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Prayer at Jerusalem's Western Wall
“Lord — Protect my family and me. Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will.… more »
Windows Toward the World
Prayer at Jerusalem's Western Wall
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helenl wrote 1 week ago: “Lord — Protect my family and me. Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and de … more »
Tending Our Own Wounds First by Henri Nouwen
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helenl wrote 4 weeks ago: Our own experience with loneliness, depression, and fear can become a gift for others, especially wh … more »
It's About Time
helenl wrote 1 month ago: How Time Heals by Henri Nouwen “Time heals,” people often say. This is not true when it … more »
Holiday Illustrations From the Book of American Life
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helenl wrote 1 month ago: After the smell of hotdogs on the Fourth day of July and spark-shooting fountains cause familial gle … more »
Republicans Will Attack Obama's Character Rather Than Issues
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helenl wrote 1 month ago: “If you want clues to how this year’s presidential election will be fought, look no fu … more »
Freedom
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helenl wrote 1 month ago: The falls fall from a great height. The stream trickles, unhurried, each droplet uniquely joined in … more »
Voting For Obama IS Fighting Racism
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helenl wrote 1 month ago: The more posts I see about how bad (scary, socialist, egotistical, you fill it in) that Barack Obama … more »
Ode To the Passionflower
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helenl wrote 1 month ago: (Click on photo to enlarge) O, passionflower, growing in Mary’s Garden— your lavender flowers p … more »
What Is Wanted and Needed - Part 2
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helenl wrote 2 months ago: Cross Without a Savior A candelabra, submerged in a southern swamp, where punished slaves once disap … more »
Maybe This Will Help Explain
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helenl wrote 2 months ago: “Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so … more »
Concerning Barack Obama
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helenl wrote 2 months ago: I endorsed Hillary Clinton for President and endorse her still. I had hoped she could serve her 8 y … more »
The Dream
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helenl wrote 2 months ago: It seems as though it’s always dark, the Promised Land’s in the smoky air, someone’s crying. S … more »
Web Sightings
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helenl wrote 2 months ago: Our local newspaper, The Winston-Salem journal, features local bloggers on Fridays in a feature enti … more »
Solutions to Problems by Thomas Merton
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helenl wrote 2 months ago: “The way to find the real ‘world’ is not merely to measure and observe what is out … more »
Seeing the Miracle of Multiplication by Henri Nouwen
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helenl wrote 3 months ago: “The opposite of a scarcity mentality is an abundancy mentality. With an abundancy mentality w … more »
White Into Black
helenl wrote 3 months ago: Sin. Freed into that darkened sky— Friday. How can one be born when one is old: washed— in the f … more »
