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Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Eight
Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Eight Nicole

#Live #BePresent #NoticeGodInEveryone Holy Trinity, center me now that I may notice Your creative intention, nest in the broad, safe space of Your presence, and intentionally nurture another with the same. What word or phrase do I notice on which I may center: Matt 6:19-21 The Lord God placed the first person in the Garden of Eden…

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Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Seven
Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Seven Nicole

#PreserveFriendship #community. Today, I #celebratehannah Holy Trinity, center me now that I may notice Your creative intention, nest in the broad, safe space of Your presence, and intentionally nurture another with the same. What word or phrase do I notice on which I may center: Matt 6:19-21 Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets…

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Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Six
Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Six Nicole

#BePresent to each other. #Forgive one another. #LoveMercy Holy Trinity, center me now that I may notice Your creative intention, nest in the broad, safe space of Your presence, and intentionally nurture another with the same. What word or phrase do I notice on which I may center: 2 Cor 5:20-6:2 We’re Christ’s representatives. God…

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Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Five
Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Five Nicole

Holy Trinity, center me now that I may notice Your creative intention, nest in the broad, safe space of Your presence, and intentionally nurture another with the same. What word or phrase do I notice on which I may center: Psalm 51:9-15 Don’t look too close for blemishes, give me a clean bill of health.…

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Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Three
Lenten Prayer Practice – Day Three Nicole

Holy Trinity, center me now that I may notice Your creative intention, nest in the broad, safe space of Your presence, and intentionally nurture another with the same. What word or phrase do I notice on which I may center: Isaiah 58:6-9a Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of…

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The Healing Dust of Ash Wednesday
The Healing Dust of Ash Wednesday 150 150 Nicole

. . . “then the Lord God formed hā ādām (the first person) from the dust of hā ādāmāh (the earth), into whom God breathed the breath of life; and hā ādām became a living being.” (Gen 2:7) Shaped from the same particles that make up the cosmos, the first person was fashioned—and will return. The first…

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Don’t give up for/on Lent
Don’t give up for/on Lent 150 150 Nicole

This year,  instead of giving something up, how about giving yourself to another in prayer as your daily Lenten spiritual practice? Will you join us and participate in what the poet, Marilyn Nelson, calls Communal Pondering? How beautiful to ponder, contemplate, participate in God’s presence as a community! Howie is doing so by asking the adults of…

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Lent: Communal Pondering
Lent: Communal Pondering 150 150 Nicole

The poet, Marilyn Nelson, employed a beautiful term to describe her work: Communal Pondering. The ancient faith tradition of observing the Lenten season is really meant to be just that: pondering, contemplating, participating in God’s presence as a community. As a more specific practice, Howie, as youth pastor is asking the adults of all ages to…

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Mindfulness and Parenting
Mindfulness and Parenting 150 150 Nicole

A recent study showed that adolescents are influenced by parents’ prejudices—toward immigrants, specifically, and concerning difference, in general. Behavioral research is famously unsuccessful in clearly demonstrating causality. Still, a strong correlation is valuable for insight and consideration. This research happened to be well constructed (consistent measures, valid data, accounting for confounding variables, etc.) Being intuitive that…

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Mindfulness and Power
Mindfulness and Power 150 150 Nicole

In an isolated system, according to the second law of thermodynamics, entropy always increases. That is, the energy contained in that system becomes increasingly less available to do useful work. When power is contained within a system, entropy always occurs, and usually to disastrous effect. For example, if a room is not tidied or cleaned,…

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