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Before
Before there was a new commandmentthere was healingand feeding a multituderoads chosen and travelledfriends made and authority challengedcompassion for the confuseddirection for the teachersadmonition for the false in heartweeping with the bereftanger at the corruptblessing for children Before there was… Continue reading
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Amiss
It’s the anxiety in the open air around me that saps my joy in seeing the bright lone daffodil amplified by the demanding of a should be ally for whom no assurance is enough evident in a people becoming numb… Continue reading
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Risk
There is one bright bloom on my orchid. Other buds along the stems promise more blooms to come, but for the moment this one holds solitary court within the house. How brave, I think. To stand alone. To be first. To… Continue reading
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Weathered
The waves beat against the rocky shore this windy day. It is chilly by the water, yet the bright spring sun offers warmth as well. I step gingerly among the stones keeping my eye on the reach of the water… Continue reading
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Trajectory
Home. Abode. Dwelling place. It is good to be here. My Lenten journey has taken me far from my usual paths, yet the trajectory eventually curves back to the place where my heart lives. Where I abide. My thoughts linger on… Continue reading
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Taking a moment
Before I am quite ready for my day, I am suddenly flooded with emails and phone calls that need my attention. Or at least it feels that way. I find the older I get, the more I need to enter gently… Continue reading
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Vista
My vista this morning is a wide expanse of ocean, reaching inevitably to the horizon. I cannot see the beach, only the water, which must be pouring over the end of the Earth. No wonder people once imagined the Earth… Continue reading
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The Queen’s Quilt
I look at the quilt displayed in the middle of the room and lament touches my heart. “This is the room where Queen Liliʻuokalani spent her imprisonment,” the recorded tour of Iolani Palace tells me. This room. This one room.… Continue reading
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Conversation
Today, one of my closest spiritual companions will be buried. I will not be present because I am already in route, traveling a long way from home. We had a conversation that lasted almost 20 years. She was the wisdom to… Continue reading
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Community
One-by-one, the usual Wednesday morning folks arrive on Zoom. It is our weekly healing prayer group, and we chat while we wait for others to log in. We have been gathering every Wednesday for more than five years. We have… Continue reading
Anne E. Kitch 