M Lady
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Episcopalian. Mom.
Inspired by Mary and Mariann
Prayer Bead Maker
Inspired by Mary and Mariann
Prayer Bead Maker
Abundantly ⚓️
When I worked for the Diocese, one of the things I did was to read all the parish and diocesan newsletters that came in. I have a vivid memory of reading a bishop’s reflection about the importance of strawberries as a theological symbol of abundant grace. 1/3
#adventword2025
When I worked for the Diocese, one of the things I did was to read all the parish and diocesan newsletters that came in. I have a vivid memory of reading a bishop’s reflection about the importance of strawberries as a theological symbol of abundant grace. 1/3
#adventword2025
December 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Abundantly ⚓️
When I worked for the Diocese, one of the things I did was to read all the parish and diocesan newsletters that came in. I have a vivid memory of reading a bishop’s reflection about the importance of strawberries as a theological symbol of abundant grace. 1/3
#adventword2025
When I worked for the Diocese, one of the things I did was to read all the parish and diocesan newsletters that came in. I have a vivid memory of reading a bishop’s reflection about the importance of strawberries as a theological symbol of abundant grace. 1/3
#adventword2025
Honor ⚓️
I suppose I find it difficult to honor any human. This is the statue of Ghandi at the entrance to the MLK Center in Atlanta. MLK found inspiration for non-violence in the legacy of Ghandi. But Ghandi held fairly strong beliefs that Africans were racially inferior. 1/2
#adventword2025
I suppose I find it difficult to honor any human. This is the statue of Ghandi at the entrance to the MLK Center in Atlanta. MLK found inspiration for non-violence in the legacy of Ghandi. But Ghandi held fairly strong beliefs that Africans were racially inferior. 1/2
#adventword2025
December 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Honor ⚓️
I suppose I find it difficult to honor any human. This is the statue of Ghandi at the entrance to the MLK Center in Atlanta. MLK found inspiration for non-violence in the legacy of Ghandi. But Ghandi held fairly strong beliefs that Africans were racially inferior. 1/2
#adventword2025
I suppose I find it difficult to honor any human. This is the statue of Ghandi at the entrance to the MLK Center in Atlanta. MLK found inspiration for non-violence in the legacy of Ghandi. But Ghandi held fairly strong beliefs that Africans were racially inferior. 1/2
#adventword2025
The teen has been discoursing about linguistics terms and I’m pretty sure someone has tried to sell half of them to me on an infomercial at 2am.
December 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The teen has been discoursing about linguistics terms and I’m pretty sure someone has tried to sell half of them to me on an infomercial at 2am.
I’m a lector for Lessons & Carols this afternoon. I have the Luke reading.
Must remember not to end it with, “and that’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.”
⚓️ #episcopal
Must remember not to end it with, “and that’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.”
⚓️ #episcopal
December 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I’m a lector for Lessons & Carols this afternoon. I have the Luke reading.
Must remember not to end it with, “and that’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.”
⚓️ #episcopal
Must remember not to end it with, “and that’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.”
⚓️ #episcopal
If you have to put your face on a condom wrapper with the notation of HUUUUGE, then perhaps you’re compensating.
Democrats on a congressional oversight panel released more than a dozen new images from the estate of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including photos of now-President Donald Trump reut.rs/4pACQju
December 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If you have to put your face on a condom wrapper with the notation of HUUUUGE, then perhaps you’re compensating.
Written ⚓️
Advent is the season of preparation. Of being prepared. One of the most useful ways I find to prepare is to keep informed about the world as it is: what is happening and how we got to here. 1/2
#adventword2025 #episcopal
Advent is the season of preparation. Of being prepared. One of the most useful ways I find to prepare is to keep informed about the world as it is: what is happening and how we got to here. 1/2
#adventword2025 #episcopal
December 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Written ⚓️
Advent is the season of preparation. Of being prepared. One of the most useful ways I find to prepare is to keep informed about the world as it is: what is happening and how we got to here. 1/2
#adventword2025 #episcopal
Advent is the season of preparation. Of being prepared. One of the most useful ways I find to prepare is to keep informed about the world as it is: what is happening and how we got to here. 1/2
#adventword2025 #episcopal
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Equity⚓️
Equity and equality are big buzz words these days. And I wonder if we really understand not only the concepts, but our own needfulness of them. Not one of us is whole on our own. We all have a broken edge, a piece left aside, a gap that must be matched to make us whole.
