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on dreams and memories

on dreams and memories

The oddest thing happened a few weeks ago: my church fell down. A security camera on a nearby building caught the collapse, and I watched it over and over again – the steeple just… falling. (You can see that clip in the video above.) It was so surreal. It was also a bit of a…

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By Happy, February 11, 2024
How Social Distance Is Reshaping the North American Church

How Social Distance Is Reshaping the North American Church

Hi, friends! The following is a guest post in a series I kicked off a few weeks ago about what it means to be the church. Please welcome Julia Robertson to Simple Felicity! Grace and peace,Happy In response to COVID-19, my church in rural Pennsylvania forged ahead into the virtual world. We live-stream a Sunday…

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By Happy, April 23, 2020
Censorship, Courage, and Being the Church

Censorship, Courage, and Being the Church

Naively, I once wrote an article exploring what it means to “be the church.” A friend shared the link. Someone made derogatory comments. Other friends leapt to my defense.  And suddenly there I was, in the middle of a good new-fashioned social media brawl, wondering what in the world had just happened. I’d cited some…

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By Happy, March 18, 2020
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grace and peace

grace and peace

There is a moment in the services of liturgical churches that is sometimes called “passing the peace.”  Introverts the world over often dread this moment (particularly when it derails into fifteen very long minutes of idle chit-chat) – but done right, this moment can actually have a profound impact. Every Sunday when this moment arrives,…

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By Happy, June 9, 2019
reframing Lent

reframing Lent

I thought about giving something up for Lent this year, but I found I couldn’t do it. Putting my Christmas tree away was difficult enough. Lent got here before I’d gotten used to the darkness again, and I just wasn’t ready to embrace the season in the same ways I have in the past. I’m…

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By Happy, April 10, 2019
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Meet Happy
Simple Felicity is, at its heart, a blog based on the unshakeable belief that happiness really isn't all that complicated. It's often found in the simplest of things: good food, good books, and good company. So those are the things I write about, along with a few other things that really matter to me, including faith and feminism. A bit about me: My name is Happy. I have an amazing talent for misplacing my keys, a deep appreciation for whomever looked at the coffee bean and thought, "Hey, I wonder what would happen if I roasted this?", and road trips to Michigan are pretty much my favorite.
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