Tag: spirituality
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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…
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New Year’s Evolution
I have never been a fan of new year’s resolutions. To me it implies a lack of trust in ourselves to truly love, nurture and care for ourselves. In the end we should know in our bones that self-care is not optional and should come from a place of love and not arise from a…
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Choosing Love in the Advent Season
As we approach the last week of Advent, the first verse that comes to mind is John 3:16, perhaps the most popular verse from the New Testament. This is an example of great love that really wraps up the meaning of Jesus’s coming and perhaps the whole message of the New Testament in one sentence. …
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Choosing Joy in the Advent Season
As we enter the third week of advent, I was musing about what the word advent means. Ok, I know what it means from a Christian perspective but what are the roots of the word? A simple definition of advent is arrival as we can see when we trace the origin of the word from…
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Choosing Peace in the Advent Season
Most of us are familiar with the Christmas story and how Jesus entered the world. The Jews had been waiting for the Messiah for so long, some had begun to lose hope. The reading of his arrival into a cold manger in Bethlehem can be a tradition that helps us feel Jesus’s sweet presence. The…
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Choosing Hope in the Advent Season
As we move into the Advent season leading up to Christmas, I thought it would be poignant to muse over the preparatory attributes that mark each of the four weeks of Advent. The first attribute is hope. Just saying this word lightens my heart and speaks to me of the promise and healing associated with…
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Gratitude in loss
This past weekend we had to say goodbye to our beloved family dog, Jackie. I have been feeling quite vulnerable with my emotions a pretty even mix between sadness, loss and emptiness and bone deep gratitude that this precious soul was in our lives for fourteen plus years. I have been reflecting yet again about…
Therapeutic Temple Musings 