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A “Completion” Poem

Indivisble mediatrix living questions of theodicy among Great Dichotomies of head, heart, and womb Holding conversations about young robins eaten alive by ravens, Kurds in the mud, crack babies, 50 inches of rain in Banglegesh, Ray, who has AIDS, the … Continue reading

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Let the mean people be terrible no more!

Get up God, don’t let the ungodly take over, let them hear of your outrage! Put fear into them, and make it clear that they too are merely mortal! Don’t stand off and hide in this time of trouble. When … Continue reading

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Why No Lunch?  

The Rev. Ray Aldred, Jan 4th 2018 Why No Lunch?       These comments are from the Musqueam web page. MUSQUEAM TRADITIONAL TERRITORY Musqueam ancestors have lived in the Fraser River estuary for thousands of years. Today, portions of Musqueam’s traditional … Continue reading

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Post No. 6 As Far as the Eye Can See

Post No. 6 As Far as the Eye Can See, (September 1, 2017), Bismarck, ND)  http://www.lewis-clark.org/article/2925   I suppose that anyone who has traveled here knows all of this, but since it is new to me, I write about seeing … Continue reading

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Post No. 5 Felcitas and Chief Washakie

  (This post is out of order in terms of the calendar; it’s been soaking within for days.)  This kind of experience is why travel offers us something one cannot otherwise obtain. Yes, there were more than a few dollars … Continue reading

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May Nothing Undo Us..

I do not know how to go out or come in.  … Give your servant therefore an understanding mind …able to discern between good and evil;   1 Kings 3:7a, 9 For I am convinced that….Nothing in all creation, will be … Continue reading

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A Meditation for Holy Saturday 2017

On the Other Side of Words:  A Mediation on Holy Saturday 2017 Holy Saturday, the day between the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus, in which hope and God appear to be dead and gone. This day is only rarely … Continue reading

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All of Us, all the families of the Earth!

..and in you all of the families of the earth shall be blessed. Gen. 12:3 God loves the world so much that the Holy One, continues to give us the gift of Jesus,  whose life and death together, the ministry and … Continue reading

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NOW WHAT? Still seeking meaningful responses to the election

  It has been more than two months since Nov. 8th. I continue thinking (in vain) that with the passage of time, and hopefully with the development of additional understanding based upon actual events, some of the extreme distress that … Continue reading

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What do we do with our anger and rage in lament?

If the emotion in the pit of your stomach after watching another killing of an African American man, a suicide bombing, a car-crash, stabbing, or a sniper killing is anger and rage, then it is anger and rage. Continue reading

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