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Category Archives: spirituality
Alleluia
Today is Easter Sunday, the Christian tradition’s celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. Churches all over the world proclaim “Alleluia, He is risen!” This day, more than any other, is the cornerstone of faith for many…the very existence of Easter … Continue reading
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It’s Not Over Until It’s Over: Lent and the Home Stretch
My friend and teacher Jennifer Louden (see her amazing work at http://www.jenniferlouden.com) often tells retreatants that they may feel tempted to begin to “check out” toward the end of a retreat experience. I have experienced this myself many times in … Continue reading
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An Acceptable Time–Ash Wednesday and All the Rest
I found this post right after I published the last one tonight…this one was a draft that I thought had been eaten by gremlins at my hotel in Fort Worth that week of Ash Wednesday. So, I am backpedaling to … Continue reading
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Lent, So Far
Today is Tuesday following the third Sunday in Lent… So far, here is my Lenten experience: Ash Wednesday at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Fort Worth (noon service among hundreds but no one I knew), First Sunday of Lent at … Continue reading
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My Husband’s Testimony in Austin or I Could Really Use a Wish Right Now part 2
So, yesterday my husband, Bob Flick, testified in Austin to the House Appropriations Committee regarding Article II of the House Appropriations bill aka HB 1. I am going to post the video link here. It is seven or so hours … Continue reading
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I Could Really Use a Wish Right Now
B.o.B.’s song “Airplanes (I Could Really Use a Wish Right Now)” keeps running in my head these days–especially the whispered refrain “wish right now, wish right now, wish right now.” And I ask myself, should I be wishing? Or should I … Continue reading
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Self-Care for Caregivers and Everyone Else
Last November I had the opportunity to write a column for the Medical Journal Houston about physicians and self-care. It was published in the December issue. Although the article focused on doctors, the issue of self-care seems to be a … Continue reading
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What I Remembered that I Forgot that I Learned Working on the Adolescent Unit
Many years ago, when I was a child psychiatry resident in training, I spent six months working on an adolescent inpatient psychiatry unit. While I learned a lot about child and adolescent psychiatry during this experience, I also learned a … Continue reading
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Hanging at the Top of the Roller Coaster
What a jumbled up week this has been… Things I have noticed: Feeling very attached to news from and word about the Arizona shootings/tragedy on January 8. Sharing the moment of silence during the televised memorial service on January 12 … Continue reading
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Star
Today is Epiphany, the day celebrated in many Christian traditions as the occasion of the Magi, or the “Three Wise Men”, finding baby Jesus. We are taught that they followed a bright star in the sky to the baby. Last … Continue reading
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