Equity and equality are big buzz words these days. And I wonder if we really understand not only the concepts, but our own needfulness of them. Not one of us is whole on our own. We all have a broken edge, a piece left aside, a gap that must be matched to make us whole.
December 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Equity⚓️
Equity and equality are big buzz words these days. And I wonder if we really understand not only the concepts, but our own needfulness of them. Not one of us is whole on our own. We all have a broken edge, a piece left aside, a gap that must be matched to make us whole.
Equity and equality are big buzz words these days. And I wonder if we really understand not only the concepts, but our own needfulness of them. Not one of us is whole on our own. We all have a broken edge, a piece left aside, a gap that must be matched to make us whole.
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The first known use of ‘conspiracy theory’ was in 1863…or so they want you to believe.
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The first known use of ‘conspiracy theory’ was in 1863…or so they want you to believe.
Counsel
Whether it is counsel we need or counsel we give, it should have the end result of opening the closed parts of our hearts and removing the barriers that come between us and loving one another better.
#adventword2025 #episcopal #abandoned ⚓️
Whether it is counsel we need or counsel we give, it should have the end result of opening the closed parts of our hearts and removing the barriers that come between us and loving one another better.
#adventword2025 #episcopal #abandoned ⚓️
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Counsel
Whether it is counsel we need or counsel we give, it should have the end result of opening the closed parts of our hearts and removing the barriers that come between us and loving one another better.
#adventword2025 #episcopal #abandoned ⚓️
Whether it is counsel we need or counsel we give, it should have the end result of opening the closed parts of our hearts and removing the barriers that come between us and loving one another better.
#adventword2025 #episcopal #abandoned ⚓️
Heed
I think maybe I can never express enough gratitude for all the people through the years who have taught me to slow down, to observe the small moments, to pay heed to the tiny glimpses of the holy in my midst.
(Saint John’s Cathedral, Denver)
#episcopal ⚓️
I think maybe I can never express enough gratitude for all the people through the years who have taught me to slow down, to observe the small moments, to pay heed to the tiny glimpses of the holy in my midst.
(Saint John’s Cathedral, Denver)
#episcopal ⚓️
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Heed
I think maybe I can never express enough gratitude for all the people through the years who have taught me to slow down, to observe the small moments, to pay heed to the tiny glimpses of the holy in my midst.
(Saint John’s Cathedral, Denver)
#episcopal ⚓️
I think maybe I can never express enough gratitude for all the people through the years who have taught me to slow down, to observe the small moments, to pay heed to the tiny glimpses of the holy in my midst.
(Saint John’s Cathedral, Denver)
#episcopal ⚓️
“Will we permit the destruction of American democracy on our watch?”
December 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“Will we permit the destruction of American democracy on our watch?”
There is a very fine line between exhausted, random-free-association brain drivel and really good improv.
Not sure which side I’m on this evening.
Not sure which side I’m on this evening.
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
There is a very fine line between exhausted, random-free-association brain drivel and really good improv.
Not sure which side I’m on this evening.
Not sure which side I’m on this evening.
All set up to sell prayer beads at my parish women’s retreat.
December 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
All set up to sell prayer beads at my parish women’s retreat.
Gratify
Thinking that gratify meant “make grateful,” I was all excited to pontificate on gratitude. And then I looked up the word to be sure. And it means to please or satisfy. So, I hope you get the chance to do something that gratifies someone today. Make them look like Isak Heartstone here. ⚓️
Thinking that gratify meant “make grateful,” I was all excited to pontificate on gratitude. And then I looked up the word to be sure. And it means to please or satisfy. So, I hope you get the chance to do something that gratifies someone today. Make them look like Isak Heartstone here. ⚓️
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Gratify
Thinking that gratify meant “make grateful,” I was all excited to pontificate on gratitude. And then I looked up the word to be sure. And it means to please or satisfy. So, I hope you get the chance to do something that gratifies someone today. Make them look like Isak Heartstone here. ⚓️
Thinking that gratify meant “make grateful,” I was all excited to pontificate on gratitude. And then I looked up the word to be sure. And it means to please or satisfy. So, I hope you get the chance to do something that gratifies someone today. Make them look like Isak Heartstone here. ⚓️
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U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order
A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Guess I’ll stick to grocery shopping in person.
It’s unclear why the prices differ, but a new notice on Target’s website offers a potential hint: “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Guess I’ll stick to grocery shopping in person.
Quietness
I sometimes wonder how it would feel to sit inside a flower. How quiet to have so many lush layers cocooned around you, suspended in softness. Untouchable. How would I take that stillness, that gentle peace, onward when the petals drop?
