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Jake, My Beloved Dog
Yesterday, August 23, 2018, right around 6 PM EST, one of the most wonderful dogs ever born left this world. Jake came to me in summer 2003, just over 15 years ago, after my dad died of cancer and my dog, Buddy, was hit by a car and killed that same night. The grief...
Calm After The Storm
UPDATE April 17, 2020: I wrote this a few years ago, after a very difficult time for me, that some of you may have witnessed. It is sitting here in my blog as a "private" post which means (I think) that no one can see it except for me. I am going to make it a public...
the Mystery
Religion. Spirituality. God. We are religious, or we are not religious. We are spiritual, but not religious. We are atheists. We are agnostics. We pray to Jesus, our savior. We pray to God. We pray but not to anything. We go to church. We meditate. We do yoga. We...
Kauai – First Two Months
In mid-August, I (temporarily) moved to Kauai. I'm not sure I'll be here very long, but I have not blogged in a while so I thought I'd check in. I moved here because a friend of mine was dying and I came here with him and his family. To be part of that. The invitation...
We all go on Crushing Crickets
We all go on Crushing Crickets I am 9 again Summer has made my skin 3 shades of darker. They were still using pebbles in the playgrounds. They were still trying to get kids to play nice, but not trying hard enough. 9 dollars an hour, for them, is not enough to care....
Thinking About God
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about God. The Beloved. All that is, and all that animates all that is. The One and The Way. The fragmented fullness of your path unfolding. The Living Map. Trust it.
About
Are you wondering..."What is going on here?" "Who is this Uma Bode?" "What is she blogging about?" Well, allow me to answer your burning questions. (Okay, maybe burning is an overstatement.) WhoIsUmaBode? I'm this woman who lived her whole life dreaming big and living...
Morning Haiku
Haiku – a form of brief poetry. Seventeen syllables in three lines (5-7-5). An attempt to capture the essence of a moment. The other morning, these Haiku came out… partly overwhelmed living from the inside out this moment explodes whatever it is surrender it to God’s...
Threshold
I am moving rapidly but easily through layers that feel like gauze, but also like water. The light is shining and I see it above me through a kind of shimmering surface. Movement is effortless and more graceful than the ungainly paddle of arms and legs. My body and...
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