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“The Dancing Mind”
Dear Reader: This title (by John O’Donohue) means “soul friend.” In Irish folklore and tradition it is the bonding of two ‘like souls’ who recognize each other as following the same path (spiritually)...
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Beannacht- Blessing
Dear Reader: What if we could imagine a world where blessings fall like rain upon the earth…sprinkling all of us with the ingredients needed to grow and bloom beyond our imagination. Don’t we recall...
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Peeking at the Back of the Book
Dear Reader: Isn’t it too tempting some times (not to) turn to the back pages and discover the conclusion to the book we are reading? There are different reasons why we do this. Sometimes…the book is...
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The Dead Bless Us
Dear Reader: With today being Maundy Thursday…my thoughts are a little more somber than usual…they flash back to the Last Supper, Jesus praying at Gethsemane, the betrayal… all the incidences of...
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Finding the Cross Again…
Dear Reader: Good Friday. Finding the cross again… When I reflect upon my personal journey to date…I have strayed from Christ and the Cross throughout it. But, still, I believe, that like a...
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The Angels’ Grief over the Suffering of Christ
Dear Reader: I love this picture of the angel God sent to comfort His son when He could not… in the Garden of Gethsemane…to give His Son the strength to die for the sins of all of us. For those …...
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The Legend of the Dogwood Tree
Dear Reader: I thought this year since it is my first Easter with my garden…I would tell the legend that accompanies the Easter Story from the newest addition to my garden…the dogwood tree. I...
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Jesus’ s Light Still Towers Over the World
Dear Reader: The Bible always wins the top number one spot on the best seller list and Jesus can share in that honor since (without His presence) there would be no New Testament. After Jesus died and...
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Influence of Art on Religion
Dear Reader: A devotional I read each day by Rebecca…called Dwelling in the Word…talked yesterday about the influence art (in a church) can make on the very young at impressionable ages. It reminds...
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The Importance of Our “Scar” Stories…
Dear Reader: I sure hope this message (above) is true…it might help the Pearly Gates open…because I sure have some. With three surgeries behind me… which included larger cuts each time… more scars...
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“It Doesn’t Always Work Out…And That’s Okay”
Dear Reader: Can’t we all reflect back on dreams we had that no matter how hard we tried just didn’t work out? At the time we were angry with the universe (and yes, God) for denying us something we …...
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Letting Go of the Old You to Discover the New
Dear Reader: Letting go of anything is so hard for most of us humans. For example…every time I go to clean out drawers or organize pictures… the well-intentioned plan comes to an abrupt halt as I...
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When In Doubt…Move Forward!
Dear Reader: I wish I would have had this message posted on my mirror every morning of my entire life. We have talked lately (a lot) about learning to accept our imperfections and even learn from them....
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Waking Up to the Reality of Who We Are…
Dear Reader: Haven’t all of us at some time in our lives looked in the mirror and asked “Who am I?” Personally I feel like I just get glimpses occasionally of that soul within me who defines me in my...
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How Will You Fill Your Cup of Life?
Dear Reader: From the moment we open our eyes each morning we have a choice to make about the impending day ahead. We can go into the day with the excitement of a little girl having her fourth...
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“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Meaning?”
Dear Reader: According to an article in a magazine I was reading while waiting to see my oncologist yesterday….Jefferson’s famous line…”Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” was idealistic and...
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The One Question to Get Right in Life…
Dear Reader: I don’t know who came up with the lame quotation: “Those who can’t do…teach.” Each time I try to find the author…it just says unknown or anonymous. I would remain anonymous too if I wrote...
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Hoping and Hopping Can Work Together…
Dear Reader: If we stop for a moment and think about it….without struggle in this world, without problems, how would we be able to show our true character? The vast majority of eulogies are spoken by...
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You Decide How Your Soul Grows…
Dear Reader: Working in my garden is definitely teaching me more lessons than just the obvious nursery rhyme ones like… I have discovered a link between garden and soul growing…they both require an...
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It’s Time to Come Home to Ourselves…
Dear Reader: I love reading articles that make me re-assess past ways of thinking and turn to new perceptions onto old situations. An example of such an (earlier post) article is one by Jeff Foster...
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