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...son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country, where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation. “When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he found himself in dire need. So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend to the swine. And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed, but nobody...

...doubts, wondering if I can negotiate a belief in a sort of symbolic dying and rising without going all in. There have been years when that satisfied me. Now? The seeking to understand and believe feels different. I am tired of my habitual doubting and questioning. It would be good to be able to feel myself say “she saw and believed.” Action Consider a walk in a local cemetery. Allow yourself to remember a difficult loss in your personal life....

...freely “rest, eat, drink and be merry.” Action Give thanks for “burgers” and relationships that richly bless your life! Make a deliberate choice to invite someone to your table for food and company. Perhaps, a sibling with whom you will be sharing your inheritance! Pull a chair up to a table at — parish council, your business, your local or state government — and speak to how you might work together so others might “rest, eat, drink and be merry.”...