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Conversion

The inbound red line train, or “T,” pulls its passengers through an underground maze from the suburban city of Cambridge through the heart of downtown Boston.  I travel this route often.  The train cars have a dull interior of warn … Continue reading

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Maundy Thursday

Mother, Washing Dishes by Susan Meyers She rarely made us do it— we’d clear the table instead—so my sister and I teased that some day we’d train our children right and not end up like her, after every meal stuck … Continue reading

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Sabbath

“I haven’t written on the blog in so long,” I told my partner a few weeks ago. “I feel bad about it. But it just wasn’t coming to me–and lately, when the words come, I simply can’t get myself to … Continue reading

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The Springboard, Or A Prayer for Finals

The Springboard by Adrienne Rich Like divers, we ourselves must make the jump That sets the taut board bounding underfoot Clean as an axe blade driven in a stump; But afterward what makes the body shoot Into its pure and … Continue reading

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A Thirsty Lent

My friends over at The Church Is Alive invited me to post as a guest blogger during their Lenten fundraiser campaign to raise $5000 to build a water well in Africa.  Check out my post, “A Thirsty Lent“, and contribute … Continue reading

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