Wednesday Wisdom. Listen to the Sound of the Bells. I have always been drawn to the sound of church bells, to their ancient sound, to the way their ringing penetrates the air and settles in my heart. When I hear the tolling of these bells, I feel my entire being shaken;…
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Wednesday Wisdom: 10 Ways to Practice Surrender Today. I am asking for God to teach me to detach from my situation at work—in this case the details don’t really matter. How am I seeking a larger, deeper, and more compassionate way of seeing through every situation? I return to surrender, for the grace to…
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Wednesday Wisdom: Love is a Source of Energy. What if sharing love wasn’t based on how we were feeling, but based on a daily, intentional commitment to love? There are many moments in a day when we just don’t feel good for various reasons–fatigue, stress, worry, anger, and more–and in…
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Wednesday Wisdom: Breaking Open. The spiritual life invites us into an intimate way of living. It invites us to ground ourselves in the awareness that God is infinite love, and we are a manifestation of that love. What would your day be like if you really saw yourself and everyone around you as an…
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Wednesday Wisdom: Flip Your Perspective. It’s always interesting to notice what is intersecting in our lives–what conversations, what books, what occurrences. Our lives are our spiritual lives, and it is through them that God speaks to us. During the month of July, I’ve been pondering the question of what is…
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Wednesday Wisdom: My husband I were talking this morning about the notion of being true to ourselves, and we both remembered that my father often talked to us about how destructive self-criticism can be. It can prey on us, and move us away from God, filling our hearts and minds with self-doubt.…
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