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Amanda Smith-Hatch
Featured Poetry

Amanda Smith-Hatch – Redemption

December 6, 2020December 6, 2020 Vanessa Able

Amanda Smith-Hatch's Redemption is an attempt to capture the profundity hidden within a seemingly banal moment in time.

Tagged memory, moment, ordinary, perception, Reality, redemptionLeave a comment
Susan Murphy
Book Bits

The Great, Generous Laugh

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Vanessa Able

Susan Murphy's book, The Red Thread, addresses the guts and gore of the flesh-and-blood humans who sustain spiritual practice in the midst of desire, mortality and heartbreak.

Tagged desire, flesh, games, humanity, Humor, laughter, lightness, ordinary, Practice, seriousness, ZenLeave a comment
Joan Chittister
Book Bits

The Sacred is the Everyday – Joan Chittister

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Vanessa Able

Benedictine nun Joan Chittister sees spirituality not as something contained in sacred places or practices, but as something deeply integrated into our daily lives.

Tagged Christianity, church, daily life, everyday, here and now, ordinary, sacred, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Wisdom1 Comment
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