Writing Archives - https://rachmcmahon.com/category/writing/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:41:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/rachmcmahon.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MG_8149b-scaled.jpg?fit=32%2C21&ssl=1 Writing Archives - https://rachmcmahon.com/category/writing/ 32 32 209521612 How to destroy gluttony … along with yourself. https://rachmcmahon.com/quenching-how-to-destroy-gluttony-along-with-yourself/ https://rachmcmahon.com/quenching-how-to-destroy-gluttony-along-with-yourself/#comments Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:28:07 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=8717 Last night I experienced something amazing. Something worth sharing with the 95 people sitting there ready to listen to me. And then I picked up a microphone and killed it. But not in a mic drop way. In a mic wasting way. Who Am I? I posted several months ago about learning that I’d beenContinue reading "How to destroy gluttony … along with yourself."

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/quenching-how-to-destroy-gluttony-along-with-yourself/feed/ 6 8717 K bye, Vella https://rachmcmahon.com/k-bye-vella/ https://rachmcmahon.com/k-bye-vella/#comments Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:15:18 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=8645 I’ve known of Vella’s impending doom (officially closing in February) for a few months, but I held off on announcing it because it didn’t seem worth mentioning. Losses come in clumps for me. In 2020, I lost my foster daughter and my ministry within two months of each other. While most of my wailing duringContinue reading "K bye, Vella"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/k-bye-vella/feed/ 2 8645 Sabbatical https://rachmcmahon.com/sabbatical/ https://rachmcmahon.com/sabbatical/#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:56:03 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=8258 Day One I’ve never taken a trip by myself before. While I was in re:generation, I stayed one night in a hotel to do my inventory. I made the mistake of booking close to home, and as soon as I was finished with my work, I went straight there. This time I found a cabinContinue reading "Sabbatical"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/sabbatical/feed/ 3 8258 Radical Rest https://rachmcmahon.com/radical-rest/ https://rachmcmahon.com/radical-rest/#comments Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:41:58 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=8197 Not a Napper Someone commented to me several weeks ago that they’d never seen me do anything halfway. I assured them there were things, and when they asked for an example, one word came out. “Rest.” I do that halfway, if at all. I’ve been working on myself, following themes that I believe come fromContinue reading "Radical Rest"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/radical-rest/feed/ 1 8197 Chaos https://rachmcmahon.com/chaos/ https://rachmcmahon.com/chaos/#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2024 16:26:55 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=7860 I happened upon a little boy, sitting on the ground beside a hole filled with baby snakes. He was stirring it with a stick, watching them writhe. When he noticed me, he accidentally flicked the stick. Out popped one baby snake, which slithered away. Dozens remained inside, but his eyes followed the escaped one, andContinue reading "Chaos"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/chaos/feed/ 2 7860 A Time for Everything https://rachmcmahon.com/a-time-for-everything/ https://rachmcmahon.com/a-time-for-everything/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:11:15 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=7724 No Time Like the Present? Or no time BUT the present? I live in a constant state of frantic hurry, chasing moving targets, burning myself out. I take pictures so I can look back, forgetting to look around in the moment. I nearly did that today, even after my son counseled me last night toContinue reading "A Time for Everything"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/a-time-for-everything/feed/ 2 7724 A Boy and His Elephants https://rachmcmahon.com/a-boy-and-his-elephants/ https://rachmcmahon.com/a-boy-and-his-elephants/#comments Sat, 04 Nov 2023 21:27:41 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=7651 Yep, another post about Sam. Or more appropriately, about the inspiration for him. Summer, According to Sam is almost complete on Vella, and in celebration of publishing episode 43, I promised some pictures that inspired one of the scenes. First, I have to share this post from my old blog, showing a book Gabe andContinue reading "A Boy and His Elephants"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/a-boy-and-his-elephants/feed/ 2 7651 It’s Nice to Meet Me https://rachmcmahon.com/its-nice-to-meet-me/ https://rachmcmahon.com/its-nice-to-meet-me/#comments Mon, 19 Jun 2023 18:28:40 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=7177 Remember when I said I was an enneagram 1? You probably don’t, so here it is. If you don’t want to look back at it, I’ll sum it up by telling you that I was frustrated by a situation at re:generation, and I was convinced that my “oneness” made it a particularly cruel hurdle. WellContinue reading "It’s Nice to Meet Me"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/its-nice-to-meet-me/feed/ 3 7177 Flat on My Back https://rachmcmahon.com/flat-on-my-back/ https://rachmcmahon.com/flat-on-my-back/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2023 18:22:11 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=7049 Last week was rough. I feel less like I’m on a roller coaster now and more like I’m on a seesaw. Still up and down, but not nearly as exciting. Re:generation is hard. Inventory is hard. I thought I had knocked it out. On the first week of inventory, I got a hotel room andContinue reading "Flat on My Back"

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]]> https://rachmcmahon.com/flat-on-my-back/feed/ 4 7049 Glitter Pen Girl https://rachmcmahon.com/glitter-pen-girl/ https://rachmcmahon.com/glitter-pen-girl/#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:25:37 +0000 https://rachmcmahon.com/?p=7030 I’ve always been a pencil person. I have a power sharpener by my desk, and I zip a pencil in it every time I so much as jot down an item on my grocery list. Then back into the pencil cup it goes, tip upward, one yellow beast in a bouquet of wrist stabbers. TheContinue reading "Glitter Pen Girl"

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