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Elizabeth Kaeton
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Spouse. Mom. Nana. Episcopal Priest. Activist. "With gratitude, optimism is sustainable." M.J. Fox
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God – and by the hope born of the sacred alchemy of life and Love, that same Word is with us today. +Amen.

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Celtic Advent
The Alchemy of Hope
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November 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
America’s Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday rebuked the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in a rare and near-unanimous statement that framed the immigration crisis in starkly moral terms.

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Catholic Bishops Rebuke U.S. ‘Mass Deportation’ of Immigrants
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November 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
In these difficult, uncertain, and often chaotic times, and especially during and after the government shutdown, it is easy for anxiety and fear to rule our hearts and minds.

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A STATEMENT FROM MEMBERS OF THE DELAWARE INTERFAITH COUNCIL
Seeking common ground in troubled times.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
From The Writer's Almanac

Happy birthday Kurt Vonnegut Jr. During WWII, he was imprisoned in a slaughterhouse in Dresden. Vonnegut & his fellow prisoners only survived the bombing because they slept in a meat locker three stories below the ground. He published Slaughterhouse-Five (1969).
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"When let our hearts be broken for love, and when we laugh until we weep with those we love, we come the closest we’ll ever come to having a glimpse at what it means to be fully human and fully divine."

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The Glory of Love
“You’ve got to give a little, take a little, and let your poor heart break a little."
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November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Not sure which is my favorite image of Speaker Pelosi: Standing up to Trump, Badass Agent Nancy, Clap back to Toddler Trump, or ripping up his State of the Union speech.
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The GOP/MAGA folks seem deaf to what happened last night, but so is the DNC. The Party is not back, as Hakeem said. The voters are done with "business as usual". We're done with party politics and identity wars and 'nice'. We want results. Tell us what we're voting FOR. Not what we're voting AGAINST
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I love it when I wake up in the morning after a Blue Wave has hit the country overnight. Makes me smile, and I haven’t done that first time in the morning in a long time.
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Herb was a classic bishop of a certain generation who was as pastoral as he was prophetic, and he did both seemingly effortlessly and with grace. He will be deeply missed.

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RIP: Herbert A. Donovan Jr., former bishop of Arkansas, dies at 94
[Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. Herbert Alcorn Donovan, Jr., who was bishop of Arkansas from 1980 to 1993, and later served other dioceses and parishes, died Nov. 2 in Colorado. He was 94. A …
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November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
How to be a saint: Bring a sweater. Don’t be a big shot.

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How to be a saint
Don't be a big shot. Bring a sweater.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
40% of SNAP recipients are children. Two judges have said it is illegal for the POTUS to block $50 billion Congress has appropriated for emergency SNAP use. #FiscalCruelty

What have we come to when the POTUS has be be told by a judge that he has to feed hungry children and their families?
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Cate Waynick totally rocked as a bishop. She was to the position born. Gone too soon. She will be missed.

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October 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Not to mention that every member of the House of Representatives has received full pay and benefits since it recessed on September 19th.
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It was on this day in 1636 that Harvard University was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just 16 years after the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth.
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I'm so tempted to say, "Wake me up when it's over." That's not the way to win this battle, but it sure is tempting.
October 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM