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The Kaleid Team
Jun 28, 20232 min read
The Restoration of Shalom
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! Today is our final email before we take a break in the month of July. Thanks for being a part of a...
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The Kaleid Team
Jun 21, 20233 min read
Shalom: The Forceful Goodness In-Between
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Hello! Happy Wednesday! For the next few weeks, we are sharing a few quotes from our summer book: The Very Good...
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The Kaleid Team
Jun 14, 20232 min read
The Gospels on "The Gospel"
Dear Kaleid Ladies, This month, we will be sharing a few quotes taken from our summer book circle book: Lisa Sharon Harper’s The Very...
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The Kaleid Team
Jun 7, 20232 min read
What Is "The Gospel"?
Hello Kaleid Ladies! Do you ever wonder about the depth and breadth of what we call “the Gospel” in our churches? How it actually is...
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The Kaleid Team
May 31, 20232 min read
A Quote, a Scripture, and a Blessing for Your Self
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! Today we conclude our walk through of Kaleid’s See Yourself lens. It’s been good to explore our...
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The Kaleid Team
May 24, 20233 min read
Calling on the Shy Side of Power
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning to you! Another school year is wrapping up, as is our walk through two Kaleid lenses this year: See the...
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The Kaleid Team
May 17, 20233 min read
Agency: the Power of Blessings and Boundaries
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Do you know any agents? Real estate agents? FBI agents? Gate agents? Agents represent. They hold the power of an...
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The Kaleid Team
May 10, 20235 min read
What Are Your Power Dynamics?
My life is not about me; it is about God, and God is about love. When we don’t know love, when we experience only the insecurity and...
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The Kaleid Team
May 3, 20234 min read
Power in Love or Power in Fear?
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! Blessings on your Wednesday! We had a wonderful time at our Silent Retreat at the Ignatius House on...
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The Kaleid Team
Apr 26, 20233 min read
Imaging God and Owning Your Power
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! What a sweet spring we have had as we’ve gone deep into Kaleid’s See Yourself lens, growing in our...
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The Kaleid Team
Apr 19, 20231 min read
A Blessing For Your Passion
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! Thank you for walking with us over the last several weeks as we have explored what it means to be women...
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The Kaleid Team
Apr 12, 20233 min read
Search Me, O God
Dear Friends, Psalm 139:1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me. Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and...
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The Kaleid Team
Mar 29, 20235 min read
How To Do A Story Circle
Dear Kaleid Ladies, “Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to it telling me who I am” Our lives are layered...
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The Kaleid Team
Mar 22, 20234 min read
Looking at God, Looking at Us
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! As you know, we exploring Kaleid’s “See Yourself” lens this spring, stopping at important, God-given...
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The Kaleid Team
Mar 15, 20234 min read
Wounds as Conduits of Love
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! How’s your passion doing? Y’all. Really. I hope you smiled a bit when you read that question. Kaleid is...
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The Kaleid Team
Mar 8, 20234 min read
Welcoming Our Passion
Dear Kaleid Ladies, What does the word “passion” conjure up for you? Scenes of love or abundant personal expression? Perhaps fiery...
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The Kaleid Team
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Blessing The Unknown Parts of Your Purpose
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! Thanks for being women curious about your God-given purpose. We have enjoyed the last few weeks of...
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The Kaleid Team
Feb 22, 20234 min read
Just One Thing in Just One Place
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning, and blessings on your Ash Wednesday. Today we come simply, on this day in the church calendar that...
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The Kaleid Team
Feb 15, 20232 min read
See Yourself in God's Presence Today
Dear Friends, Hello! How are you today? Having the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day all in one week can lead to either euphoria or dismay,...
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The Kaleid Team
Feb 8, 20234 min read
Discern Your Purpose by Cultivating Awareness
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Welcome back! This spring, we are looking through our See Yourself lens, talking about how we live into our purpose,...
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The Kaleid Team
Jun 28, 20232 min read
The Restoration of Shalom
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! Today is our final email before we take a break in the month of July. Thanks for being a part of a...
