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A breath of fresh air for your mind.

Have you been prioritizing your daily to-do lists over life’s bigger picture? It can be so easy to get caught up in tasks and forget to foreground life’s mysteries once in a while. So set aside just five minutes and join me on Alice at Dawn as we ponder thought-provoking questions and navigate our complex world together.

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Featured: The weariness of constant improvement ...

I conquered entropy last week and jump-started my old routine of rising before dawn and hitting a 5:45 AM spin class at our local gym. Kudos, right? Afterward, I took some time to stretch and strengthen my freshly battered muscles and I saw that someone had written a supposed-to-be-inspirational statement on a chalkboard in the […]

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God is in every person's life ...

I know many friends who live in much angst over someone they love who seems to be making a complete disaster of their lives. This is a little gift for you from Pope Francis: "God is in every person’s life ... Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if it […]

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No such thing as the right place ...

I love what Henri Nouwen has to say about calling, and life choices. We Western Christians get so caught up in trying to figure out God's will for our lives ... who we should marry, where we should live, what we should study, what our career path should be. All the while, God is saying, […]

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The greatest single antidote ...

"The greatest single antidote to violence is conversation." (Rabbi Jonathan Sacks)

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The Donald and the Pope ...

Tonight I am pondering the stark contrast between Donald Trump and Pope Francis. Not even thinking politically ... just paying attention to words, and deeds, and tone, and  any resemblance to Jesus. Any sense of compassion ... Any sense of appropriate humility ... Any sense of mercy and love and kindness ... Any sense of […]

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Truth at your kitchen table ...

The world of the church, throughout history, has tended to be a "man's world." In many places, it still is. And yet, even in the early church there were whispers ... names mentioned ... women who led, taught, funded, were at the center of, Jesus' ministry, and the start of the church. As one who […]

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The buried uglies of my soul ...

I had some time today to slow down and check in and connect with God in a way I can't when I am running. But I couldn't settle. I kept seeking out one more project to do, one more chore, one more thing I needed to check online or read or research. And then I […]

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alice shirey alice at dawn blog

A mental breath of fresh air.

There is sometimes a perception that because I have been a pastor for the past 20 years and have been counseling at least as long, that I have my whole life together.

But honestly, that’s not always the case.

I struggle with many of the same things that you do, and that’s one of the reasons I write Alice at Dawn. So that we can tackle those questions together.


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Welcome to Alice at Dawn. My short posts are meant to be regular reminders to keep walking, to keep living, to continue to listen to the voice deep within your spirit that whispers ... this is the way. Walk in it.

Please join us, and invite others ... You are very, very welcome here.

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