Fine, It’s Fall
Rest is necessary. Savor these good reads lying down.
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Check out the latest from Mothering Spirit:
Sarah Bahiraei’s essay on how her husband’s experience as a refugee led her to redefine home (I’ve been following her updates on Iran this week, too)
Kimberly Iglesia’s prayers in English & Spanish on finding joy in surprising places
Kirby Hoberg’s essay on generational healing as a mixed Native mother
Rakhi McCormick’s prayer for the supernatural grace to love well
Mark your calendar: I’ll be leading the virtual Parable Retreat for the Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston College this fall. Save the date to join us (for free!) on Oct. 26-28 at 12:30-1:45 pm EST: a perfect chance to reflect on change in Ordinary Time.
For your reading
A delightful poem about brothers praying from Poetry Unbound: Kaveh Akbar, “How Prayer Works.”
The enduring allure of Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books from Leslie Jamison at the New Yorker.
We can be counter-cultural by cheering each other on by Grace P. Cho.
The reminder that rest is necessary from the wise Katherine May.
A poem on the bittersweet beauty of the present moment: “Waterwings” by Cathy Song.
What we lose when we lose landlines from Samira Kawash at First Things: Cutting the Cord.
The eloquent silence of it by Brian Doyle.
A fascinating interview with Anne Helen Peterson and Linda Flanagan: Are Kids’ Sports Reformable?
What we learned about ourselves from the pandemic by Rebekah Taussig at Time.
Finally, a few things I promised to share from social media:
The giant world map on our wall (from this Reel on how to pray with the world)
Best matches ever from Be A Heart (sponsor of Mothering Spirit, so you get 15% off with code motheringspirit)
My current journal and the Bible I use for lectio divina
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