Vol 8 Issue 2

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Priorities

Thoughts on “Food, Family, Friends, and Faith: Celebrating
the Holidays!” >>

Interview with Dr. Nancy Whitt, Quaker/
Mother/Professor>>

Grandmother’s Fruitcake Family>>

The Cup >>

Transitions

A Sign of Communion>>

Wisdom and Wanderings>>

Traditions

Christmas Traditions and Transitions>>

Sensory Christmas Traditions>>

An Interview with Rabbi Jonathan Miller, Temple Emanu-El>>

Wisdom & Wondering

Thanksgiving, Every Day >>

Ode to Christmas Past >>

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Lenten Lamentation
By Kelly Nicole Hardin

My heart is aching. I’m empty within.
My judgment is clouded with guilt from my sin.
I ask for forgiveness, Lord, please make me clean.
No one else knows, but You’ve heard and You’ve seen.

You’re the only One Who gives peace to my soul
And makes tender the heart that is distanced and cold.
I withdraw myself from the people that I love,
Thinking of myself as more than enough.

I am not all I need. I need a touch from above.
Surround me with Your presence. Drown me in Your love.
I’m tired of the lies I hear daily in my head.
I want freedom from the bondage of what the devil has said.

I cannot bear to even be me.
Dirt and grime are all that I see.
I’m pathetic and broken, weak and distressed,
Frustrated and lonely. I need emotional rest.

Lord, only You can change the way that I feel.
Make me confident and strong, joyful and real.
I will fail You again before this day is through.
But You know my heart and how I want to be true.

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