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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

Forty-six years ago, my husband and I were married on Columbus Day, now called Indigenous Peoples’ Day. A few nights prior to our anniversary, I finished Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and was struck by the … Continue reading →

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Do You Believe in Fairies?

Posted on September 25, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

When I was still small enough to take a bath in the kitchen sink, my parents rented a cottage on Long Island Sound, and we sailed to a small island for a picnic. Once we made landfall, my mom prepared … Continue reading →

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Blog Dump

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

Writing is a process. Big surprise, living is a process. And trusting God is the mother of all processes. That said, let me tell you what I figured out this week about all of the above. A few weeks ago, … Continue reading →

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My Aunt Ruth

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

Last week I wrote about SHAME, a painful consciousness of being bad, wrong, and less than because of doing bad, wrong things or having them done to you. Shame’s remedy is GRACE, being shown favor you don’t deserve. The question … Continue reading →

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Hello, My Name is Shame

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

Shame is subtle. It never names itself, rather it names you by your every faux pas, misdemeanor, and disappointment. Idiot, Jerk, Loser and worse in a precipitous cascade of taunts and ridicule. Shame is a sticky substance that multiplies and … Continue reading →

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Connecting the Dots

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

Some people pick a word for the year, a word they believe God has in some way given them as a guidepost, a word that somehow defines what God’s hope and joy is for them in the next chunk of … Continue reading →

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Prove-it Prayers

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

When I was almost a believer, I started praying prove-it prayers to see if God was real. Could he see me? Could he hear me? Did he care about my circumstances? And did he have the power to intervene? I … Continue reading →

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I Never Wanted to be a Teacher

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

This is a guest post I wrote for another blog called The Soft Never. It’s about the weird way God guides us to our destinies despite our fears and failures. Maybe even because of them. “My thoughts are nothing like … Continue reading →

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Bleeding Heart

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

            As we head toward Halloween, a season of the supernatural and masquerade, here is an original fairy tale about the illusion of control and the consequences of taking matters into our own hands. *************************************************************************************** In a time when magic … Continue reading →

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Cheap Thrills

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

The pandemic has cancelled many county fairs, so let me share my trip to the fair the summer before I entered junior high in 1964. ************************************************************************* The last thrill before school starts is the County Fair. My mom will walk … Continue reading →

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