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The Kaleid Team
Jun 21, 20233 min read
Shalom: The Forceful Goodness In-Between
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Hello! Happy Wednesday! For the next few weeks, we are sharing a few quotes from our summer book: The Very Good...
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The Kaleid Team
Jun 14, 20232 min read
The Gospels on "The Gospel"
Dear Kaleid Ladies, This month, we will be sharing a few quotes taken from our summer book circle book: Lisa Sharon Harper’s The Very...
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The Kaleid Team
Jun 7, 20232 min read
What Is "The Gospel"?
Hello Kaleid Ladies! Do you ever wonder about the depth and breadth of what we call “the Gospel” in our churches? How it actually is...
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The Kaleid Team
May 31, 20232 min read
A Quote, a Scripture, and a Blessing for Your Self
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! Today we conclude our walk through of Kaleid’s See Yourself lens. It’s been good to explore our...
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The Kaleid Team
May 24, 20233 min read
Calling on the Shy Side of Power
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning to you! Another school year is wrapping up, as is our walk through two Kaleid lenses this year: See the...
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The Kaleid Team
May 17, 20233 min read
Agency: the Power of Blessings and Boundaries
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Do you know any agents? Real estate agents? FBI agents? Gate agents? Agents represent. They hold the power of an...
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The Kaleid Team
May 10, 20235 min read
What Are Your Power Dynamics?
My life is not about me; it is about God, and God is about love. When we don’t know love, when we experience only the insecurity and...
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The Kaleid Team
May 3, 20234 min read
Power in Love or Power in Fear?
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! Blessings on your Wednesday! We had a wonderful time at our Silent Retreat at the Ignatius House on...
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The Kaleid Team
Apr 26, 20233 min read
Imaging God and Owning Your Power
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! What a sweet spring we have had as we’ve gone deep into Kaleid’s See Yourself lens, growing in our...
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The Kaleid Team
Apr 19, 20231 min read
A Blessing For Your Passion
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! Thank you for walking with us over the last several weeks as we have explored what it means to be women...
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The Kaleid Team
Apr 12, 20233 min read
Search Me, O God
Dear Friends, Psalm 139:1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me. Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and...
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The Kaleid Team
Mar 29, 20235 min read
How To Do A Story Circle
Dear Kaleid Ladies, “Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to it telling me who I am” Our lives are layered...
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The Kaleid Team
Mar 22, 20234 min read
Looking at God, Looking at Us
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! As you know, we exploring Kaleid’s “See Yourself” lens this spring, stopping at important, God-given...
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The Kaleid Team
Mar 15, 20234 min read
Wounds as Conduits of Love
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! How’s your passion doing? Y’all. Really. I hope you smiled a bit when you read that question. Kaleid is...
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The Kaleid Team
Mar 8, 20234 min read
Welcoming Our Passion
Dear Kaleid Ladies, What does the word “passion” conjure up for you? Scenes of love or abundant personal expression? Perhaps fiery...
12 views0 comments
The Kaleid Team
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Blessing The Unknown Parts of Your Purpose
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! Thanks for being women curious about your God-given purpose. We have enjoyed the last few weeks of...
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The Kaleid Team
Feb 22, 20234 min read
Just One Thing in Just One Place
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning, and blessings on your Ash Wednesday. Today we come simply, on this day in the church calendar that...
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The Kaleid Team
Feb 15, 20232 min read
See Yourself in God's Presence Today
Dear Friends, Hello! How are you today? Having the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day all in one week can lead to either euphoria or dismay,...
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The Kaleid Team
Feb 8, 20234 min read
Discern Your Purpose by Cultivating Awareness
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Welcome back! This spring, we are looking through our See Yourself lens, talking about how we live into our purpose,...
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The Kaleid Team
Feb 1, 20233 min read
Knowing Our Purpose Helps Us Risk Love
Dear Kaleid Ladies, You were made in love. Because God is Trinity, to be made in God’s image is to be made for relationship. Because God...
