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Twenty-twenty is behind us, let's rejoice! Lord it has been a hard year.
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We shall reflect, later, with more distance, and we'll find the blessings. But for now let's just look forward with the glow of a vaccine in our eyes.
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TO THAT END we'll go on and wrap 30 DAYS OF JOY with Day 20. Yes, we'll lop off 10 days just because it feels right and also because 2020 taught us nothing if not that there is grace in rules that are loose, in expectations that are malleable, in plans that are subject to change. Because THAT WAS 2020, right? That was, perhaps more poignantly, our entire holiday season. I mean, I launched a series about focusing on the joy to be found in the empty spaces of a COVID Christmas and hardly a week in I contracted the dang virus. My symptoms were mild, thanks and praises, but it changed everything about the ways our family moved through the next five weeks.
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There was still joy, however, and if you missed any of the series and are interested in a catch-up, you'll find links below. As I send this newsletter it is still an incomplete series since Day 20 is still to come. But that's okay, because that's just how we roll.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
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Speaking of the lovely rabbit hole, this carol, A Child of the Snows, shared by Mike Rowe on his Facebook page is everything. You'll want the words and the story behind it, and if you can't find them on the Facebook, email me at cathy@cathyriggwriter and I will happily send them along!
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Lordy lordy we finally started Yellowstone. Season One was so good (but so violent and some episodes I thought I might not go on with it, and then … but then I did). I had forgotten how much I love Kevin Costner, and I think he is a marvel in the series. How happy I am that he has this weighty roll.
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It is one of my favorite reads, ever. How I loved Sue Monk Kidd's The Book of Longings. I wrote more about it in this post, but this story of Ana, the wife of Jesus, immersed me in the time and culture of ancient world of first century Palestine and Egypt and gave me beautiful space to consider Jesus's humanity in new ways. So, so good.
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FROM THE DAILY GRACE ARCHIVES
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in case you missed one or two, here's the series (but for 20, as per above)
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Focus: Joy!
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Seems like a mighty fine time to focus on some joy. Because it will be there this holiday season, and by golly we're going to call it out and celebrate it. Thirty Days of Joy is here!
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30 DAYS OF JOY, the incomplete series
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from Cat's Mountain, 5:33 pm, 1.2.21
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Wear a mask. Extend grace. Love your neighbors well.
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