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Ten Haikus for Ukraine

By Linda Hoffman Kimball

Ten Haikus for Ukraine

For two weeks now my mind has been preoccupied with the war in Ukraine. I’m trying to find balance, but my heart is constantly aware of the travails of that great nation right now. If I’m enjoying my lunch I immediately think of the refugees fleeing their homes hungry and stripped down to bare essentials hoping they get to safe and welcoming territory alive. I cry through news reports. I have found some solace in contributing to Relief Agencies – putting my money where my heart, prayers, and griefs are.

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Comfort In, Those in Need of Comfort; Dump Out

By Karen Austin

Life’s challenges tend to overwhelm me unless I make a conscious decision to stand back and gain some perspective.  One of the tools that has helped me to do this is the Ring Theory explained by Susan Silk and Barry Goldman in their opinion piece, published on February 3, 2013, by the Los Angeles Times. …

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Accepting the Prophet’s Invitation to Give Thanks

By Karen Austin

As the pandemic wears on, everyone I know is talking about how they are responding to the challenges before them. Each of us have distinct roles and responsibilities, so our situations are not identical. Young women struggle to establish themselves. Young mothers are more isolated than usual. Women are overwhelmed with helping children with online …

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Elizabeth Pinborough – Artist Statement

By Linda Hoffman Kimball

Paper Bullets of the Brain* is a collection of linoleum cut prints made with black oil-based ink and white printer paper. They are printed by hand using a book as my press. The images are reproductions of artifacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art online open-access collection. I created these linocuts while recovering from a …

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To Learn and Then Act is Christ’s Way

By Jennie LaFortune

I sit and dance with the cursor— two words forward, one delete back, in rhythm with the collective throb of our country’s pulse of need. It feels odd, even wrong to write about what I had planned, and it feels careless to not write about what is happening in our country, families, friends, and ourselves …

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Skunk Jesus

By Linda Hoffman Kimball

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock.” Last week on April 4th I heard the news that the Church rescinded the policy-once-labeled-revelation concerning the apostate status of married gay couples and the ban on baptizing children in those families until the age of 18. At first I worried that someone was foisting a sick …

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The Only Life You Could Save

By Jes Scoville

It is better for the heart to break, than not to break. Mary Oliver taught me that. This isn’t an ode to Mary, exactly, now that she’s moved on to a vast prairie or the lip of the water or the crook of the moon to watch the rest of us muddle through but I …

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July 2018 Editorial and Table of Contents

By Elizabeth Cranford Garcia

In between pumping breastmilk and frying bacon this morning, I paused to suss out the reason for the screaming and groaning echoing through the house the same way a police siren switches from its long, slow wail to the sound of a jackhammer. I found my 4-year-old on the floor of the playroom in his …

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May Editorial and Table of Contents

By Linda Hoffman Kimball

We are rich with beauty this month. Potent words. Transcendent images. Connections with talent and vision as promising as the newly blooming forsythia. Intersections of hearts and hopes, grief and joy, faith and loss. We received contest submissions from many gifted writers poets and artists. Decision making was challenging because of the high caliber of …

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Easter Admission: Gratitude, Grief, and Ambivalence

By Teresa Bruce

Easter. The word tugs images and emotions from every layer of my memories. I encounter some stitched into the outer surfaces and unfold them with ease. Others, almost forgotten, require more effort to unravel; I’ve wrapped them up like heirlooms and tucked them away for safekeeping. An elusive few hide far behind their fellows, frayed …

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