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10 Thoughts from the Road

Posted in Global Life, Soul Journey, globalgirl, tagged , , , , on March 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I love traveling with a purpose. Being in a new place makes me feel more alive and alert. I want to gauge the spirit of a place, the stories of her people, the ways they do things. It also always makes me grateful for where I come from and what I do have.
This is [...]

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A Picture of Hope: My Wish for International Women’s Day

Posted in Dignity of Women, Equality, Gathering Eve, Human Trafficking, Justice, Prayer, Soul Journey, Violence Against Women, globalgirl, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on March 8, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Today, on International Women’s Day 2010, I would like to introduce you to a picture of tenacity, strength and Hope.
I got to meet Audrey (pictured here) during a short stint when she lived in Canada. Now she stands as a courageous, beautiful woman in the fight for her life. Literally.
I am sharing it today, [...]

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Haiti: Making Sense of Suffering in my So-Called Perfect World

Posted in 40 Days of Lent, Christian Life, Family Life, Global Life, Parenting, Soul Journey, globalgirl, tagged , , , , , on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Idelette’s note: I wrote this piece in the week following the earthquake in Haiti. It seems appropriate to post it as part of my reflection on Lent and Suffering.
Haiti: Making Sense of Suffering in a So-called Perfect World
I made banana bread with my 4-year-old this afternoon, while the two-year-old napped. We stood at the island [...]

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We Are More, by Shane Koyczan: Olympic Slampoet

Posted in Global Life, Immigration, Poetry, Soul Journey, tagged , , , , , , on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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Glimpse of the Holy

Posted in Soul Journey, tagged , , , , , on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Sometimes I Do
By Rumi
In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty how to make poems.
You dance inside my chest,
where no one sees you,
but sometimes I do,
and that light becomes this art.
From:
A Year With Rumi

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Return to My Native Land

Posted in Global Life, Soul Journey, globalgirl, tagged , , , , on January 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

(my ancestors are)
Those who invented neither gunpowder nor compass
those who tamed neither steam nor electricity
those who explored neither sea nor sky
but those who know the humblest corners of the country of suffering
those whose only journeys were uprootings
those who went to sleep on their knees
…
My negritude is neither a tower nor a cathedral;
It plunges into the [...]

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Fridge poetry? Or: My heart in 11 words.

Posted in Gathering Eve, Global Life, Poetry, Soul Journey, globalgirl, tagged on January 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Love
our today world
girls beautiful
new
into God.
Eve restored.
Idelette’s note: Made a short poem out of the top ten words I’d used in my twitter/facebook status updates in 2009. Then added the eleventh.

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Wisdom from a Bottle?

Posted in Life Purpose, Soul Journey, tagged , , , , on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“Life has its ups and downs. It can be both brutal and beautiful. You can hole yourself away to avoid life’s pain, but then the beauty seldom finds its way in. It’s only when you attempt to go where you cannot go, or do what you cannot do that you can achieve what you are [...]

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Staccato Christmas Thoughts

Posted in Poetry, Soul Journey, tagged , , , on December 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Spent the day here at Linwood House. Truly glorious. Taking a break in the library now to get quiet, settle my heart and reflect on the day. Here are a few thoughts:
Staccato Christmas Thoughts
Emotions build
build
build up
ride high
A giant Christmas crescendo of expectation, hope and preparation
Day. Day. Day. Then, this 365th filled with Jesus Story—
core, [...]

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Africa is everything …

Posted in Africa, Soul Journey on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If you love Africa, you’ll resonate with these words by Clare Mulvany on socialedge.org:
Here’s a taste:
Africa is everything.
It is music that makes your soul come alive. It is life that seeps into every open pore. It is death that hangs over cliff edges, so close, always too close.
It is colour, bright, shocking, glaring colour, which [...]

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