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The Third Third Topic: Spirituality
Where do you find meaning in life? What is the source of your spiritual longing, or spiritual strength? Are questions of faith on Life's final exam? What are other women thinking, feeling, and doing about their faith at this stage?
Perspectives on Spirituality
From the mountaintop
I have spent the last five days “Out West,” quite literally in the middle of nowhere, (or at least as out of touch as to be beyond all AT&T cell phone and 3-G reception). There I have spent hours in awe of the natural splendors our earth has given ri...
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Abuse in the Church of the Faith and the Faithful
Life changes when the doctor says you can’t drive for two weeks. The pace, your priorities, the way you spend your time. A husband learns to use the post office and the debit card. You learn (or I am learning) how to wrestle with Quiet.
In Quiet, Input begins to over...
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That Hope-y Change-y Thing
Sarah Palin’s recent derision of “that hope-y change-y thing” may be a slam-dunk politically. But in religious terms, coming from the devout Christian she claims to be, it is a puzzling disavowal. After all, next to “Love,” “Hope” and “Change&rdq...
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Thank You, Church Ladies!
The last time I felt I had a role model worth looking up to, I was a sophomore in high school. I remember watching a senior girl and thinking “I could be like that,” and that it would be a good thing.
But when I looked around after high school, the journey to adultho...
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Learning to Pray -- Again
Prayer.
According to [Ask the] Rabbi Tzvi Freeman, in a recent New York Times Magazine article, “A lot of people in their late 50s begin to feel small. Some feel existential angst. They want to relate to a higher entity. We call that ‘prayer....
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Postcards from The Third Third: 4 of 4
My fourth and last postcard from the third third says, “THE TRIP WAS WONDERFUL. AND THE BEST PART WAS COMING BACK HOME.” Every two weeks I meet with my friends Judy Cannon and Lila Morisee. Together we have determined that the primary purpose of the third third is to come back to the ...
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Postcards from The Third Third: 3 of 4
My third postcard says, “WE ARE REALLY ENJOYING GETTING TO KNOW THE ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND HERE.” I am grateful every day for the great brain and the habits of work that are my legacy from my parents. I know how to work hard, to push through to the end of the task, to expect a...
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Postcards from The Third Third: 2 of 4
My second postcard from the third third says. “MY BODY IS TAKING A BEATING FROM ALL THIS HIKING!” The second message from the third third is to put down your reliance on words, step into the silence, and listen to your body. I frequently tell my clients, “The body never lies.&rdq...
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Postcards from The Third Third: 1 of 4
My mother was 30 years and five days old when I was born. So four years ago, as Mom began planning her 90th birthday celebration, I was contemplating turning 60. I wasn’t particularly freaked out about getting “older,” but something important was certainly rumbling around in the ...
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This I Believe, I Think
I went to church with my friend Jan shortly after she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Ovarian cancer. Her odds weren’t very good. But her spirit was strong, and she was open to all sorts and conditions of healing. She’d jumped at the chance to attend a small, Episcopal healing service and,...
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Blog entries on Spirituality
What Really Matters
Like many others, I was offended by the DeBeers ad asserting that all that really matters to the people you love in a financial crisis like the one we're currently experiencing is that set of diamond earrings. Still, I applaud the fact that someone was at least thinking about it -- thinking about w...
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