Yep! ’tis the season! The season for voting. The season for old, old stories. The season for hope!
If you’ve been hanging around for a bit, this photo may feel familiar to you, because it’s one of my very favorites. And, because it belongs in this season! (Well, at least in my heart!!!)
A stained glass window in the “old” chapel at Columbia Theological Seminary. If you tip your head just a bit to your right, you may notice a Red Giraffe off to that side! I spent a whole lot of time hypnotized by that window, as I listened to stories which changed my world. One of my favorites actually happened on All Saints Day!
Dr. Walter Brueggemann was preaching. I’m sure he said lots of cool things. The one that lives in my heart, still, is this…
Saints are all those who believe for us on days when we can’t quite believe for ourselves!
I related then and I think I’m relating even more just now!
From swarms of costumed littles, hoping for candy last night, to MS NOW and pre-election chaos, to hope for the book that’s coming to life in me… I could use a bit of help with the believing!
Here’s the new ah-hah! that appeared early this morning…
We don’t have to know all the answers, or have it all figured out. We do need to show up! Hoping and making choices and acting on our dreams!
NOW feels like a really good time for all that. For modeling all that, even! And, yes… VOTING is a really good way to model hope!!! (If you’ve already voted, huge thanks!!! And, there’s still time!!!)
Getting the clocks re-set could be helpful, too!!!
ps… the Red Giraffe will, indeed, join us in the new book, You’ve Had The Magic All Along! (Glinda and I can’t wait to meet you there!)
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