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Choices – The Hardest Choice I Ever Made, Guest Blog by Coral Swieringa
For the next few months, this blog will occasionally look at the concept of choice. It is true that “Life is a sum of all your choices.” But do we even realize that every response involves a choice, that we … Continue reading
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Tagged caring for aging parents, death with dignity, end of life choices
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Choices – “Lower Yourself”
For the next few months, this blog will occasionally look at the concept of choice. It is true that “Life is a sum of all your choices.” But do we even realize that every response involves a choice, that we … Continue reading
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Tagged disciples, Jesus, Kayla McClurg, Matthew 20
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Finding my Manna
Chemotherapy has made all my favorite foods tasteless! No matter how much sugar I pour on my Cheerios and banana in the morning, I can’t taste it. My favorite lunch of popcorn tastes like cardboard. And my usual casseroles just … Continue reading
Choices – The Weight of a Single Choice – Guest Blog
For the next few months, this blog will occasionally look at the concept of choice. It is true that “Life is a sum of all your choices.” But do we even realize that every response involves a choice, that we … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, Hungarian Reformed Church, shooting in San Bernadino, Viktor Frankl
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Going Deeper with God – Looking Backwards
Eugene Peterson’s book Eat this Book teaches us to chew on a passage of scripture, digest it, and then put it to use in practical ways. Our Christian fathers and mothers called this process Lectio Divina. This story about Moses from Exodus … Continue reading
Posted in Going Deeper with God
Tagged afterward-ness, cleft in the rock, Exodus 33, Fr, God's backside, Moses, Richard Rohr
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2016, Crossing the Threshold – Editing our Lives
We have crossed the threshold from 2015 to 2016. We are on the brink, at the dawn, on the verge of a new year. As singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer says, “At a threshold there’s often a moment where what is old … Continue reading
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Tagged Breathing Under Water, Fr. Richard Rohr, John 15: 1-6, living consciously, making 2016 significant, pruning, Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
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Living as Apprentices 