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On reading the Bible in public – Bus Stop Jesus
https://busstopjesus.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/on-reading-the-bible-in-public
On reading the Bible in public. We’re in the homestretch with Lent. With just two more weeks until Easter. This week will be difficult but Holy Week will be better, due to the oh-so-close feeling of being inches away from Easter Sunday. (Forgive me Father, for I am a Lenten whiner.). I’ve been pretty good with my Lenten sacrifices, but not perfect. It’s been easier to succeed with the #LentChallenge of reading the entire New Testament. April 6, 2014. Schooled by the bus stop lady. Whispers in the Loggia.
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This is what God looks like – Bus Stop Jesus
https://busstopjesus.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/this-is-what-god-looks-like
This is what God looks like. I’ve battled depression on and off for nearly 30 years. During that time, I’ve had three bad episodes, week-long events when I needed help with my family life so I could make it to doctor’s appointments and throw darts at a medication chart to see what help might present itself to me. Tiny, beautiful candles from my daughter dropped off in the middle of a Sunday afternoon…. October 12, 2014. Schooled by the bus stop lady. Kim Davis, gay marriage and true Christian persecution.
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What you learn on the bus – Bus Stop Jesus
https://busstopjesus.wordpress.com/2014/10/01/what-you-learn-on-the-bus
What you learn on the bus. First: You see that, for the most part, it really is true that the people who ride the bus are the poor. You count yourself lucky that riding public transportation is a choice for you, something you can decide you. To do to get to work or school. Third: You see that the poor all look pretty dang tired. The older poor look exhausted. Every day you ride, no matter what time you ride, they look tired. And the younger poor look frustrated, angry, irritated, confused. October 1, 2014.
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On funeral etiquette, ritual and grief – Bus Stop Jesus
https://busstopjesus.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/on-funeral-etiquette-ritual-and-grief
On funeral etiquette, ritual and grief. My new job requires me to travel quite a bit, so sadly, I’m doing less bus riding and more car driving of late. Now instead of noticing things on the bus, I’m noticing things on the road, including something I’ve never seen in 15 years living in this Tucson suburb – a funeral procession. It looked a lot like this:. That lesson was long time ago but it stuck, so I was surprised to see so many drivers acting as if nothing was happening as the procession passed by.
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Advent Girl – Bus Stop Jesus
https://busstopjesus.wordpress.com/2013/12/01/advent-girl
The entire country, it seems, spent the past few days running roughshod over Thanksgiving in a mad dash toward shopping and decorating for Christmas. Life was focused on all things consumer. Or at least that’s how it seemed to me and a handful of “What about Thanksgiving? You see, most of the year I’m an insane goer-doer type, and Advent gives me a reason – a command – to slow down. It calls me to be led to the “ place where God is. One fourth of the Liturgy of the Hours. 8220;Insignificant man, escape f...
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Running to Mass in the rain – Bus Stop Jesus
https://busstopjesus.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/running-to-mass-in-the-rain
Running to Mass in the rain. Last month, near mid-December in the middle of my work day, I ran to daily Mass. It wasn’t for exercise, and it wasn’t because I was a few minutes late – although I was, as I frequently am. And it wasn’t because the desert sky was pouring rain and I had no umbrella, although it was and I did not. You’re running to Mass! For as long as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to church even when I’ve been frustrated, angry or upset with. But nearly a decade ago, the solace was ever-so-...
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Less of a Lent loser this time #Lentchallenge – Bus Stop Jesus
https://busstopjesus.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/less-of-a-lent-loser-this-time-lentchallenge
Less of a Lent loser this time #Lentchallenge. I have the self-discipline of a sloth. I’d like to have focus and determination of a leaf-cutter ant. Or some other creature of control and tenacity, but in much of my life, I simply don’t. And still exude peacefulness in a world where there is never enough time. But this year may be the non-loser one for me. The #LentChallenge of reading the New Testament in 40 days. Additionally, it fits my bus-riding habit. I’m on the Route #6 for about 40 minut...Lo, she...
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My brother’s keeper – Bus Stop Jesus
https://busstopjesus.wordpress.com/2014/09/21/my-brothers-keeper
My brother’s keeper. That day, about a year ago, Husband and I drove to Phoenix to check on him and he hid from us in the backyard of a house he had told us he owned, a house he said he got through a quitclaim deed. My parents did the best they could with what they had, but they simply weren’t equipped to deal with their own marital misery and the needs of their children. And in the end, living amid chaos and fear, all of us children moved into survival mode, focused on saving ourselves. I finally gave t...
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