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Come Celebrate with Us

Posted on 2014/05/26 by Sonja Roberts Dalglish

With thanks to Walt Whitman We celebrate. With cake and ice cream, prayers and songs, poems and dances, With eulogies, stories, and photos, We celebrate our lives, our past, and our future. We celebrate. With hummingbirds sipping from the salvia, … Continue reading →

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Memories: Remembering and Forgetting as Grace

Posted on 2013/08/28 by Sonja Roberts Dalglish

I have been thinking about memories, both how we remember and forget.  It seems there is grace in each, depending on what we remember and forget. I just finished reading a memoir, Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life by … Continue reading →

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Advent Week Three – Celebrating Joy

Posted on 2011/12/12 by Sonja Roberts Dalglish

Lighting the Candle of Joy “Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” Emily Dickinson In his biography, Surprised by Joy, C.S. Lewis talked about God coming into his life and surprising him with joy.  As … Continue reading →

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Gratitude: Happiness Doubled by Wonder

Posted on 2011/07/01 by Sonja Roberts Dalglish

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”   ~ G.K. Chesterton There is a Greek myth I recall. There was a man who met and spent a brief … Continue reading →

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Prayers of Hope for William and Kate

Posted on 2011/04/29 by Sonja Roberts Dalglish

Prince William married Catherine Middleton today.  I was struck not only by the beauty and joy of the couple, but with the beautiful and wise words from the Rt Rev. Richard Chartre, Bishop of London.  It was a joyful day, … Continue reading →

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