Category Archives: Spirituality

It’s Lent: Fast! Pray! Write!

Posted on March 2, 2023 by literarylee

For Orthodox Christians, Lent is a time to look at all the things that keep them from loving God and neighbor as they were made to do. It’s a time to see, identify, and as much as possible remove the … Continue reading →

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First Person Pronouns in Christian Worship: A Key to Denominational Affiliation and Cultural Identity?

Posted on October 5, 2022 by literarylee

(Part of my writing practice is to create partial documents, whether essay, memoir, or fiction, and write them into the writer’s software I use as a way to remember the idea when I work on the larger project the portion … Continue reading →

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The Creator’s Whimsy

Posted on June 15, 2017 by literarylee

I’m sitting here on the subway enjoying watching the colorful and entertaining diversity of people around me: endless shades of color, variations of height, weight, hair, adornment (clothes, jewelry, bag), demeanor, probably religion and world view, and a whole lot more. … Continue reading →

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Create for Lent

Posted on March 10, 2017 by literarylee

When we create we exercise our personhood and express our very nature as the handiwork of the Creator. Lent is the forty day period leading to Holy Week and Pascha (Easter). Those who take advantage of Lent do certain things that … Continue reading →

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