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Rachel Guaraldi

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Rachel Guaraldi

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Lenten Devotional Series: March 19th

March 19, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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As a people of faith, being formed by the Word of God, we have a special responsibility to read the signs of the times in order to discern what God is doing in the world today. We also have an equally important responsibility to proclaim that discerned word to the nations. --Tom Cordaro

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Lenten Devotional Series: March 18th

March 18, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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I meant to post yesterday but the festivities of St. Patrick's day in Boston got the better of me (it was my first Boston St. Patrick's Day!). It was humorous but lovely to see Boston come out in its green and think about Christ partying with the lot.

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Lenten Devotional Series: March 16th

March 16, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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And Jesus would reply..."Ultimately God will determine whether you can get into heaven, but as I see it, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than a human with any kind of privilege (male, straight, cis-gendered, white, wealthy, etc) to enter the kingdom of heaven. But don't stop trying... you just have a lot of work to do, go, relinquish your pride and come back and follow me."

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Lenten Devotional Series: March 15th

March 15, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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I pray that I remember to find meaning in the moments before me and the moments behind me. So that I may discover gratefulness and grace--kindness and compassion in each of these possibilities for impermanence. For as Jesus said "So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today."

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Lenten Devotional Series: March 13th

March 13, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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"I say to you, stand up, take your mat and go to your home." And he stood up, and immediately took the mat and went out before all of them; so that they were all amazed and glorified God" (Mark 2:11-12) Instead of laying on the mat, like the story depicts, paralyzed by my own victimizing head-talk, Jesus calls me to pick up my mat and go home. Jesus says, you have the power, you are empowered to heal, to believe, to walk. "Stand up, take your mat, and go to your home."

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Lenten Devotional Series: March 12th

March 12, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, “I do choose. Be made clean!” Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean." Mark 1:40-42 I like to think that each day, when I wake up, I have a choice to live faithfully or not. If I choose yes, fantastic. If I choose no... God still loves me... but will come again and nudge me that way anyways.

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Lenten Devotional Series: March 11th

March 11, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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"Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever." (Psalm 73:25-26)

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Lenten Devotional Series: March 10th

March 10, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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“Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.”

(1 Peter 4:10)

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Lenten Devotional Series: March 9th

March 9, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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Sunday, March 9, 2014 (Daylight Savings)

“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14-16)

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Lenten Devotional Series: March 8th

March 8, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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Saturday, March 8, 2014

“How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him  whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.” (1 John 3:17-20)

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Lenten Devotional Series: March 7th

March 7, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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Friday, March 7, 2014

“The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.” (2 Corinthians 9:6-9)

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Lenten Devotional Series: March 6th

March 6, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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Thursday, March 6, 2014

“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help.” (Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10)

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Lenten Devotional Series: Ash Wednesday

March 5, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2014 “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.” (Psalm 51:10-13)

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Sunday Prayer: The Transfiguration

March 2, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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Let us go up the mountain top. Let us go up to the place where the land meets the sky where the earth touches the heavens, to the place of meeting, to the place of mists, to the place of voices and conversations, to the place of listening.

Let us go up to the mountain top. Let us go up to the place where our heart burst open where we are touched by the divine, to the place of opening to the place of breaking to the place of becoming to the place of transformation

Let us go up to the mountain top. Let us go up to the place where we are transformed where transfiguration happens in our hearts to a place of forgiveness to a place of grace to a place of home to a place of God.

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Role Models/Personal Heros #4: The Cast of Intersexion

February 28, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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"The first question any new parent asks… “Is it a boy or a girl?” What if it’s neither? 1 in 2,000 babies is born with genitalia so ambiguous that the doctors cannot easily answer this question. In this groundbreaking documentary, intersex individuals reveal the secrets of their unconventional lives – and how they have navigated their way through this strictly male/female world, when they fit somewhere in between." (intersexionfilm.com)

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Spiritual Life Query #4: Monastic Retreat

February 24, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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Do you nurture your spiritual life with prayer and silent waiting and with regular study of the Bible and other devotional literature? (New England Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice) About two weeks ago, I spent a night at the Episcopal Monastery in Cambridge that is part of the Society of St. John the Evangelist. This was some time I was able to get off as part of Continuing Ed for my job at the church. The food was delicious, the people running the retreat center were so kind, and I feel so lucky to live so close to SSJE.

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What did George Fox Say?

February 21, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhsvqbCIaAs&w=560&h=315] This is a parody of Ylvis' "What Does the Fox Say" by members of the Religious Society of Friends: Quakers, mostly from Massachusetts. Shot on location at Framingham Friends Meeting, Homer's Cause, and the Middlesex Fells.

The original quotations of George Fox, with context and links to sources, are at: http://benguaraldi.com/filmmaking/georgefox-quotations.php

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Salt and Light in Early Quakerism: A Fictional Story

February 20, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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Inspired by Wess Daniels' post On Quaker PR: Salt, Light and Transformation (Matthew 5:13-20), here is a fictional story I wrote about a young women during the first generation of Quakers in England, meeting George Fox for the first time and hearing him speak on Matthew 5:14-16.

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Concepts of God: Part #2

February 19, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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What if the image of the living waters is re-imagined as the image of Jesus the immune system. If our spiritual viruses are greed, violence, intolerance and pride, how can we build ourselves and each other up to stand strong against these thing? If we are 60% water, the living water, how can we strengthen our spiritual immune system to keep each other healthy?

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Role Models: Personal Hero #3 Trayce Peterson

February 18, 2014 Rachel Guaraldi
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Each month, on Tuesdays, I hope to write about someone in my life, in history, or otherwise who has influenced me, inspired me, or challenged me in some way (maybe all three!). This week, with all of the emails and facebook messages zipping around about Trayce Peterson's contract not being renewed, how can I not write about how Trayce has influenced my life and the lives of so many others?

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