Category: Musings on Faith
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A Prayer for Los Angeles, USA
Rami Ammoun, Downtown LA at Sunrise The lights are going out in Los Angeles, USA,And, my God, I am afraid of what the night will bring.May my fear be an overreaction.May I wake to find that this past decade of bad news has all been a bad dream.But I know that I am awake,And I…
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Wisdom Walks
I typically don’t do things by halves. If I can graduate with a master’s degree one year after my bachelor’s by doing an accelerated program, I will. If I can hike Mount Washington up the Jewell Trail and down the Crawford Path with my cousins for a grand total of 13 miles in a single…
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Lemonade Stands and Cups of Water
“Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is…
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“It’s Just the Way It Works.”
In the wake of pandemic,In the midst of loss,And war,And war again,And heartbreak,Then more illness,And let us not forget all theDaily indignities that mark each day we get closer toDeath— My God, is it even worth it to keep trying? My God, can’t we just be? In the face of the world’s pain And in…
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Searching for Sea Creatures in the Desert
Merzouga Sand Dunes, Sahara Desert, March 2023 There’s something about Morocco that stays inside some people. “It gets under your skin and stays there,” I observed to my friend who has lived in Marrakech for four years now. “You love Morocco,” my former tutoring student informed me when I visited her and her family in…
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Air in Motion
Written in December 2020 and edited in January 2021. It’s seventh grade science, is all it is. My breath vapor, steaming from its journey through my lungs and esophagus, rises and freezes on my exposed eyelashes. The digital thermometer reported an outdoor temperature of 15° Fahrenheit this morning, and still there was no question in…
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Despite It All
December 25, 2015. When I was a child, the week before Christmas seemed to last longer than the rest of the weeks of the year combined. My anticipation for the wonder of Christmas Eve and the joy of Christmas morning grew tortuous in the final push to that church candlelight service every December 24th. Despite…
Kate DiTullio | Teacher. Traveler. Writer. 