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Monthly Archives: February 2021
Training for Gratitude – Part 2
My favorite spiritual discipline is gratitude. I recently searched my blog and found nine posts on gratitude! I decided that one or two more wouldn’t hurt. If invoked consistently, gratitude cancels out some of the ugliest non-loving behaviors I routinely … Continue reading
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Tagged Finding Quiet: My Story of Overcoming Anxiety and the Practices that Brought Peace, gratitude, J.P. Moreland
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Training for Gratitude – Part 1
My favorite spiritual discipline is gratitude. I recently searched my blog and found nine posts on gratitude! I decided that one or two more wouldn’t hurt. If invoked consistently, gratitude cancels out some of the ugliest non-loving behaviors I routinely … Continue reading
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Tagged Finding Quiet, Finding Quiet: My Story of Overcoming Anxiety and the Practices that Brought Peace, gratitude, J.P. Moreland, Robert Emmons
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From My Reading – February
“A disciple is a person who reads the words of Scripture prayerfully, entering the stories, listening for God’s personal word. A disciple is a person who speaks often with God in prayer. A disciple is a person who watches what … Continue reading
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Tagged " Jon Meacham, Frederick Buechner, Henri Nouwen, Miriam Dixon, Richard Rohr, William James
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