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The Joy of Being a Promise

Post author:Carolyn Watts
Post published:April 26, 2021
Post category:beauty creation God's love transformation
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I wake and stretch, reaching my arms above my head to savor the pleasant pull of muscles through my shoulders and across my back. This morning I feel like my…

Walking the Way of Delight

Post author:Carolyn Watts
Post published:March 15, 2021
Post category:beauty creation cross death God's love joy Lent
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I walked to a block yesterday where hundreds of crocuses line the sidewalk, not neatly arranged in prepared beds, but irrepressibly pushing up through moss and grass into the light.…

How to find hope in emptiness

Post author:Carolyn Watts
Post published:November 9, 2020
Post category:creation cross emptiness God's character living longing redemption suffering transformation truth weakness
Post comments:4 Comments

It’s early when I walk past the playground, and the swings hang empty, waiting. No one plays on the slide. There’s a stillness here that could just be the calm…

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