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Dear pushers and consumers of Advent calendars: a 25-day countdown to Christmas =/= the season of Advent. The latter can be shorter or longer than 25 days, although both have been known to include chocolate and alcohol. 🙃🥂 Thank you for coming to my PSA.
November 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Dear pushers and consumers of Advent calendars: a 25-day countdown to Christmas =/= the season of Advent. The latter can be shorter or longer than 25 days, although both have been known to include chocolate and alcohol. 🙃🥂 Thank you for coming to my PSA.
#poem:
"And we were each afraid
...afraid of memory,
since we had started to confuse the old days
with what we imagined lie ahead
and soon, we no longer knew whether life was just a wish."
poets.org/poem/winter-7
"And we were each afraid
...afraid of memory,
since we had started to confuse the old days
with what we imagined lie ahead
and soon, we no longer knew whether life was just a wish."
poets.org/poem/winter-7
Winter
That year, we knew the sky existed
poets.org
September 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#poem:
"And we were each afraid
...afraid of memory,
since we had started to confuse the old days
with what we imagined lie ahead
and soon, we no longer knew whether life was just a wish."
poets.org/poem/winter-7
"And we were each afraid
...afraid of memory,
since we had started to confuse the old days
with what we imagined lie ahead
and soon, we no longer knew whether life was just a wish."
poets.org/poem/winter-7
"this oracle invites you
to rewild yourself,
to unbox, detox, and de-
clutter your blood.
Break free from the mold
you made for yourself ...
Take
and give glee.
Summon surprise.
Something whim-
sical this way comes."
#poem: poets.org/poem/38-shed...
to rewild yourself,
to unbox, detox, and de-
clutter your blood.
Break free from the mold
you made for yourself ...
Take
and give glee.
Summon surprise.
Something whim-
sical this way comes."
#poem: poets.org/poem/38-shed...
38. Shedding the Old
Such as the lobster / cracking loose / from its exoskeleton
poets.org
August 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"this oracle invites you
to rewild yourself,
to unbox, detox, and de-
clutter your blood.
Break free from the mold
you made for yourself ...
Take
and give glee.
Summon surprise.
Something whim-
sical this way comes."
#poem: poets.org/poem/38-shed...
to rewild yourself,
to unbox, detox, and de-
clutter your blood.
Break free from the mold
you made for yourself ...
Take
and give glee.
Summon surprise.
Something whim-
sical this way comes."
#poem: poets.org/poem/38-shed...
It’s amazing that any of us survive the daily death of disappointment, of dread,
of betrayal, of fear.
But still: you’ve loved today, haven’t you? So have I. And if we know love, are we not thriving richly against life’s odds?
rachelhackenberg.com/testimony/
of betrayal, of fear.
But still: you’ve loved today, haven’t you? So have I. And if we know love, are we not thriving richly against life’s odds?
rachelhackenberg.com/testimony/
Testimony - Rachel G. Hackenberg
It’s amazing that we survive death. So much of life should kill us – heartache, grief, vulnerability, fatigue; even birth should destroy us with pain yet it doesn’t, and here we are. Our hearts break,...
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July 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It’s amazing that any of us survive the daily death of disappointment, of dread,
of betrayal, of fear.
But still: you’ve loved today, haven’t you? So have I. And if we know love, are we not thriving richly against life’s odds?
rachelhackenberg.com/testimony/
of betrayal, of fear.
But still: you’ve loved today, haven’t you? So have I. And if we know love, are we not thriving richly against life’s odds?
rachelhackenberg.com/testimony/
Reposted
People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.
Photos: See No Kings protests around the country
People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.
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June 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.
The Bible has quite a few tales that highlight the problem(s) with kings: rachelhackenberg.com/problem-with...
June 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Bible has quite a few tales that highlight the problem(s) with kings: rachelhackenberg.com/problem-with...
Shout out, O God, and weep
for the wisdom of this age
that does not know or
wait upon your secrets:
mysteries
of abundance
and paradoxes of love.
Let dawn’s light
interrupt
midnight’s injustice,
that healing might emerge
as an oasis.
rachelhackenberg.com/mercies-ever...
for the wisdom of this age
that does not know or
wait upon your secrets:
mysteries
of abundance
and paradoxes of love.
Let dawn’s light
interrupt
midnight’s injustice,
that healing might emerge
as an oasis.
rachelhackenberg.com/mercies-ever...
Mercies Every Morning - Rachel G. Hackenberg
Shout out, O God, and do not hold back as you survey the world with the witness of heaven. Shout out and cry aloud, O God, for we have given you lip service but failed to follow your ways. In your mer...
