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Reflectionary is the blog of Martha Spong: a pastor, blogger, mother of three grown or nearly grown children, knitter, dog mama and would-be poet--otherwise known as Songbird.
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Reflectionary where life meets the lectionary

English - Ministry, Parenting, Lectionary
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Reflectionary · 2W ago

Did you hear?

Just in case you missed it, I've moved all my blogs (even the old ones) to WordPress. Here's a link to yesterday's post, a new poem: the heart is a muscle. And here's the link for your feed reader: Reflectionary. Come see me over there! Thanks!
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Reflectionary · 4W ago

Last Move Ever, Seriously

It was a massive undertaking, but after numerous technological struggles, I have a new blog home that contains all the blog posts I have ever written for public consumption and the comments left by all you lovely people! (Well, since September 2005, anyway, when I first moved to Typepad and lost all
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Reflectionary · 1M ago

Pray Last

(A sermon for Easter 3B--April 22, 2012--Psalm 4)It was a New Year’s resolution, sort of. I don’t really make them, but I began last year determined to make a positive commitment. My life felt … complicated. I didn’t want to do the usual, promising I would exercise or eat right. (Not that those woul
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Reflectionary · 1M ago

Life in His Name

(A sermon for Easter 2B--April 15, 2012--Acts 4:32-35; John 20:19-31)A long time ago, in a land far away, people started sharing and writing down stories about Jesus. They wrote the stories down because they wanted everyone to have a chance to know something they believed: that God loved people very
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Reflectionary · 1M ago

Spine Out

On a shelf in his old room, thechosen books lie stacked, spine out,Church mice and curious monkeysRabbits, foxes, dogs and griffins,Nursery rhymes remembered:The stories of his young lifeThe books he brought to meOne and one and one and oneAnother and another and --All afternoon unending.Except it d
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Reflectionary · 1M ago

Supposing

(A sermon for Easter Sunday--April 8, 2012--John 20:1-18)Early on the first day of the week—last April, in fact – we met on a knoll at Skyline Farm, to welcome a new day and New Life. Roosters sang with us, and a fox made a cameo appearance, off toward the tree line.Half a dozen little children also
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Reflectionary · 1M ago

And Very Early

(A word for Easter Sunrise--April 8, 2012--Mark 16:1-8)They got up with a purpose that morning, with a place to go and a task to perform.It had been done all wrong, you see.There was no time.They couldn’t anoint him and treat him with care; they didn’t have a chance to show their love and tend his b
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Reflectionary · 1M ago

Good Friday Mix

Rather than a service today, we have our sanctuary open for reflection and prayer. I've prepared a meditation guide; Good Friday meditation. I'll also be playing music, and since friends on Facebook asked, here is my exceedingly eclectic Good Friday mix.Anonymous 4 (American Angels)Trad: Wondrous Lo
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Reflectionary · 1M ago

Stirred Up

Brown water, similar to mine, but found here.Yesterday I came home about 1:30, planning a quiet half hour with a sandwich and a book, timed to cross over a few minutes with my departing Domestic Goddess.The first thing that happened was this: I flushed a toilet full of bubbles.The second thing that
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Reflectionary · 1M ago

Misunderstood

Oh, oh, oh, baby - don't you know I'm humanI have thoughts like any other oneSometimes I find myself, Lord, regrettingSome foolish thing, some little simple thing I've doneI'm just a soul whose intentions are goodOh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood~Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol
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