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Miracle in a thrift shop
The writing “Miracle in a thrift shop” is about a wonderful Iowa City thrift shop that is “one of more than 85 Mennonite Central Committee thrift stores in North America. The Crowded Closet has donated about $8.5 million to MCC since 1978” The story begins: “On the eighth day, God created a thrift shop. God…
Unfinished
Summary The video below is from the University of Iowa Department of Dance featuring the choreography of Eloy Barragán who worked with the team of people listed in the credits. Margalea Warner is listed as a source of inspiration. Video Description from YouTube [Written by Eloy Barragán. Posted to YouTube on 14 Nov 2022. Credits…
27 Keys Article Featured by Pete Earley
I was grateful to be contacted by Pete Earley who wanted to feature my key things writing on his blog today. [View Post] For those who don’t know Pete, here is an excerpt from his about page: After a 14-year career in journalism, including six years at The Washington Post, Pete became a full-time author…
I found 27 keys to better mental health — You can find yours.
NOTE: This article was published by the Dallas Morning News on 11 Sep 2022 [VIEW] By Margalea Warner1:45 PM on Sep 9, 2022 The heaviness of my sigh matched the weight of the steel door that locked behind me with a loud clunk. I hadn’t committed a crime and I wasn’t in jail. I was…
Rejoice! Devotional Sep-Nov 2022
I’m grateful to have had some of my writings included in the Fall 2022 Rejoice! Devotional. An excerpt from one of the writings is below. The full collection of writings, along with others are available for purchase from the MennoMedia website. [Visit Page]
NAMI Walk 2022
Dear Friends who I know “get it,” I am writing you because I know, or at least hopefully guess, that you get it that mental illness is suffering that arises in the brain due to no fault of the one who suffers from it, or of their families. And also, if you don’t already know…
“The Woman at the Well”
Here is a video of a Bible lesson about “The Woman at the Well” from the First Mennonite Church in Iowa City on 30 Jan 2022.
In the Homestretch of Retirement
A snapshot I took of my cat stretched out across my appointment calendar captured what I thought retired life might be like: disregard my agenda and curl up in the rocking chair with my cat in my lap, reading novels and nodding off. I quickly learned that meaningful retirement isn’t like that! It must include…
Comfort in a Storm — My friend, the honey locust tree, saved my life
This is an essay I wrote that was published by Angels on Earth for their Sep/Oct 2021 Magazine. I’ve included the issue cover and article artwork as well. Please scroll down to read the essay. How many times had I stood in just this spot, waiting for the bus? And yet in all that time…
And Again I Say… (a re-poem)
The poem below, by Margalea Warner, appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of Rejoice!, a Mennonite publication. God the re-Maker said:I re-cycled youfrom dust to life and breath!You must re-vise your life!Re-linquish all that is not re-vitalizing.Don’t re-accumulate stuffRe-new your energy, re-fresh your spiritRe-pair what is brokenRe-store what has grown dullRe-unite with Me.Re-ceive my loveRe-joice and…
The Joy of Gratitude
It seems as if we’ve been in Advent waiting all this long, dark year. Isn’t the best time to light a candle when the darkness is deep? When I made a New Year’s resolution to keep a gratitude journal, I didn’t know I was strengthening myself to sing “Joy to the World” in a time…
This is My Brave — Presentation
Margalea Warner shares her piece “On Becoming the Helen Keller of Schizophrenia” at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City. (Video by This is My Brave, Inc. posted to YouTube 31 Oct 2018) [View on YouTube]
“She is Still Red”
My mom was red.She had pale skin, wore red lipstick.I have a snapshot of her wearing a red hooded coatIn the snow.She smoked Camel cigarettesLit them with a flash of red fire.I remember the red smellWhen she would smoke after supperand she would tell me storiesabout when she was littleand her aunts sent her to…
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