February 2021 In Review

FEBRUARY 2021  |  IN REVIEW
READ  |  WRITE  |  DISCUSS  |  PRAY  |  SERVE  |  REFLECT

Even in Cambridge

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Read

Love Poems (for Married People)

If you’re anything like me, at this point, a year into the pandemic, you might (at times) welcome some (great) distance from your spouse and paradoxically could also use an incredibly awesome date night to make up for lost time.  Read John Kenney’s short book of poetry and remember why you tried marriage in the first place, and why you are yet grateful for that person who consistently leaves one unwashed utensil in the sink.

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Write

Song for a Pandemic Puppy Acquired During a Nor’easter at Christmas

When it rains, it pours, so apparently if you decide to jump on the pandemic puppy bandwagon, you will end up acquiring said puppy in the middle of a Nor’easter just as your kids switch to remote learning while you’re frantically preparing for Christmas.  Things could always be worse, you say.  Then they get worse.  By the time Christmas rolls around, you’re not exactly sure how to express your gratitude that you survived but it comes out in the form of a question, something akin to: Did anyone just see that?

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Discuss

The Searcher

In this new mystery, Tana French captivates her audience and protagonist with the Irish landscape, scenery that threatens to pacify the most inquisitive detective and throw a hound off its scent.  One of our readers could verify that the author did a great job nailing the cadence and dialect of the Irish characters' dialogue.  While slow to start (and at other times), we found this an interesting window into personalities that play their cards close to the chest.

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Pray

Sticky Faith (for Families)

While on a school playground recently, I overheard a conversation among teenage girls that gave me pause.  Beginning with the question, You went through a Jesus phase in seventh, didn’t you?, the conversation quickly petered out, suggesting the topic gave those girls pause too.  What struck me wasn’t that they were talking about faith.  What struck me was that they didn’t know how to keep talking.  All of this sent me into some reflection about how I might prepare my own kids for these kinds of conversations in their future.

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Serve

La Collaborativa Food Pantry

It’s pretty hard to engage in service work during COVID when the predominant message for so long has been “Stay home.”  It’s also pretty hard to get involved when I feel more likely to hop a plane to Hawaii or buy that farmhouse on 10 acres.  Recently I was compelled to remember to live and serve in my community while I’m still here.  With that in mind, it was pretty easy to shift gears and pitch in with a service project my church had already been involved in for weeks.

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Reflect

Reflect

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Looking forward to reading & discussing with you!

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