Tag: fasting
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Claiming a Fast in Pandemic Time: On How We Carry What We Miss
Before the pandemic, the scent of warm, yeasty bread would have filled the chapel. Someone from our school’s café would have walked down in the hour or so before the service to leave a fresh-baked loaf wrapped in a white towel on the table. We’d have smelled it through all the prayers, music, and spoken…
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Callie J. Smith writes about women who, like her, are finding themselves. Her essays and her cozy contemporary and fantasy fiction explore everyday things like hope, creativity, and grief.

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