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Janell Downing

Janell Downing

Author, Portland, Oregon

Janell Downing lives in Portland, OR with her husband and two sons. She holds a BS in Theology & Music from Multnomah University and is a certified Ignatian Spiritual Director. She enjoys living a life of hospitality for weary travelers of the faith with books, movies, coffee, and music always close by. You can find more of her writing on Substack at To Care and Not to Care and Mockingbird.

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photo of green trees behind a running river

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Clearings and Crossings

Hearing God within the gaps

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Kneading Dough and Hearing Hearts

When sacred timing reveals God's presence

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Cheerfully Refusing in a Desolate Land

Learning to live into (and out of) consolation

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Prayer Types for Personality Types

Walking with saints in the shadowlands

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Automat (1927), Edward Hopper

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Annunciations and Resolutions

Opening to God in the New Year

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The Wisdom in Being a Nobody

Among the wreckage of our bruised and battered egos is a haze of grace

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