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  • Find Beauty. It Hides in Plain Sight
    Posted on Thursday, April 9th, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 10 beauties of nature, Annie Dillard, Beauty hides in plain sight, beauty in nature, Carol McClain, creation, extravagant gestures, how to cope with Covid-19, Job 12: 7-10, Pilgrim on Tinker Creek, Writing Redemption

    by: Carol McClain @CAROL_MCCLAIN Let’s face it. With Covid-19, our world has grown small. We’re tempted to despair as family members fall prey to the virus, and friends need to be socially distant. Our lives are, according to Annie Dillard (and I have many a student who will groan as they hear me return to my …[ read more ]

  • God Created the World for Women: The Proof
    Posted on Sunday, April 17th, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized | Tagged: creation, humor, women

         God must be crying over the irony of the patriarchally driven world when the very opening of the Bible shows us the world was created for us–the women. I do not expect you to take this thought in blind faith, so I will demonstrate it exegetically . (Go to the source, and see that I …[ read more ]

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    • How Holding a Grudge Hurts You

      Carol McClain   I read the names of attendees at a recent two-day festival, one with stellar book sales. The name of one group I once belonged to stopped me. Excitement fled, and a heaviness filled my spirit. My joyful spirit turned sodden. Not them! Doesn't matter. I'm not connected with them any longer. I squared my shoulders and determined to ignore the entire group who so grievously hurt me. Alas ... I'll never overcome their wrongs! On day one of the festival, two new members manned my nemeses' booth. No harm in chatting with them. So I put on my… ...[ full story ]

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