10 Dec 2019
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Practicing Patience
Author: Diana Shellenberger “Love is patient and kind.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 It is no accident that patience is the first affirmative quality of love St. Paul identifies in this verse. Patience is the ground...
3 Dec 2019
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Us Vs. Them – Really?
Author: Nancy Wade Humans can only process a limited amount of change in a short period of time without experiencing anxiety. It’s a natural human reaction – but how we respond to that anxiety is social. When societies experience...
26 Nov 2019
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You, O God, Are My Refuge and My Home
You, O God, Are My Refuge and My Home Psalm 139, freely interpreted. Author: Hilde Raastad I have a roof over my head, no bombs are falling, There is food in my kitchen and I know where I will sleep tonight. So,...
19 Nov 2019
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Reflections on Humility
Author: Susan Rose “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3 Over the last several years, I’ve given much thought and soul-searching to the visceral experience of self-inflation and...
14 Nov 2019
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To Governor Abbott of TX on behalf of Rodney Reed on Death Row
Governor, Rodney Reed. I imagine that you have heard this name more times than you know what to do with and are feeling the pressure of the eyes of a nation. For this, I feel compassion for you. You didn't ask for this. But here...
12 Nov 2019
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Creating Spiritual Security
Author: Diana Shellenberger “In a world where every lie has currency, is not anxiety the more real and the more human reaction? Now anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity. . . . And there is a far worse anxiety, a far worse...
5 Nov 2019
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Pretending to Be You
by Pedro S. Silva II Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; Ephesians 5:1-2 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved...
29 Oct 2019
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A Crown to the Aged
Author: Nancy Wade Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. Proverbs 17:6 As a busy single mother in the 1990’s, I was fortunate to live close to my own mother who had been widowed...
22 Oct 2019
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Befriending Your Shadow
Author: Ed Hall “Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” Matthew 7: 3 Scott Jeffrey describes the shadow as “the dark side of our personality because it...
17 Oct 2019
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Mindful Works Ministry Status Report
The Mindful Works Ministry, currently comprised of Anne Weiher, Linda Roan-Yager, Marie Schaffner (who is being considered for the Mindful Works Board), Susan Williams, and Pedro Silva, has been meeting approximately bi-weekly to...