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R&S Kathryn Smith
2017

Make it New: Turning 40

In a way, this approach to 40 reflects a new approach I hope to take toward myself: Let what comes come. I have a tendency to be too hard on myself when I don’t accomplish items on the arbitrary checklists that exist only in my brain, to feel bad about myself when I learn of friends’ successes and achievements, regardless of whether I have any desire to do the things that they have done. My hope for year 40 is that I learn to give myself a break.

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January 13, 2017 1 Comment
ants

Learning From the Ants

by Kathryn Smith Beneath my patio, a silent upheaval. Silent to me, though the ants hear it in their own way, a vibration humming their

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August 25, 2014 2 Comments
Barbara Haas

Contributor Notes: 8.2

We ask our contributing authors to consider the role of faith in their work, or in the pieces in our issue. It adds some depth

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October 19, 2013 No Comments

Contributor Notes: 8.1

We ask our contributing authors to consider the role of faith in their work, or in the pieces in our issue. It adds some depth

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February 16, 2013 1 Comment

Advent Four

Kathryn Smith Ours is a God who lives in every sort of dwelling, with every sort of person, whether we live in a house or

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December 24, 2011 No Comments

Advent Three

Kathryn Smith There are plenty of places in our West Central neighborhood for Isaiah’s prophecy to take hold. Who are the captives? What devastations –

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December 23, 2011 No Comments

Advent Two

Kathryn Smith What does it mean, in the year 2011, in an urban setting, to prepare the way of the Lord? What if a neighbor’s

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December 22, 2011 No Comments

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