by Mary Henton | Apr 4, 2019 | Learning
Since the Writing for Your Life gathering in March, I’ve been thinking about Barbara Brown Taylor’s encouragement to imagine tactile, smell, and taste images for religious vocabulary. Maybe because I need it daily, grace is the vocabulary word that swirls around in my...
by Mary Henton | Mar 27, 2019 | Learning
When I was a child, in the 1950’s and early 60’s, my family lived in the northwestern corner of Pennsylvania, just south of Lake Erie, in the snow belt. Winters were snowy and bitter cold. My memories are of ice skating, sledding, and digging tunnels in the snow. Snow...
by Mary Henton | Mar 20, 2019 | Learning
Last week I was fortunate to participate in a conference organized by Writing for Your Life. Barbara Brown Taylor talked to us during two keynote sessions. If you know her work, you can appreciate what a gift that was. If you don’t know Barbara Brown Taylor’s work,...
by Mary Henton | Mar 5, 2019 | Learning
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. I’ll join with other parishioners for Holy Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes. The priest will smudge the sign of the cross on each of our foreheads and remind us, “You are dust, and to dust you shall return.” We will pray the Litany of...
by Mary Henton | Feb 27, 2019 | Learning
The goal of this website, at least right now, is to offer “a whisper of grace and a touch of mercy to help you through this day.” To be honest, I needed a “whisper of grace” this morning. All day yesterday I wrestled with three pieces of writing. From the moment I...
by Mary Henton | Feb 21, 2019 | Learning
It had been a day stuffed with meetings in airless rooms. Hot, tired, and exhausted, I set my heart on a quiet evening at home. I stuffed the remainders of the day into my backpack, slogged to the main road, and hailed a taxi. An eager motorcycle driver swerved to a...
