Category Archives: Living Love Through The Practice of Story

Theme for January 2025

A New Chapter In My Story

Last week, I join a crowd of clergy and congregants at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta to celebrate the ordination of the now-Reverend Phoenix Bell-Shelton Biggs. Ordinations mark a peak moment in the life story of the person being … Continue reading

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Suffering Calls Forth Our Stories

Someone reached out to me recently seeking support. They were feeling overwhelmed by what is coming out of our government’s administration on a daily basis. This person has immediate and personal stake in some of those actions. They wanted to … Continue reading

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A Strange Little Bridge

(Note: I use watered down language to refer to the genocide of the Palestinian people, this is an intentional choice due to the setting of this story in the early days when the Israeli government’s intentions were not clear.) When … Continue reading

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The Layers of a Story

Good stories almost always have layers of meaning written into them, even the ones that happened before our very eyes before anyone ever retold much less wrote them down. My grandfather and a good friend of his were avid vegetable … Continue reading

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Background

Inside my head, stories rattle around. They are stories about me, woven by storytellers other than myself. I have hated some of these stories, particularly the ones about me crying whenever I drew the Old Maid card, or how as … Continue reading

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This Is Also Sooth

Anglo-Irish poet William Butler Yeats was an interesting man in interesting times. His body of work spanned six decades, included more than poetry, and made him one of the premier literary figures of his day. The December 2024 issue of … Continue reading

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Rewriting the Fairy Tales in My Life

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.  G.K. Chesterton This quote has sparked something deep within me recently. As a Pisces, my natural … Continue reading

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