How I Became a Tree Hugger
Tim Moon takes a loving look at the life of trees, their spiritual significance, and how he became a tree hugger.
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Considering Transformation and What God Had to Say About It All
Kimberly Holman describes her personal struggles around the idea of transformation and how these are resolved with reply from God.
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Tuesday Tip with Rich: A Great Teacher
In this week’s tip, Rich talks about how Centering Prayer is a great teacher and what it teaches us about emotion.
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Keith Kristich on Contemplative Prayer
Enjoy a new podcast episode. Clint Sabom and Keith Kristich discuss contemplative prayer.
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How to Create a New You
Why do most resolutions fail right away? What is the simple secret to making positive changes? Guy Finley shares an article for the new year and a new you.
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Into The Arms of the Prodigal
In a short reflection, Kimberly Holman considers the broad meaning of the word prodigal, the lavishness of God and her own yearning for the Divine embrace.
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Tuesday Tip with Rich: We Sit
Today, in his Centering Prayer tip, Rich talks about how no matter what’s coming up in the moment, we sit.
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Christmas 2020
We are pleased to share a guest poem from Joan Englander. Joan is founder of Healing Companions® services, a holistic pioneering vision for eldercare. She has worked with people in transition, crisis, and end-of-life issues.
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Expressing Our Gratitude
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Circumventing Ego’s Control in Christian Spiritual Life
In a longer teaching article, Kimberly Holman talks about ego, what it is, how it functions, and how to circumvent its control in both practice and everyday life.
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Tuesday Tip with Rich: God’s Living Room
In this week’s tip on Centering Prayer, Rich explains that when we center it’s like being invited into God’s living room.
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A Never-Ending Story
Terri Knuth writes about a Divine “seed possibility” within us, our unconscious resistance to allowing it to blossom, and the continual birth and rebirth of our Christ nature.
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From Birth to Resurrection: A Story of Non-Dual Consciousness
Over the last couple of weeks, our writers shared many reflections on the Christmas story and the birth of Jesus. Today, we take a look at what came next. Thank you, David Youngren, for sharing this excerpt from your book with us.
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Why Kindness Is Never Wasted
Our holiday series ends with a wonderful reminder from David Youngren that kindness is love made visible. This is the essence of the season. Be well. Take good care. And may your holidays be filled with kindness.
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Embracing our Mangers
As our holiday series continues, Tim Moon talks about the humble mangers in life. Just maybe embracing them is how we grow.
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Birth Through the Virgin and Child
Continuing our holiday series, Arthur Aghajanian considers how most people see Christmas as the celebration of an individual birth at a certain moment in history, accompanied by portrayals of the Holy Child in churches and on Christmas cards. These images have their place in the religious education of children, he writes. Yet for adults, visualizing the meaning of Christmas in this way often only helps reinforce a limited understanding of what the occasion can mean for us. How does mature Christianity recognize Jesus’s birth?
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Tuesday Tip with Rich: Mindful Silence
In today’s tip, Rich talks about how to, as Phileena Heuertz puts it, boldly and humbly live this one wild and precious life.
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