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“AA” Recovery Groups—Spirituality for the Non-Religious, Hope for the Church?
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Kristina Robb-Dover
This week I’ve been researching the history of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and getting up to speed on all things related to addiction and Christian addiction recovery—for that new book project I mentioned last week. Funny thing is, my research interests seem to be once again relating to that demographic we know best as the “spiritual…
Mental Health Break—One Saint’s Admonitions for Living in Present
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Kristina Robb-Dover
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897), also known as “the Little Flower of Jesus,” was a French Carmelite nun who had wisdom beyond her years. I stumbled across her reflections on living in the present in a little devotional I’ve been using lately, A Guide to Prayer for All God’s People: If I did not simply…
Helpful First Review of Grace Sticks Just In
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Kristina Robb-Dover
There will be many firsts in the New Year. If last year’s big first was the publication of Grace Sticks, this year’s reviews of the book are another. In fact, Susan Butterworth’s review in The Episcopal Digital Network’s wonderful, ecumenical online publication Sermons That Work happens to be the very first of these; and it’s a…
Embracing the Hope of Advent
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Kristina Robb-Dover
Yesterday on the first Sunday of Advent the preacher talked about hope. We all were asked to write down something from our personal lives that makes us hopeless, and then bring those scraps of paper up during Communion; they would be collected at the end of the service and made into something beautiful by the…
Visio Divina: Advent Meditation 1 (Psalm 119)
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Kristina Robb-Dover
Visio Divina (The Visual Word): An Advent Series
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Kristina Robb-Dover
Starting tomorrow we’re in for a treat. That’s when we’ll begin a special Advent series featuring the photography of the very talented, fellow saint and sinner Katie Archibald-Woodward. (Just think: we’ll get to say that we knew Katie before she became famous; and I’ll be able to boast that I grew up miles from her…
The Spirituality of Half-Baked Chili Cheese Casserole
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Kristina Robb-Dover
The domesticated goddess in me made a new recipe the other night. (These days “domesticated” means trying out the dishes on sample at my local Trader Joe’s, so long as I can be assured of four ingredients or less.) So this evening we were to eat “Baked Chili Cheese Cornbread Casserole” (a bag of shredded…
Stylito Heels: Weird Jesus Sayings Continued
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Kristina Robb-Dover
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Matthew 7:13,14 It is both funny and endearing, comical and touching to reflect…
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