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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…

5 min readJun 17, 2023

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Ten points from Calamity Jane, 21st Century version

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Donna Schaper

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…

5 min readJun 17, 2022

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Donna Schaper

How is a public ritual a clearing?

“The Clearing” by Martha Postlethwaite.

1 min readJun 10, 2022

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Donna Schaper

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

1 min readJun 10, 2022

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Donna Schaper

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…

5 min readJun 7, 2022

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Departure, Return

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Donna Schaper

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…

4 min readApr 19, 2022

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Introducing the Dolly Mama:

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Donna Schaper

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…

4 min readJan 9, 2022

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Donna Schaper

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…

6 min readAug 24, 2021

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How I changed my Walking Habit

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Donna Schaper

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…

4 min readJul 14, 2021

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Donna Schaper

THE EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITIES IN RELIGIOUS REAL ESTATE

BRICKS AND MORTALS: REMOVETHEPEWS.COM

4 min readApr 21, 2021

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THE EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITIES IN RELIGIOUS REAL ESTATE

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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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