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I Speak Joy: A Mother’s Blessing

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 2 Comments

I am delighted to announce the arrival of our daughter, Ivy Joy, born on Good Friday! What follows is a blessing I scribbled out on the back of a piece of...

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John Donne’s “Batter My Heart”

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

Just popping in to share this poem from Malcolm Guite’s The Word in the Wilderness: A Poem a Day for Lent and Easter. I’ve been enjoying this anthol...

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Lent Is For the Birds

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

Winter is truly here with a respectable -22 C morning. The snow is crunchy and crystalline, and the river shivers under its growing skin. Life stirs house by ho...

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The Heart of Lent

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 2 Comments

I’ve been practicing Lent, in some fashion or other, for about the last decade. Lent is the forty day period (excluding Sundays) from Ash Wednesday to Eas...

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afternoon prayer :: abiding joy

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 1 Comment

There’s an intrinsic connection between abiding in the true Vine and true Joy (John 15). If I’m feeling my joy waning as the day wears on, it’s a sign I need to...