This blog post is coming to you from an adorable coffee shop about half a mile from my house. "Exposure therapy" is good, and probably necessary this many years on. So here I am in public, among children and strollers and women wearing some variation of "Mama Bear" sweatshirts. Today is Mother's Day, and I … Continue reading Mother’s Day & Matriarchs
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Making peace with Mother’s Day
Earlier this week, my husband made the decision that we were not going to church today. I was totally on board with this, and very happy that I did not have to make the decision and the argument to go along with it. It's not that we hate church; it's just that the church in … Continue reading Making peace with Mother’s Day
On carnations and Sunday litany
Yesterday as I walked out of the sanctuary, it was the first Mother's Day in years that I really felt like the sanctuary, was, well, a sanctuary. I've been pondering the litany we read together as a congregation, one that my pastor modified as he went in order to be more inclusive. It went something … Continue reading On carnations and Sunday litany
MPM 2.0: mercy unmasked 