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May 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Shout out, O God, and weep
for the wisdom of this age
that does not know or
wait upon your secrets:
mysteries
of abundance
and paradoxes of love.
Let dawn’s light
interrupt
midnight’s injustice,
that healing might emerge
as an oasis.
rachelhackenberg.com/mercies-ever...
for the wisdom of this age
that does not know or
wait upon your secrets:
mysteries
of abundance
and paradoxes of love.
Let dawn’s light
interrupt
midnight’s injustice,
that healing might emerge
as an oasis.
rachelhackenberg.com/mercies-ever...
#prayer: #prayer: Risen Jesus, forgive my tunnel vision of fear. Living Jesus, do not abandon me when I get lost in my own head and heart.
rachelhackenberg.com/recognition/
rachelhackenberg.com/recognition/
April 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#prayer: #prayer: Risen Jesus, forgive my tunnel vision of fear. Living Jesus, do not abandon me when I get lost in my own head and heart.
rachelhackenberg.com/recognition/
rachelhackenberg.com/recognition/
#GoodFriday #prayer: In these days full of shadows and crosses, O God who reigns over both death and life, be close to those for whom Good Friday is not a ceremony but a daily reality.
April 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#GoodFriday #prayer: In these days full of shadows and crosses, O God who reigns over both death and life, be close to those for whom Good Friday is not a ceremony but a daily reality.
The Problem with Kings: "As often happens with the purchase of power, the oligarchs became discontent over time."
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The Problem with Kings - Rachel G. Hackenberg
Abimelech, son of Gideon and of the enslaved woman from the Bent Place (where Joseph was buried), suggested to his mother’s people that they might support his campaign to be king. His mother’s people ...
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April 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The Problem with Kings: "As often happens with the purchase of power, the oligarchs became discontent over time."
rachelhackenberg.com/problem-with...
rachelhackenberg.com/problem-with...
#prayer for #PalmSunday: Let the gates of joy remain open for a long while, O Gracious God, so that even the weary ones and the shy souls might have a chance to enter.
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Before I Go through the Gate - Rachel G. Hackenberg
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. – Psalm 118:19 (NRSV) I did not grow up in a “come forward” church. Our weekly worship did not includ...
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April 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
#prayer for #PalmSunday: Let the gates of joy remain open for a long while, O Gracious God, so that even the weary ones and the shy souls might have a chance to enter.
rachelhackenberg.com/before-i-go-...
rachelhackenberg.com/before-i-go-...
February 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
New mercies, O God, for the barely-holding-on and the living-beyond-their-breaking-point. New mercies with every morning.
And for the grabbing-up-all-things and the destructive-for-pleasure, only a wasteland of dust and the heat of justice.
#prayer
And for the grabbing-up-all-things and the destructive-for-pleasure, only a wasteland of dust and the heat of justice.
#prayer
February 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
New mercies, O God, for the barely-holding-on and the living-beyond-their-breaking-point. New mercies with every morning.
And for the grabbing-up-all-things and the destructive-for-pleasure, only a wasteland of dust and the heat of justice.
#prayer
And for the grabbing-up-all-things and the destructive-for-pleasure, only a wasteland of dust and the heat of justice.
#prayer
#prayer: For railing against enemies louder than I love my neighbor, O God, forgive me.
A reflection on King Josiah and on us: rachelhackenberg.com/going-to-bat...
A reflection on King Josiah and on us: rachelhackenberg.com/going-to-bat...
Going to Battle - Rachel G. Hackenberg
King Neco of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish, and Josiah went out against him. But Neco sent envoys to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, king of Judah? I am not coming out against you tod...
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January 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#prayer: For railing against enemies louder than I love my neighbor, O God, forgive me.
A reflection on King Josiah and on us: rachelhackenberg.com/going-to-bat...
A reflection on King Josiah and on us: rachelhackenberg.com/going-to-bat...
#ChristmasEve #prayer: Let there be rest for the weary, O God Most High, rest and peace to the brokenhearted, peace and pleasure for the despondent, and let freedom come like an angel to the earth."
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Christmas Praise - Rachel G. Hackenberg
Let there be rest for the weary, O God Most High, peace to the brokenhearted, pleasure for the despondent, and let freedom come like an angel to the earth.
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December 24, 2024 at 12:38 PM
#ChristmasEve #prayer: Let there be rest for the weary, O God Most High, rest and peace to the brokenhearted, peace and pleasure for the despondent, and let freedom come like an angel to the earth."
rachelhackenberg.com/christmas-pr...
rachelhackenberg.com/christmas-pr...