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    If Not Grace, Then What?

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    A black dog with a yellow cap, clumsy, not graceful

    I recently wrote about “aging gracefully,” and I have not been able to leave that phrase alone. The trouble is this: I have never, ever, in my entire…

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    Ardis Mayo
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    The Music of Rest

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    Dekker sleeps on organ pedals, rest

    Where is the rest in your life? Not the vacation kind. Not sleep, exactly. But rest as a rhythm. As part of the music of your days.

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    WHERE GRACE HIDES

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    An old lady wears a colorful red and yellow striped sobrero, perhaps to celebrate aging. Grace

    What does grace look like when our bodies betray us? It’s an uncomfortable question—one we often avoid. We speak of grace as if it always arrives clean and…

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    How to Forgive Yourself When You Make Mistakes

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    when you have taken the wrong path it is time to forgive yourself

    How do I forgive myself? ‘Going down the wrong road’ is a common expression for having made a poor choice. This happens. To forgive yourself is the challenge.…

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