#adventword2025 ⚓️
I sometimes wonder how it would feel to sit inside a flower. How quiet to have so many lush layers cocooned around you, suspended in softness. Untouchable. How would I take that stillness, that gentle peace, onward when the petals drop?
#adventword2025 ⚓️
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Quietness
I sometimes wonder how it would feel to sit inside a flower. How quiet to have so many lush layers cocooned around you, suspended in softness. Untouchable. How would I take that stillness, that gentle peace, onward when the petals drop?
#adventword2025 ⚓️
I sometimes wonder how it would feel to sit inside a flower. How quiet to have so many lush layers cocooned around you, suspended in softness. Untouchable. How would I take that stillness, that gentle peace, onward when the petals drop?
#adventword2025 ⚓️
Tribes
It seems so obvious. So reasonable. To tribe. To self-select into groups. To put ourselves in narrow ranges. Conservative. Church women. Rich. Married. 20s/30s. Progressive. Divorced. Poor. Seniors. Men’s retreats. 1/3 ⚓️
#adventword #adventword2025 #episcopal
It seems so obvious. So reasonable. To tribe. To self-select into groups. To put ourselves in narrow ranges. Conservative. Church women. Rich. Married. 20s/30s. Progressive. Divorced. Poor. Seniors. Men’s retreats. 1/3 ⚓️
#adventword #adventword2025 #episcopal
December 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Tribes
It seems so obvious. So reasonable. To tribe. To self-select into groups. To put ourselves in narrow ranges. Conservative. Church women. Rich. Married. 20s/30s. Progressive. Divorced. Poor. Seniors. Men’s retreats. 1/3 ⚓️
#adventword #adventword2025 #episcopal
It seems so obvious. So reasonable. To tribe. To self-select into groups. To put ourselves in narrow ranges. Conservative. Church women. Rich. Married. 20s/30s. Progressive. Divorced. Poor. Seniors. Men’s retreats. 1/3 ⚓️
#adventword #adventword2025 #episcopal
Said
The words we say and write and leave behind have the capacity to spread and bring joy and destruction in equal amounts.
#adventword2025 #episcopal ⚓️
The words we say and write and leave behind have the capacity to spread and bring joy and destruction in equal amounts.
#adventword2025 #episcopal ⚓️
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Said
The words we say and write and leave behind have the capacity to spread and bring joy and destruction in equal amounts.
#adventword2025 #episcopal ⚓️
The words we say and write and leave behind have the capacity to spread and bring joy and destruction in equal amounts.
#adventword2025 #episcopal ⚓️
“Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.”
Mark Twain
Happy 190th
Mark Twain
Happy 190th
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.”
Mark Twain
Happy 190th
Mark Twain
Happy 190th
Again
Heraclitus said that we cannot stand in the same river twice. The water has flowed and changed and so has the person experiencing it. And again we find Advent. And though the rituals have the same shape, whether and how they affect you will never be the same experience twice. ⚓️ 1/2 #AdventWord
Heraclitus said that we cannot stand in the same river twice. The water has flowed and changed and so has the person experiencing it. And again we find Advent. And though the rituals have the same shape, whether and how they affect you will never be the same experience twice. ⚓️ 1/2 #AdventWord
November 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Again
Heraclitus said that we cannot stand in the same river twice. The water has flowed and changed and so has the person experiencing it. And again we find Advent. And though the rituals have the same shape, whether and how they affect you will never be the same experience twice. ⚓️ 1/2 #AdventWord
Heraclitus said that we cannot stand in the same river twice. The water has flowed and changed and so has the person experiencing it. And again we find Advent. And though the rituals have the same shape, whether and how they affect you will never be the same experience twice. ⚓️ 1/2 #AdventWord
Who is participating in Advent Word? Looking to follow along with people’s reflections and images.
⚓️ #adventword #forewardmovement
⚓️ #adventword #forewardmovement
November 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Who is participating in Advent Word? Looking to follow along with people’s reflections and images.
⚓️ #adventword #forewardmovement
⚓️ #adventword #forewardmovement
Adult Tetris:
Your fridge during Thanksgiving week. Creamed spinach optional.
Your fridge during Thanksgiving week. Creamed spinach optional.
a tetris game is being played on a screen
ALT: a tetris game is being played on a screen
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Adult Tetris:
Your fridge during Thanksgiving week. Creamed spinach optional.
Your fridge during Thanksgiving week. Creamed spinach optional.