Author Archives: Micha Boyett Hohorst
Permanently Patheos!
Hopefully soon this site will be permanently redirected to the new and improved Mama: Monk at Patheos. Until then, I hope you’ll make your way there. Bookmark it and/or subscribe to the new site! From this point on, I’ll only … Continue reading
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Thankful Tuesday: A History. And the First Ever Thankful Tuesday Link-Up Partaaaaay!!!
You might be shocked to hear that Thankful Tuesday did not begin as a somewhat piously disguised platform through which to list my kids’ accomplishments. (“Brooksie loves to sign ‘Thank you!’ August understands the theory of gravity!” *Insert eye-roll here.* … Continue reading
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On Sweetness and Mother’s Day
It’s Mother’s Day morning and last night was one of those up and down kinds of sleeps. Chris and I are at the stage where we go to bed in the unknowing: will the boys sleep all night? Will they … Continue reading
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Poem-a-Day Friday: W.S. Merwin
This week I started Lauren F. Winner’s Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis. I love Lauren Winner. Girl Meets God was one of the first books that gave me hope that I could write about Jesus and actually be a … Continue reading
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Fresh flowers with dew: A Mother’s Day reflection
Today, because I spent last night exhausted and grumpy-it was one of those loooong days of mothering-I’m reposting what I wrote for Mother’s Day last year. As I reread this post, I was surprised that I had been thinking about … Continue reading
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{Practicing Benedict} The Good Spirit
“It is easy to recognize the bitter spirit of wickedness which creates a barrier to God’s grace and opens the way to the evil of hell. But equally there is a good spirit which frees us from evil ways and … Continue reading
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Thankful: thunderstorms, parties, and the (lack of) electricity
Oh, I’ve missed big spring thunderstorms in Texas, how they hit at 7:30 at night, the perfect time for mysteriousness when you’re a kid: Right after bathtime, right as you’ve stepped into pajamas. How, when the power goes out, nothing … Continue reading
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Melancholia: Why I wish I hadn’t seen it and why I’m sort of glad I did.
Three weeks ago my husband and I watched the movie Melancholia. If you haven’t heard of the film, I’ll say this: That was probably not a good idea. (At least for me.) It’s not a spoiler to explain that the … Continue reading
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For those of us who need Good News…
On Fridays I usually post a poem that I’ve read that week or that has moved me in same way. (It’s my effort to force you all to read poetry and like it! You’re allowed to roll your eyes now.) … Continue reading
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