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figuring out how to be and raise ethical, joyful humans in beautiful, horrible times
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Quiet pause
It’s one of those weeks where I feel quiet. I’m listening. I’m watching the leaves in the breeze and wondering about their trembling. I’m feeling very grateful for the incredible people I know and don’t know, and very existentially worried about this nation and this planet, about…
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Sunday 5
What a week. I don’t have anything wise to say, other than what I’ve already said, which is that it’s okay to feel really, really tired and sad right now. Please feel your feels and then donate, organize, show up in the streets (or do all at once?). That’s my plan for now…
Jun 26
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Shut up and repair
Listen now (6 min) | At dinner Maya announced that some boys in her class had gotten in a fist fight in the hallway outside of their classroom door. I imagined the hooks with their chaotic jumble of backpacks and coats, the bin on wheels filled with lunchboxes, and then a blur of…
Mar 23
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Primal whisper in this strange season
the examined family is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. There have been a lot of broken bodies around me lately. Covid, of course; everyone and their baby and their sponsor and their neighbor…
Jun 22
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Was that okay?
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Countering tantrums with sacred attention
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20+ Questions to Ask for 2020
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A prayer to get through this day
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Internally rearranged
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Sunday 5
I am encouraged by the baby steps being taken on gun control. Stay awake. Keep putting pressure on your elected officials. We are getting small, but…
Jun 19
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Broken birds and cosmic repair
Listen now (6 min) | I was driving our car down CA 24-E, a tiny squeak barely perceptible from the backseat, when it occurred to me: I honestly didn’t…
Jun 15
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Sunday 5
Should Uvalde be out Emmett Till moment? I found this very powerful. I am in utter shock that The Wire is 20 years old. What a show. I really…
Jun 12
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Dear Judgment
Dear Judgment, What’s your deal? All of my life, I feel like I’ve been trying to distinguish between you and discernment, you and moral outrage, you and…
Jun 8
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Sunday 5
Read Conor Williams on our failure to end gun violence: “They are uncertain promises made to a hazy future — we owe them the very best we can offer…
Jun 4
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Getting older, noticing more
It’s been a week, am I right? I continue to feel pretty shattered by the violence in the headlines, and am weathering a transition moment at home…
Jun 1
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Sunday 5
Prentis Hemphill has a take on the brutal headlines that gets underneath everything and is worth following, in general. Britain, Australia, Canada, New…
May 27
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We belong to one another
and we can do so much better
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Countering tantrums with sacred attention
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20+ Questions to Ask for 2020
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A prayer to get through this day
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Internally rearranged
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