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The Kaleid Team
Jan 25, 20233 min read
You Were Made in Love for a Purpose
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! When was the last time you noticed that you were the right woman showing up at the right time for the...
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The Kaleid Team
Jan 19, 20233 min read
What's The Point of Looking in the Mirror?
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Information overload can make us sick on excess. Too much news. Too much nutrition expertise. Too much commentary....
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The Kaleid Team
Dec 21, 20223 min read
Advent and the Particularity of Love
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! And Merry (almost) Christmas to you! We are so grateful to be in community with those of you we know...
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The Kaleid Team
Dec 14, 20222 min read
The Longing Joy of Advent
Dear Kaleid Ladies, The beautiful words of “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” by Charles Wesley speak of the already-and-not-yet conundrum...
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The Kaleid Team
Dec 7, 20222 min read
The Surrendered Peace of Advent
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Part of the beauty of Advent for women is getting to spend extended time with Mary and Elizabeth…observing their...
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The Kaleid Team
Nov 30, 20222 min read
The Meaning Making Hope of Advent
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning to you! And welcome to Advent…the beginning of the Church calendar and a sacred season of deep waiting,...
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The Kaleid Team
Nov 16, 20224 min read
Systems: A Salvation That Rescues
Dear Kaleid Ladies, It is almost time for us to sink back into the waiting time…to join Mary and Elizabeth and Zechariah in the dark...
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The Kaleid Team
Nov 9, 20224 min read
Systems: You Care Because It Matters
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Yesterday was election day. We write this email before decisions are known, but no doubt some of us woke grateful;...
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The Kaleid Team
Nov 2, 20223 min read
The Beautiful Stories of Ordinary Souls
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Welcome to November! Today is All Souls Day. It’s not a holy day that we often tune into, but we think that this day...
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The Kaleid Team
Oct 26, 20223 min read
Stories: We Know Ourselves by Knowing Our Place
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! We hope you are well today! This fall, we are Seeing Our City at Kaleid, as we lean into three words to...
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The Kaleid Team
Oct 19, 20223 min read
The Earth As God's Temple
Dear Kaleid Ladies, I’m sure now I’ll see God’s goodness in the exuberant earth. Stay with God! Take heart. Don’t quit. I’ll say it...
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The Kaleid Team
Oct 12, 20224 min read
Listen to Love
Dear Kaleid Ladies, We have talked before about the Shema, the God’s words to Israel in Deuteronomy 6, echoed in Jesus’ summation of the...
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The Kaleid Team
Sep 28, 20222 min read
Earth is Crammed with Heaven
Dear Kaleid Ladies, It’s fall, y’all! (Sorry – that’s too easy.) Changing seasons get us excited here at Kaleid, because Kaleid is all...
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The Kaleid Team
Sep 21, 20223 min read
Learning to Blot: The Preciousness of Place
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! Our team has been thinking a lot this fall about Seeing the City and about what it looks like to be...
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The Kaleid Team
Sep 14, 20223 min read
Soil, Story, and System
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Good morning! Do you ever wonder why it is so hard to connect our faith with “big hairy issues” like creation care...
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The Kaleid Team
Sep 7, 20222 min read
We Meet God in Our Places
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Where do you live? Do you live in your head…in your imagination or your to do list or your mental figuring? Do you...
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The Kaleid Team
Aug 31, 20223 min read
A Daughter, A Peacemaker
Dear Kaleid Ladies, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” Matthew 5:9 This fall at Kaleid we are...
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The Kaleid Team
Aug 24, 20222 min read
Why Sitting Up Straight Matters
Dear Kaleid Ladies, How is your posture today? Lift up your eyes. Hold your head high. Open your hands. Relax your shoulders. Sit up...
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The Kaleid Team
Aug 17, 20224 min read
The Ironic Space of Silence
Dear Kaleid Ladies, Do you remember the last car trip you took with family or friends? Do you recall the scurry of packing and the lists...