Category: Spiritual Direction/Religion
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Create a Yearly Reading Plan
âBooks are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.â Charles W. Eliot There is a myriad of reading challenges out there. As I have previously mentioned, my favorite is the Goodreads challenge which allows me to pick the number of…
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The Fruit of Spirit Within Us
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23, NIV We had a tiny strip of a vineyard on the farm where I grew up. My dad and I were much better at farming vegetables than tending a vineyard. The birds or other…
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From Darkness to the Dawn
âHope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come.â Anne Lamott, Bird By Bird. This story was so personal to me, I was afraid to share it, but felt the call to do so. Years ago, I felt as…
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
A devotional poem for Christmas. âA Hymn on the Nativity of My Saviourâ by Ben Jonson I sing the birth was born tonight,The Author both of life and light; The angels so did sound it,And like the ravished shepherds said,Who saw the light, and were afraid, Yet searched, and true they found it. The Son of God,…
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Imitating Mary
Scripture readings: The Angel Gabriel Appears to Zechariah, Luke 1:5-2:20 The Angel Gabriel Comes to Mary, Luke 1:26-38 In my writing group, I was introduced to vocabulary flash cards which made the word nerd heart of mine shout with glee. Words such as âdiscombobulateâ (confused), âflummoxâ (to confuse) or âsalubriousâ (healthful) made the writer in…
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God Knows Our Stories
âYour word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.â Psalm 119:105 I donât often reread books as there are so many that I desire to read. I know I wonât have time to read all the books I want to in my one lifetime, but I will occasionally reread a…
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Walking Through Fear to Joy
I Worried I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the riversflow in the right direction, will the earth turnas it was taught, and if not how shallI correct it?Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,can I do better?Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrowscan do it and…
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Befriending Silence
“Speech is silver, silence is golden.” Proverb “What on earth are you searching for?” A close family member asked this question of me and, I have to admit, the question took me by surprise. I didn’t realize I was searching for something. I guess it’s a personality trait. The Enneagram test shows me as a…
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âThe Jesus who doesnât let us restâ
âThe more I reflect on Jesus, the more I meditate on him, the more images occur to me. I never get to the end of things with Jesus. Itâs important for me to set Jesus alongside all my experiences, all that I read, see, get to know.â Anselm Grun I was reflecting on one…
