know for sure, that it might be the one and only thing you need, to make a life. Five years ago...

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Family Archives ⋆ The Mudroom

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What is The Mudroom? Finding Contentment in the Uncomfortable. November 2, 2016. Bull; 8 Comments. I’ve been asking myself what contentment is lately. This question tends to come when I’m elbows-deep in dish water or staring at my overflowing laundry basket. Sometimes it pops up when my doctor calls with bad news. During one move between these transitional homes, my four-year-old son burst into tears and said, I wanted to live here for lots and lots of days. Up until that point, my husband and I felt...