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Nicole
May 1, 2017
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Flowers That Work – Day Fifteen

Flowers That Work – Day Fifteen Nicole Nicole https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8679a273501b669f548ddce173639ae7c3d9ad66b8704875fbc5b5963e53a03b?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg May 1, 2017 May 1, 2018

Happy May Day! When I was in primary school, we would pick a basketful of flowers, leave a bundle on a neighbor’s porch, ring the bell and run away. It was terribly exciting and I just thought it was such a lovely idea to leave flowers to brighten someone’s day – and not need to take…

Nicole
April 29, 2017
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Expressions of Peace – Day Thirteen

Expressions of Peace – Day Thirteen Nicole Nicole https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8679a273501b669f548ddce173639ae7c3d9ad66b8704875fbc5b5963e53a03b?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg April 29, 2017 October 17, 2017

A Philadelphia high school student who went by the moniker, Cornbread, started tagging city walls in 1967 to get the attention of a girl. Since then, an eruption of artwork onto city walls and trains has evolved into an art form accepted by some of the most prestigious galleries. This 40-day spiritual practice is exposing…

Nicole
April 28, 2017
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Words That Heal – Day Twelve

Words That Heal – Day Twelve Nicole Nicole https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8679a273501b669f548ddce173639ae7c3d9ad66b8704875fbc5b5963e53a03b?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg April 28, 2017 October 17, 2017

The most popular books published in 1967 list included a French children’s book, Frédéric, by Leo Lionni. It won the Caldecott Honor award, and Lionni was awarded the Graphic Arts Gold Medal in 1984. It is about a little mouse who is repeatedly reprimanded for not contributing to the work of gathering food for the…

Nicole
April 27, 2017
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Simultaneous Age and Beauty – Day Eleven

Simultaneous Age and Beauty – Day Eleven Nicole Nicole https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8679a273501b669f548ddce173639ae7c3d9ad66b8704875fbc5b5963e53a03b?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg April 27, 2017 October 17, 2017

I just spent time at the home of a dear friend. She hosted a tea in honor of another of our friends who recently moved and will not be around as often. Something like 30 or 40 beautiful souls were gathered, most of who played a vital role in my life during one of our…

Nicole
April 26, 2017
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Knowing With Awe – Day Ten

Knowing With Awe – Day Ten Nicole Nicole https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8679a273501b669f548ddce173639ae7c3d9ad66b8704875fbc5b5963e53a03b?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg April 26, 2017 October 17, 2017

Fifty years ago, NASA scheduled the first crewed mission of the US Apollo program. It would not take place as a launch rehearsal tragically ended with a cabin fire that killed all three crew members—Virgil Grissom, Edward White II, and Roger Chaffee. The name Apollo 1 was retired and commemorated by NASA on April 24,…

Nicole
April 25, 2017
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Language as Sacrament – Day Nine

Language as Sacrament – Day Nine Nicole Nicole https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8679a273501b669f548ddce173639ae7c3d9ad66b8704875fbc5b5963e53a03b?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg April 25, 2017 October 17, 2017

When I was in primary school grammar instruction was compulsory, precise and rigorous. Understand the categories and rules and I could receive an ‘A.’ While I was an exemplary student, I am also mildly dyslexic—I just didn’t know it then. Categorization is excruciating for one with a dyslexic processing brain. And word order? Oy gevalt!…

Nicole
April 24, 2017
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The Politics of Pink – Day Eight

The Politics of Pink – Day Eight Nicole Nicole https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8679a273501b669f548ddce173639ae7c3d9ad66b8704875fbc5b5963e53a03b?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg April 24, 2017 October 17, 2017

The most popular Christmas present in 1967 was Battleship. It had actually been around as a pencil and paper game since 1930s until Milton Bradley released it as a board game in 1967. And while there were unmistakable elements that marked many toys as intended for a specific gender (e.g., dolls and kitchen sets for…

Nicole
April 23, 2017
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Confirming Love – Day Seven

Confirming Love – Day Seven Nicole Nicole https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8679a273501b669f548ddce173639ae7c3d9ad66b8704875fbc5b5963e53a03b?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg April 23, 2017 October 17, 2017

Today was Confirmation Sunday at our church. It was such an honor to hear the brief description each student shared about what confirmation means to him or her, along with a meaningful verse. Each one was a benediction and a prayer for the congregation, at once affirming their place in the community and reinforcing the…

Nicole
April 22, 2017
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Multiple Dimensions to Healing Earth – Day Six

Multiple Dimensions to Healing Earth – Day Six Nicole Nicole https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8679a273501b669f548ddce173639ae7c3d9ad66b8704875fbc5b5963e53a03b?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg April 22, 2017 October 17, 2017

Peace activist, John McConnell, believed humans have an obligation to take care of the earth, and to share its resources equally, based on such passages as Psalm 115:16. Two years before I was born, in June 1965, McConnell spoke at the National Education Association Convention in Madison Square Garden where the public came together for a “Minute for…

Nicole
April 21, 2017
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Let’s Talk About Hormones – Day Five

Let’s Talk About Hormones – Day Five Nicole Nicole https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8679a273501b669f548ddce173639ae7c3d9ad66b8704875fbc5b5963e53a03b?s=96&d=monsterid&r=pg April 21, 2017 October 17, 2017

Our bodies are constantly shifting, changing. Eat a piece of candy and you experience a brightening of cognition, a sugar rush. Not enough sleep and muscles are slower to respond, thinking is muddled. A teenager experiences wildly fluctuating hormones that can induce at once utter despair and elation at the touch from the object of…

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