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Thoughts and Readings, Part 2 (Kat’s Dreams)

Jan 25, 2023

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Callie J. Smith

in hope and imagination, spirituality and creativity

Thanks, again, to RM Media for this video opportunity (part 2 of 3) to talk about paying attention and about my new book, Kat’s Dreams. Video Transcript: Smith: As a clergy person, I’ve gotten into the habit of paying attention to the spiritual aspects of how we live and breathe and move through this world.…
The Beauty of Rest

Jun 13, 2022

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Callie J. Smith

in spirituality and creativity

“Look!” His brakes screeched as the bike came to a stop. I caught up and slowed to a stop behind him. My friend pointed to the side of the trail. “Do you know what these are?” I looked down. “Mayapples?” “Mayapples. You know they’re native to Indiana?” I nodded. With that, he dove into a…
What God Does with Dust

Feb 28, 2022

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Callie J. Smith

in grief and memory, hope and imagination

It layered itself like a fuzzy film along baseboards I didn’t often clean. It gathered on books I hadn’t opened in years. Dust marked what I liked to forget. “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” the clergy would recite on Ash Wednesday in the church of my childhood. I remember…
In the Wake of Pain and the Gold of Care

Nov 3, 2021

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Callie J. Smith

in grief and memory

“How’s your back doing?” my father would ask with a hope-you’re-okay smile from across the dinner table. He struggled to remember many things during the last years of his life, but he remembered that my back was hurting. Perhaps he worried, knowing at his age how pain can accumulate and weigh us down. I felt…

About the author

Callie J. Smith writes about women who, like her, are finding themselves. Her stories and essays explore everyday things like hope, creativity, and grief.