Category: Spiritual Direction/Religion
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The Gift of Slowing Down: Nurturing Your Soul in Advent
“Let’s approach Christmas with an expectant hush, rather than a last-minute rush.” Anonymous Today is the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day which officially marks the start of the Advent season for many Christians. This is the time of the year when we quiet our hearts and prepare for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. One of…
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Crafting Your Destiny: Embracing Your Sacred Journey
“This is what the Lord says: ‘Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths,ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.’” Jeremiah 6:16, NIV Armed with my Nikon camera and trekking pole, I begin my journey on the rocky dirt trail. Rocks jut the surface and roots of…
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Harnessing the Power of Nighttime Dreams for Healing, Personal Growth and Self-Discovery
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.” Carl Jung Dreaming is an important process for the body. According to a TED Talk by Matt Walker, there are benefits of dreaming while we sleep. First, it benefits our creativity and problem-solving ability. We may go to sleep with a…
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The Divine Love of Jesus: Emulating His Compassion for Humanity
“May we seek the deeper placeswhere our compassion, our joy reflectYou, the God who is Love.” Virgil Fry “When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.” Matthew 14:14, NIV Jesus had compassion. Those three words could sum up a great majority of Jesus’ ministry. He saw…
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Take Time to Trust in the Slow Work of God
“Above all trust in the slow work of God. Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming within you will be. Give our Lord the benefit of believing that His hand is leading you and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin This past weekend, I…
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Dreamwork as a Spiritual Practice: Nurturing Wellness and Strengthening Faith
Are there benefits to exploring our dreams? Our dreams hold a mysterious and captivating quality that sparks our imagination. Dreams have always fascinated and intrigued me. I’ve remembered long sequences or simple fragments of dreams since I was a child. As an adult I have written many of them down, but never really went any…
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Sacred Echoes: Unveiling the Mysteries of Divine Communication
And like an echo, God often uses the repetitive events and themes in daily life to get my attention and draw me closer to himself.” Margaret Feinberg, The Sacred Echo: Hearing God’s Voice in Every Area of Your Life Have you experienced a sacred echo? A moment where it seemed as if the universe was…
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Why Meditation Should be a Ritual for a Healthy Lifestyle (Part 2)
“For people looking to nurture a contemplative way of life, James Finley counsels ‘Find your contemplative practice and practice it.’” Richard Rohr What do we search for in life? What do we desire? Health? Wealth? Peace? So often, we reach out to all the external places and positions to make us happy. We seek wealth…
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Why Meditation Should be a Ritual for a Healthy Lifestyle (Part 1)
“You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.” -Eckhart Tolle Last week I mentioned several types of meditations. People reached out to me asking what some of these meditations were or how to do them. Meditation in its simplest form is simply a way of calming our…
