CAROLYN ARENDS | Singer/Songwriter/Author/Speaker http://carolynarends.com Wed, 22 May 2013 17:13:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Now For Something Completely Different: Transfiguration http://carolynarends.com/now-for-something-completely-different-transfiguration/ http://carolynarends.com/now-for-something-completely-different-transfiguration/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:06:03 +0000 Carolyn Arends http://carolynarends.com/?p=163 As much as I love tackling all the scholarly, research-driven papers required for my graduate program at Regent College (seriously, I’m geeky like that), the odd creative writing or reflective assignment is a welcome change of pace. One of the many delights of Eugene Peterson’s courses Continue reading Now For Something Completely Different: Transfiguration...

]]> http://carolynarends.com/now-for-something-completely-different-transfiguration/feed/ 14 What The …? (Cussing, Contempt and the Orthodontist) http://carolynarends.com/what-the-cussing-contempt-and-the-orthodontist/ http://carolynarends.com/what-the-cussing-contempt-and-the-orthodontist/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:10:33 +0000 Carolyn Arends http://carolynarends.com/?p=156 My April Christianity Today column has gone online. I’m tempted to introduce it with dozens of caveats, clarifications and “other-hands,” but I best just let it speak for itself, at least to begin. I’d love to have a conversation about it, though. Let me know what you think.

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]]> http://carolynarends.com/what-the-cussing-contempt-and-the-orthodontist/feed/ 13 Da Pacem, Domine: A Soundtrack for Boston http://carolynarends.com/da-pacem-domine-a-soundtrack-for-boston/ http://carolynarends.com/da-pacem-domine-a-soundtrack-for-boston/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:57:51 +0000 Carolyn Arends http://carolynarends.com/?p=149 Staring at the coverage of the tragic events at the Boston Marathon over the past few hours, I have found myself groping for a prayer. The normally reliable Anglican Collects seem to rush too quickly to closure, the Psalms of Lament are not quite fitting, I am impoverished of the ...

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to die for profit they will let you know.
So, friends, every day do something
that won’t compute. Love the Lord.
Love the world. Work for ...

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