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For What Binds Us
© Jan L. Richardson ◊The Painted Prayerbook◊ Writing this, I’m sitting on the porch of a house on an island off Savannah, Georgia. Inside the house are the women with whom I spend each Labor D… more →
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For What Binds Us
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Jan Richardson wrote 1 week ago: © Jan L. Richardson ◊The Painted Prayerbook◊ Writing this, I’m sitting on the porch of a hou … more →
To Have without Holding
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Jan Richardson wrote 1 week ago: © Jan L. Richardson ◊The Painted Prayerbook◊ One summer when I was preparing to become a minis … more →
Feast of St. Clare
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Jan Richardson wrote 4 weeks ago: © Jan L. Richardson ◊The Painted Prayerbook◊ When I became Artist-in-Residence at a Catholic r … more →
Something Old, Something New
Jan Richardson wrote 1 month ago: © Jan L. Richardson ◊The Painted Prayerbook◊ While I was at St. John’s University in Min … more →
Getting Grounded
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Jan Richardson wrote 2 months ago: © Jan L. Richardson ◊The Painted Prayerbook◊ This week finds me packing my bags, getting ready … more →
A Place for the Prophet
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Jan Richardson wrote 2 months ago: © Jan L. Richardson ◊The Painted Prayerbook◊ In her book Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, Kathle … more →
Happy Ordinary Time!
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Jan Richardson wrote 3 months ago: © Jan L. Richardson ◊The Painted Prayerbook◊ So, did you sense the shift when we moved into th … more →
Easter Sunday: Out of the Garden
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Jan Richardson wrote 5 months ago: © Jan L. Richardson ◊The Painted Prayerbook◊ This year’s Gospel lection for Easter, … more →
Feast of Saint Patrick
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Jan Richardson wrote 5 months ago: © Jan L. Richardson ◊The Painted Prayerbook◊ It seems auspicious that Holy Week this year be … more →
Lent 1: Discernment and Dessert in the Desert
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Jan Richardson wrote 7 months ago: © Jan L. Richardson ◊The Painted Prayerbook◊ One day some years ago, taking a walk with one … more →
Ash Wednesday, Almost
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Jan Richardson wrote 7 months ago: Recently my sweetheart Gary and I revisited the movie Chocolat, based on the novel of the same name … more →
Feast of the Presentation/Candlemas
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Jan Richardson wrote 7 months ago: © Jan L. Richardson ◊The Painted Prayerbook◊ In the rhythm of the Christian liturgical yea … more →
Feast of Saint Brigid
Jan Richardson wrote 7 months ago: © Jan L. Richardson ◊The Painted Prayerbook◊ Today marks the Feast of St. Brigid of Kildar … more →
The Inner Library, Revisited
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Jan Richardson wrote 7 months ago: think it was Michelle Brown who first got me pondering the idea of an inner library, which I wrote a … more →
The Painted Prayerbook
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Jan Richardson wrote 8 months ago: Some years ago, while browsing through the savory bookstore at the Washington National Cathedral, I … more →
The Magical Book Box
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Jan Richardson wrote 9 months ago: I come by my penchant for books honestly; doubtless it’s a combination of nature and nurture … more →
Books by My Bed (A Very Abbreviated List)
Jan Richardson wrote 10 months ago: Seeing as it’s one of the few pieces of actual furniture here in this cozy studio apartment ( … more →
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