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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 30, 20222 min read
Day 75: Romance?
I found myself thinking about this as my parents celebrated their diamond anniversary, 60 years! [Happy Anniversary you two!] Shared meal...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 29, 20222 min read
Day 74: New Thresholds?
I am no longer what I was. I will remain what I have become. ~ Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. These are the few words I welcomed into my...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 28, 20222 min read
Day 73: Abandonment to Divine Providence
This title startled me, mostly because Brian and I had just held some heaviness about the painful absences & changes in congregational...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 27, 20222 min read
Day 72: Joy Part Deux--a recipe
Long ago, extended time ‘alone’ would unnerve me. To navigate it, I would create ‘thought-projects’ for myself. Or I would shift my...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 26, 20222 min read
Day 71: JOY beckons...
Today...JOY. Nadia Bolz-Weber’s newsletter caught my eye this morning—Sunday Prayers of fear and rage. She coined a term for it, FRAGE…as...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 25, 20222 min read
Day 70: Snapshots Amidst the Decision
Today is the day to rage, read a writing-sister’s meme. Maybe, I heard inside. But what sadnesses are you refusing? Rage is unresolved...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 24, 20222 min read
Day 69: Eldering...?
My river-walk friend spoke with some passion yesterday about eldering. She’s been shaped in multiple wisdom traditions, but this focus on...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 23, 20222 min read
Day 68: Beginning to Slow Down...
A good Artist’s Date kind of day, facing the emotional weather of slowing down after intensive weeks of a final retreat, course...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 22, 20222 min read
Day 67: Being (not) in Charge - 2
The first round was quite moving. The rugged guy spoke some, with gentleness, depth. The Cincinnati minister spoke her truths into the...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Day 66: Being (not) in Charge
Being the one in charge, while obviously being NOT in charge, is both the blessing and challenge of my vocation in these days. I’m a firm...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 20, 20222 min read
Day 65: Do you want to join the team?
“Hey Lisa, you want to join the Savage Race team?” read the text message from a Crossfit buddy. I stopped what I was doing and re-read it...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 19, 20222 min read
Day 64: Stress Dreams & Spirit
Stress dreams about the “start of school” never seem to go away, even for a full professor in a freestanding seminary. I awoke with a...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 18, 20222 min read
Day 63: Being a (Beloved) Blip
I learned one pathway to painting in the last two weeks: a deadline. I have been all set for months to dip my toe into oil painting. I...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 17, 20222 min read
Day 62: Christian Co-Dependence?
I’ve gotten interested in what I will call “Christian co-dependency,” not only because it came up in Z’coffee with my atheist-philosopher...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 16, 20222 min read
Day 61: Princeton Gratitude Continues...
Today’s task was to begin planning the arc of my 2.5 intensive teaching days next week, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday-Wednesday. What did I do?...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 15, 20222 min read
Day 60: Hope is the thing with feathers...
I now see that Fire&Water seeded in me when I named aloud how very hopeless I felt, particularly about organizational learning and/or...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 14, 20222 min read
Day 59: Another Farewell
Well over two years ago, my encounter with herd wisdom began, leading me into an equine-listening relationship with a pony named...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 13, 20222 min read
Day 58: A Red-Bellied Woodpecker for a Redhead
[An archival favorite from several years ago...] I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. The morning had begun with a slow stir, sweet cream...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 12, 20222 min read
Day 57: Pantoums - Horse-speak
[A 'pantoum' is a form poem I first learned when holding space for women writers. It requires only six lines, but the form rotates them...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Jun 11, 20222 min read
Day 56: A Guest Post -- from May 2020
The world has changed. I am confused and surprised, so I thought I would write. My name is Nala. The humans in my kennel sometimes call...
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