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Donna Schaper

Ten points from Calamity Jane, 21st Century version

Catastrophists of the world, unite, around optimism! That is a headline, you will never read. Instead, you will become one of those people…

Jun 17, 2023

Ten points from Calamity Jane, 21st Century version

Jun 17, 2023

Water Habits

I like to shower daily. My friend, Surdna, in the North of India, has a daily relationship with water too. She walks ten miles each…

Jun 17, 2022

Jun 17, 2022

How is a public ritual a clearing?

“The Clearing” by Martha Postlethwaite.

Jun 10, 2022

Jun 10, 2022

Very much appreciate this article. Wise, honest, serious, helpful.

Jun 10, 2022

Jun 10, 2022

Departure, Return

I wanted to buy my husband a Mezuzah for our fortieth wedding anniversary. We had left more under used Mezuzahs on more houses and…

Jun 7, 2022

Departure, Return

Jun 7, 2022

Introducing the Dolly Mama:

She is an irregular Baptist and United Church of Christ preacher, ordained 49 years, becoming more irreverent as the years become decades…

Apr 19, 2022

Introducing the Dolly Mama:

Apr 19, 2022

Beyond Blame: An Essay/Prayer for Alec Baldwin

On August 8, 2021, Actor Alec Baldwin came to the lawn of our church in Orient, New York. He held an inaugural conversation in our series…

Jan 9, 2022

Jan 9, 2022

How I changed my Walking Habit

I took one sabbatical and walked parts of the Appalachian trail, another shorter one on the Via de Santiago de Compostela. I had a habit as…

Aug 24, 2021

How I changed my Walking Habit

Aug 24, 2021

What makes a good funeral and How to Write a Eulogy

A good funeral balances grief and gladness. We have grief, that the person is gone and gladness that the person was here. Half of the…

Jul 14, 2021

Jul 14, 2021

THE EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITIES IN RELIGIOUS REAL ESTATE

BRICKS AND MORTALS: REMOVETHEPEWS.COM

Apr 21, 2021

THE EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITIES IN RELIGIOUS REAL ESTATE

Apr 21, 2021

Donna Schaper

Donna Schaper

Donna Schaper writes avocationally as the Dolly Mama. She is an irregular Baptist and UCC Clergy person and teaches at the Hartford Seminary. @Bricks/Mortals

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