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When all the world seems brown

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

As the earth turns toward winter, there is a hushed darkness in the early morning hours. Come November, I stop resisting the retreat of the sun. In this perfect...

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Psalm 1: The Prayer of the Wilted Tree

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

Blessed is the man . . . His delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which ...

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A Moment in the Blue Room

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 1 Comment

Little One, can a moment live forever? Is there a space, beyond time, where this moment will always be? You, in your winter sleeper with the pastel fawns, reach...

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Day 6: Morning Clarity

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 2 Comments

This morning, instead of going online first thing, I went to the Psalms. I was still groggy, still a little unfocused. But this is what happened. When my six ye...