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Allow me to begin with a deeply personal, but profoundly relevant account… 19 years ago I gave birth to one of the most amazing human beings ever. To be clear, every human is amazing — each divinely wired in their own wonderful way. But part of what makes one very talented,
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Seriously. After all that — in the middle of an ongoing, uncertain pandemic — how do we heal? This is not solely some sweet-sounding, gentle Intramuralist encouragement. It's also not written simply because Nov. 3rd has passed. With Joe Biden looking to have secured the Presidency, Democrats losing significant
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In our most recent post, I found it incredibly hopeful reading through the wise words shared by so many of you. Today I’d like to elaborate on a single one. In response to “how can you/me be part of the solution,” one person wrote: “Deconstruct some of your
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Two days ago I asked a sincere, simple question on social media: “how can you/me be part of the solution?” Aware of the current moment of cultural tension and uncertainty — which expands way beyond the electoral wrangling — here is a snippet of what others had to say… Pray. Humbly
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For weeks I’ve averred that I’m not all that concerned about Nov. 3rd. I’ve been more concerned about Nov. 4th. We knew this day would come. We didn’t know exactly how yesterday would turn out — we still don't — but earnestly welcoming the wide emotional
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I can’t imagine a more dire time. So many involved… So much fighting… Deaths across the globe… And even though some say “we won,” the past few years were grueling. Exhausting. Maybe even crippling for our country, earnestly wondering whether it’s even possible to return to civility and
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One of the classic conundrums that has seemingly long tripped adults up is actually a rather simple question… How much grace should we give? Better yet: how much grace should we give in contrast to truth? It’s as if grace and truth are opposites and can each only be
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We’ve heard the binary juxtapositions. For example: * You can’t be pro-life and vote for Biden. * You can’t really be black and vote for Trump. * You can’t be Catholic and vote for Biden. * You can’t love someone who’s gay and vote for Trump. Let’
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No doubt one of my all time favorite nuggets of enduring encouragement was uttered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his address at the Institute of Non-violence and Social Change in December of 1956… “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets
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No doubt multiple current challenges exist in this crazy cultural moment. There is a level of uncertainty that has crept into all sorts of societal nooks and crannies. And it’s rattling us. How do we know? We are missing the big picture. We are justifying what is not good
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I believe in promoting what is good and true and right. I believe most of us wish to promote what is good and true and right. I also believe all of us at some time fail in that promotion. In this contentious culture, it seems we are falling a little
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Fair warning: if you tuned in to today’s post with hopes of finding the answer to why COVID-19 exists or who’s received a divine endorsement in the upcoming presidential election, many thanks, but you’d best find another resource. The Intramuralist has no idea, and we will