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Tis the Season – An Advent Liturgy
Tis the Season for Wish Lists Children and adults alike wish for gifts under the tree and stores offer every incentive to fill these desires. Yet many wishes are unspoken and unfulfilled – desires that cannot be put in a box and unwrapped on Christmas morning. I have compiled my wish of wants and crave many things, yet my heart desires deeper things: healing, reconciliation, true connection, a place to settle and be known. May the world come to know that every wish and desire, both written and unspoken, is fulfilled in You, O Lord God. Tis the Season for Drinking deeply and Eating abundantly Recipes overflow the internet and…
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A Reflection on a Torn Labrum & The Process of Grief
It has been over a year since my shoulder surgery in Spring 2021 to repair a torn labrum, and I’ve spent the past couple months reflecting on that harrowing experience. To give some background, for many years, my right shoulder had been bothering me after a volleyball injury. The labrum is a thick piece of tissue deep in the shoulder joint that keeps the ball of the joint in place, and the tearing had led to continual discomfort, inability to do several activities and exercises, and the pain was even to the point that sometimes I would simply turn over in my sleep and wake up feeling like my shoulder…
