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		<title>Becoming Veronica</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The journey of Easter is the journey of transformation. It’s the journey of letting go, dying to the old, and being born anew. And it sounds like such a fabulous thing, like “Tada! I’m born anew!” But if you fully embrace the Easter process, if you really engage in it with your body, mind and  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Faith at the Edge of Empire</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  I am a member of clergy. And I am also a citizen. I write this because silence in this moment is not neutrality — it is abdication. The church has a role in democracy. Not a partisan role — but a moral one. Democracy does not sustain itself, it is not self-executing. It lives  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Neutrality Is a Myth: You Can&#8217;t Borrow from Hate and Preach Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are moments in church life when the language of “strategy” exposes the cracks in our soul. Recently, Unity leadership offered such a moment that chilled me to the bone and broke my heart. In explaining why Unity World Headquarters and Unity Worldwide Ministries are merging into a single organization under a new Movement Model,  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Spiritual Response to Authoritarianism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 16:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Several months ago I wrote this piece for Unity Worldwide Ministries to distribute to the field, the global Unity movement. I waited and waited for a reply. Mind you, it was draft version 6. UWM decided they wanted to make a joint communication to the Unity movement with their sister organization, Unity World Headquarters.  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Have a Cup of Tea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 16:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ever said, “Now THAT’S my cup of tea,” or “Definitely NOT my cup of tea!” A “cup of tea” is an expression used to describe something we like, or even feel passionate about. WE can also talk about it in a negative context. Interestingly though, tea is a metaphor for our spiritual journey. It  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Psalm to Mother Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[su_youtube url="https://youtu.be/DwOyIrV3r9U"] Have mercy on me, Mother Earth, according to your steadfast love and abundant benevolence. Wash each of us thoroughly while the dreamers awaken from their slumber. I know I have transgressed. I see before me the ways I have gone astray from your beauty and goodness. Create in me a clean heart, Mother  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>My Infinitely Small Grandness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2024 14:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The other day I stood in the crisp air of early morning, in the freshness of the dawning light, and knew without question the ecstatic and complex glory of my very simple life, at least for a few minutes. The day was bursting forward without temerity or hesitancy. The sky surrounding me held an eternity  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Golden Gate of Retreat</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2024 15:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the most challenging things in life is to stay engaged in a conversation when there are clearly very different ideologies at play. It doesn’t take long for someone to feel defensive or think they are being attacked. Especially when it comes to issues of dismantling racism, LGBTQ+ rights, spirituality, capitalism, God, patriarchy, and  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Happy New Year You Goofballs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 16:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another new year. So how are you feeling? Yay or nay? Another new year and I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry. Although, as Dolly Parton says so eloquently in the movie “Steel Magnolias” after Shelby’s funeral, “Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.” I think that sums up my strategy this past year.  [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anger Is Not a Defect</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2023 21:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don’t often hear people use the word “outraged” let alone “rage.” I will hear words like anger, frustrated, mad, irritated - but not rage. I think we have an allergy to it because it makes the body and mind feel out of control, at least it does for me. Often being outraged assumes  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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