Jen Manglos

Author: Jen Manglos

  • Moonlight and Loneliness

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    Seeing a movie thematically focused on loneliness is not a great choice when you’re feeling lonely. In my defense, I was trying to make the most of my Christmas break by seeing as many award season films as I could, and “Moonlight” was supposed to be this gorgeous film. Still. I emerged feeling trapped in…

  • To the Women 

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    On Sunday I celebrated Galentine’s (a day early). I invited some friends over for appetizers, drinks, and conversation. But more than some blood orange flavored drinks (they were so good), I wanted to acknowledge and recognize how amazing each woman was (and trust me, they really are amazing). Growing up, I have been pushed out…

  • Manchester by the Sea and Sticky Grief

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    Recently I have been thinking about my Aunt Linda. When I was little, she would take me out for my birthday – it was always such a special day. We would start at McDonald’s, make our way to the movies for the latest Disney film, and then make a final stop at a toy store,…

  • Hidden Figures and Sins of Omission

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    One day I was talking to some friends (one male and one female) from work about my experience as a female in that particular work place. I expressed my frustrations about how it felt like I could never advance, even though I had more education and experience than my male counterparts. There was never a…

  • La La Land and the Discipline of Celebration

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    I feel guilty saying this – 2016 didn’t suck for me. It was hard in a communal sense and I sat in the tension of tragedy after tragedy and wept. But it also was an incredibly redemptive year personally. Starting in 2014, I moved back in with my parents. I had a cancer scare. I…

  • Arrival and the Prophetic Call to Listen

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    I grew up in household that went to the movies. The Oscars were our Super Bowl and to this day, I get giddy at this time of year – awards season. Christmas breaks are often spent catching up on all of these films and internally I am ranking and rating them. One of the films…

  • Listening Together

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    Last Friday evening I met with my church small group, as we do most Fridays. I felt a heaviness following the election and wondered what it might look like to create space for us to listen to each other in group. As a spiritual director, a major component of my training was learning how to…

  • What Formed You – 9/11

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    I still remember my dad knocking on my bedroom door that morning. I mumbled back that I was sleeping in – not running late. But he persisted in knocking and I heard the words “planes” and “Twin Towers”.  In my sleepiness, I wondered how two planes could fly into these buildings, when it dawned on…

  • Fall Retreats

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    Sometimes life is so busy. Sometimes the realities of life weigh heavily on our hearts. Sometimes we just need to pause and re-set with Christ. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! -Psalm 34:8, ESV Join me for a day of retreat, where we will…

  • Sustaining versus Regenerating

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    Sustaining is a word that I have used a lot as a spiritual director and minister in the church. How do we remain sustainable in Christ? As a person who burned out from ministry in her mid-twenties (I was on the fast track), I had to shift in how I operated. Burn out was a…