Category: nature
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The way of James
The other day, I arose early and decided to spend some time with my Bible. After watching a documentary about the Cameo de Santiago or the Way of St. James, which is the way that the Apostle James traveled to Spain. from Jerusalem. It was here that he was sent to spread the word of…
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Beginner’s mind
The other day, I was on a short walk as I wrestled with a few things in my mind tinted with emotions of sadness and disappointment. So, I allowed this. Once I made some space for all my thoughts and emotions, I felt the spaciousness of nature and a loving God waif into my awareness. …
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Walking in faith, our own personal pilgrimage
This week in his daily meditations series Fr. Richard Rohr has been discussing pilgrimages. This caught my attention because something on my short bucket list is to walk the Camino de Santiago, the sacred pilgrimage in Spain. This route is also called the Way of St. James and is a large network of ancient pilgrim…
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Compassion in action
Lately I have been reflecting on the word compassion. It seems to be a popular word of late but what does it truly mean and more importantly what does it look like when it is a guiding force in our lives? A quick search finds Wikipedia defining compassion like this; Compassion motivates people to go…
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The light within
What type of practices do you have to help you remember your goodness, the story that was written on your heart by God and not by humanity? Let’s face it life can be challenging when we do not purposely and frequently put on our own ‘life jacket’ or remember the practices that move us to…
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Pathways to Faith: The 5 Branches of Yoga
The branches of Yoga are akin to different learning styles that aid us on our walk with faith and with Jesus on and off our yoga mats perhaps a bit like the gifts of the spirit that we discussed last week. Most likely we will find ourselves walking down all these paths on our yoga…
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The Gifts of the Spirit
Being completely transparent here, I admit that I am a Jesus loving Christian but I do not routinely go to church. One weird perk that came out of covid was the creation of livestreams and media archives of church services. Now, this is right up my alley listening to the service in the comfort of…
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Our Daily Bread
Have you every noticed when someone is going through a hard time, even you perhaps, the common saying is “I can’t wait to get my life back”. Other times people tend to want to get their life back is when they have children… “I can’t wait to get my body back after the pregnancy”, I…
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Choosing Harmony through Movement
When considering finding harmony through movement one might think of the frenetic movement of a raging river after a storm or the business of a colony of bees getting the job done. While there is certainly beauty and harmony in both of these examples, I was thinking more of a slow meandering river flowing with…
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Choosing Harmony in the Darkness
I haven’t blogged in a week or two because a lot of my energy was diverted to assist with a sudden family illness. Please note that I said a lot of my energy and not all of it! I think when times get really tough, we tend to throw in the self-care towel feeling that…
Therapeutic Temple Musings 