Category Archives: Having a Soul

The War You Left Inside My Mind… [a 5 minute insight talk given in San Jose, July 2015]

Posted on April 24, 2018 by iwritewhenican

I’ve written 5 talks trying to bend my insights to the kindness and honesty themes. At 11:30 Saturday night, I finally decided that Dr. David can address the themes since the main talk is his arena and I will talk … Continue reading →

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I Do Declare

Posted on April 18, 2017 by iwritewhenican

I declare each of us to be “home” Right here and right now. We are home in this moment, home within ourselves, within the walls of this sanctuary called “Body.” God is inside our hearts and we live always from … Continue reading →

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Off She Goes…

Posted on February 11, 2017 by iwritewhenican

…Like a shot in the dark. It is an amazing thing, grief. It’s as powerful as I imagine God to be, if God were to show up as a state of being. I can not ever say which stage I’m … Continue reading →

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My Tenant and My Neighbor

Posted on August 14, 2015 by iwritewhenican

Grief is the new tenant who, once in the door, refuses to cooperate and cannot be evicted. No one forsakes Grief. She is patient and remembers EVERYTHING – her raging passion must be endured until she has paralyzed every sinew and woven every tear. Continue reading →

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What’s NOT on my mind?

Posted on November 15, 2014 by iwritewhenican

Having completed ministerial school… Continue reading →

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Women in Sensible Shoes – The Gang’s All Here

Posted on April 23, 2014 by iwritewhenican

Aug. 17th, 2013 at 10:52 PM  Our affection for one another was palpable tonight around the Birthday table. Susan invited all of us to a hosted dinner at Bella Mia for Mary’s 58th. There were 14 aging lesbians and one … Continue reading →

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