Middle-Pause Pump-Priming Prompt

A Breathlessly Beautiful Place for the Singing of Angels

Glowing in the bright white light of beauty and meaning

Marilyn Flower
Middle-Pause
Published in
5 min readJan 1, 2024

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“There must be always remaining in everyone’s life some place for the singing of angels.” ~ Howard Thurman

A place for the singing of angels? Really?

Yes, your life, and yes, really. We’re serious. And whatever blessings that phrase evokes in you, we believe you deserve. And furthermore, we ask:

Are you ready for something extraordinary?

No matter our personal beliefs and traditions, the holidays are a time set apart from the ordinary to make room for something extraordinary.

That something extraordinary could be Mary squatting in dirty, smelly straw and rising again with the Son of God in her arms.

That something extraordinary could be an act of grace in our lives — the blessing unearned and undeserved, but yet it comes and blesses us with health, harmony, or healing anyway.

That something extraordinary could be an act of grace in the world. A break in the fighting long enough for warring factions to ask themselves why are we fighting, anyway? Is killing innocent children really the best way to settle…

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Marilyn Flower
Middle-Pause

Writer, sacred fool, improviser, avid reader, novel forthcoming, soul collage facilitator, prayer warrior and did I say writer? https://linktr.ee/marilynflower