Margaret's Blog

What we need alongside “thoughts and prayers”

December 3, 2015
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The most recent mass shooting has us all thinking and praying again. But last night’s reaction was different: there was […]

The Last Five Years

November 28, 2015
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Five years ago I turned thirty, and everything was fine. I was working steadily in the fields that I love, […]

Giving thanks for playing the piano poorly

November 26, 2015
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That my parents never got me piano lessons is one of the great tragedies of my childhood…which of course means […]

Keeping Advent

November 19, 2015

For someone who really likes to celebrate, I don’t get too fired up about my birthday. It’s just another day. […]

We Are Never Safe

November 13, 2015

We are never safe. If someone wants badly enough to hurt us, they will. There was a time when I […]

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