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No Saint Jennifer

Be Like the Tree

Rooted firmly. Not trying to be all things to all people, but in being itself, providing shelter, food, and shade.

4 min readDec 10, 2022

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Be Like the Tree

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No Saint Jennifer

Comforting Visions

Images seen in my prayers bring me comfort, but I do not consider myself a mystic. I share and lay myself bare anyway. Where might it lead?

4 min readDec 3, 2022

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Comforting Visions

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No Saint Jennifer

Seeking and Finding Freedom

This is what I mean when I say I want to be a saint. Freedom to fully live into who I was Created to be without fear. Prayer is key.

5 min readNov 25, 2022

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Seeking and Finding Freedom

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No Saint Jennifer

Keep Praying

It’s the only thing that can help now.

4 min readNov 2, 2022

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Keep Praying

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No Saint Jennifer

Being Mary: Taking Time to Listen

This past week I fell down the comparison hole. Then Spirit reminded me that I need to be Mary and listen before I can be Martha.

4 min readOct 24, 2022

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Being Mary: Taking Time to Listen

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No Saint Jennifer

God’s Spirit Dwells in You

Do you not know that you are God’s temple?

4 min readOct 10, 2022

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God’s Spirit Dwells in You

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No Saint Jennifer

What it Takes to Become a Saint

The night before I started this second week focused on prayer, I awoke at 3 am with the zoo of thoughts in my head with which I am well…

4 min readOct 3, 2022

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What it Takes to Become a Saint

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No Saint Jennifer

Praying in the Trauma Bay

I’ve prayed all my life and still find myself with uncertainty. As a chaplain, nowhere is this more pronounced than in the Trauma Bay.

6 min readSep 24, 2022

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Praying in the Trauma Bay

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Searching for the Sunrise in the Sahara on New Year’s Day

How the pressure to have a perfect New Year’s day helped me identify that my sense of isolation is of my own making.

13 min readJan 20, 2020

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Searching for the Sunrise in the Sahara on New Year’s Day

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No Saint Jennifer

Hope and Grace: Celebrating the Winter Solstice and the Birth of Jesus

Celebrating Jesus’ birth just as the light starts getting a little longer each day seems like grace: a double reminder that hopeful change…

3 min readDec 23, 2019

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Hope and Grace: Celebrating the Winter Solstice and the Birth of Jesus

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No Saint Jennifer

No Saint Jennifer

Chronicling her journey to loving herself in day-to-day life. Follow her on nosaintjennifer.com, and as @nosaintjennifer on facebook, instagram, and twitter.

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