Staying Power 2: Writings from a Year of Emergence (Contents)
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See that word “emerge” buried within “emergency”?
It’s there for a reason.
As people of hope, we lay bare that hidden word, emerge, and focus our energies upon it. We insist that momentous potential lies as a seed within all periods of turmoil and upheaval. We search out that seed, enrich the soil, and provide what it needs to grow.
Our ability to do this is a hallmark of staying power.
This soulful collection of short musings, stories, and poems will nurture your staying power, deepening your trust that good can always emerge from trouble.
“This is more than just talk. This is blessing. This is love at work.” —from the book
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Introduction
“Gentle Road Home”
“The End Doesn’t Mean It’s Over”
“Never Look Anything But Real”
“How Do You Be?”
“A Mighty Grand Parade”
“The Turning Hinge”
“Mother” (an acrostic poem)
“More Than Just Talk”
“On This Our World Turns”
“When a Rose Is More Than a Rose”
“Nuggets of Or”
“Arise, All Women Who Have Hearts”
“Dropping into the Net”
“Life’s Too Deep Not to Dive”
“It’s Up to Us to Finish the Work”
“Putting on the Purple”
“Letter to the Mountain Called Grief”
“No Way Around But Through”
“Stepping Through the Round Open Door”
“Winter Solstice: A Time for Letting Go”
“I’ll Listen As If You’re a Poet”
“What You Get Into Will Change You”
“What Shape Is Your Nest in?”
“Parable of the Stream, in Five Parts”
“Random Notes from a River Raft”
“Laughing in the Dark (Again)”
“Hiking Through Poetry”
“I See Your Golden Feathers”
“A Certain Slant of Light”
“The House That Love Builds”
“A Mighty Grand Slam”
“The Lie That Was True”
“Are You Friends with Your Hands?”
“Hands”
“Time to Re-Treat”
“Lemon Tree, Very Pretty”
“Why’s the Tough Stuff So Tough?”
“Lighting the Way Home”
“And the Sky Leaned Closer”
“Thus Will a Way Open”
“Refusing to Nest in Our Nesting Dolls”
“The Call in the Night”
“Calling All Saints”
“The Big Stink and the Open Window”
“It’s More Than Nothing”
“Thoughts from the Train”
“Afterword: Your Life as Cento”