I’m so excited to be offering two new printables, one for family use, and one for personal use. The Faith Jar is easy to use… here are the instructions: Designed for Ages 5 + Materials: This printable, a glass jar & scissors Time Investment: Varies, but most of these practices can be done in 5-10 […]
One of the most helpful things anyone ever said to me about Sabbath keeping is that Sabbath keeping should be thought of in terms of smaller parts of a larger whole. Just as we strive to take a Sabbath day out of our week, perhaps we can take a Sabbath week out of our year.
Practicing Sabbath for One, Three or Five Minutes — 30 Ideas Read More »
Back for 2016, the wildly popular Lenten Practices Family Calendar! Families loved this calendar last year, and this year it’s available for $1.00 for personal use. See other listings for church use. The activities on the calendar are based around the “3 Pillars” of Lent. Prayer [P], Fasting [F] and Almsgiving/Service [S]. The pillars are
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Today’s Prompt: Write about a time when you failed to reach your destination. Solvitur ambulando is a Latin phrase that means it is solved by walking. For so many of the problems we face in life, be they physical, mental or spiritual: solvitur ambulando. I think this is one of the reasons I love walking the labyrinth
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Crying in the Toilet Paper Aisle Last year during advent I went to the grocery store to get toilet paper. Doesn’t seem like something I’d remember a year later, except for the fact that I know began to cry, right there in front of the toilet paper. I can’t remember what the underlying sadness was about,
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As my congregation surely knows, I believe, strongly in the benefits of gratitude and thankfulness. Research supports gratitude’s positive effects on the body, mind, and spirit, and gratitude is something that continues to be studied with lots of funding and fervor. I keep a gratitude journal, my husband and I list things we’re thankful for on
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Tomorrow is All Saint’s Day. Today is Halloween, or All Hallow’s Eve. There are so many cultural traditions around this time of year in the US… dressing up, carving pumpkins, trick-or-treating. The one tradition that I like to emphasize with families is the idea of remembering family members who have gone before us. On All
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Like so many people I struggle to find peace amid stress and anxiety. Anxiety and stress take so many different forms in our lives: headaches, panic attacks, muscle tension, and on and on. Negative effects of stress on our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being are well known and researched. What to do about it?
4 Spiritual Practices to Reduce Anxiety and Stress #spiritualpractice #anxiety #stress Read More »
I’m glued to my phone, just like so many people. Recently I’ve been thinking about a few ways to not be. I have a few ideas rolling around in my head about how to become unglued and I’ll write a post about those sometime soon. For now, though, here’s a way to use your phone as a
So… my iMovie skills are… Elementary. But I just love this practice. Unfortunately, the only way to see it right now is on Facebook! I’m a mess! I’ll work on getting this embedded in this post, but for now, enjoy. One of the things that brings tears to my eyes is the idea that I wrote Seamless
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