Happy New Year everyone! After two and a half years (has it only been that long?) of blogging, I've finally gotten my own domain to where I no longer have to add ".wordpress" to the end of my site. And, to go with the new name, I decided on a new, sleeker look. It will … Continue reading All Things New…
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Boxes. Cardboard cubicles. All your life Packaged Into parcels of brown paper and tape. Your heart trying to find its rhythm again When everything is upside down. Unbalanced. Bills mixed up with Christmas ornaments Books buried under baking goods. The old becoming new Even as the found becomes lost. Copyright 2016 Andrea Lundgren
To all those writers who've ever wondered what's the point. Why bother writing? What difference can it possibly make? Sometime about 1878, Oscar Wilde seemed on the verge of joining the Roman Catholic Church. He wavered back and forth on this for a few years until he read a book that changed him, turning him … Continue reading Books: Power on Printed Page…or Electronic Screen
Divinity Steps down, Becoming like us. He assumes a face and a heartbeat, Coming to die. Humility Submits even to death, Claiming the cup of sin Though no part was His. Gracious compassion Coming to die. Trinity Divorces for our sakes. The Father turns away As the Son goes hellwards To scour the … Continue reading The Great Contradiction
Replacing calendars and turning pages, We reflect On life, As we are and as we could be. Looking back, Looking forward. We think of all that happened Good Bad And boring. And we hope for a better future. We tell ourselves this year, we’ll change things. This year will make a difference. When the greatest … Continue reading Mirror
Today is Election Day in the United States, and yet today, many people will not vote. They may have been discouraged by the perceived lack of influence behind their vote in the past; like some of the recent voters in Scotland, what they wanted differed from what happened, their voice drowned out in a chorus … Continue reading Early and Often: Why I Still Vote
