Category Archives: Art

Beloved Is Where We Begin

Posted on February 16, 2018 by anyushka

If you would enter into the wilderness, do not begin without a blessing. Do not leave without hearing who you are: Beloved, named by the One who has traveled this path before you. Do not go without letting it echo … Continue reading →

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A Kingdom Not Of This World

Posted on February 13, 2018 by anyushka

God is my strength and my shield; * my heart trusts in her, and I have been helped; Therefore my heart dances for joy, * and in my song will I praise her. God is the strength of her people, … Continue reading →

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February Sunshine

Posted on February 11, 2018 by anyushka

  Spring is coming early this year, and I’m glad. I saw these last week, along with snowdrops and daffodils. Today we had hail and snow – I hope they made it through. 

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Break Open

Posted on February 6, 2018 by anyushka

Trigger warning: mention of child abuse God is breaking us open, so we can breathe and let out the poison, and perhaps, in the end, heal. That is my hope… Finally, my parents are talking about the abuse. Me and … Continue reading →

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Count The Cost

Posted on January 29, 2018 by anyushka

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. H.D. Thoreau

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Dare To Disturb

Posted on January 22, 2018 by anyushka

Faith in God, who is eternally loving and constant even as our understanding grows and changes, not only makes life worth living but gives us the courage to dare to disturb the universe. Madeleine L’Engle    

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This I Know, That God Is For Me

Posted on January 18, 2018 by anyushka

  Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them … Continue reading →

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For Those Who Have Far To Travel

Posted on January 6, 2018 by anyushka

If you could see the journey whole, you might never undertake it, might never dare the first step that propels you from the place you have known toward the place you know not. Call it one of the mercies of … Continue reading →

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Peace Be With You

Posted on January 2, 2018 by anyushka
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Anthem

Posted on December 23, 2017 by anyushka

The birds, they sang  At the break of day  Start again, I heard them say Don’t dwell on what has passed away  Or what is yet to be. Yeah, the wars They will be fought again  The holy dove  She … Continue reading →

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