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Daily Riches: Do Nothing … and then Rest (Anne Wilson Schaef, Soren Kierkegaard and Mary Oliver)
Originally posted on Richer By Far:
“How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.” Spanish proverb “For many of us the thought of doing nothing is terrifying. We can’t imagine what life would be like if we…
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Tagged camera, experience, freedom, fullness of life, gentleness, God, good news, grace, lazy, learning, peace, photography, projects, purpose, relax, rest, space, study, time, understanding, walk, work
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Radically Good
The gospel is radical. Did you know that…? I didn’t, for a long time. I knew the gospel to be God’s demanding rules on our self-denial and the framework for some kind of achievement scale. No kidding. And I took it seriously. And … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, approval, behaviour, choice, church, conformity, delight, enjoy, enjoyment, expectations, experience, fear, freedom, fullness of life, gentle, gentleness, God, good news, goodness, grace, joy, letting go, light, love, meaning, openness, peace, pressure, radical, rest, tenderness, tension, trust, truth, unconventional, understanding
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Daily Riches: Don’t Try Harder (John Ortberg and Richard Rohr)
Originally posted on Richer By Far:
“When you stretch, you don’t make it happen simply by trying harder. You must let go and let gravity do its work. You give permission, opening yourself to another, greater force. This is not…
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Tagged control, expectations, experience, faith, fear, freedom, fullness of life, gentleness, God, good news, grace, John Ortberg, joy, love, openness, peace, pressure, relax, rest, Richard Rohr, river, tenderness, trust, waiting
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National Coming Out Day
It’s National Coming Out Day! If that feels like encouragement to you, enjoy and leap out of the closet! If not, take your time. Only you know when you’re ready. Two bits of advice for those who decide it’s time: … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, be yourself, choice, coming out, conformity, courage, expectations, experience, fear, freedom, fullness of life, gay, gentleness, good news, homophobia, justice, lesbian, LGBT, LGBTQ, love, peace, self-care, strength, support, trust, truth, unconventional
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Yoga – God and Me and My Chakras
After work today, I went to a yoga class. Chakras. Incense sticks. The photograph of a woman whose name I can’t remember, a candle in front of that, and us repeating 16 times, “Mother, I am the Spirit”, and various … Continue reading
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Tagged chakra, Christian, communion, culture, experience, exploration, fear, God, Hindu, joy, kundalini, meaning, meditation, mother, openness, prayer, religion, religious practice, risk, scepticism, spirituality, tradition, truth, understanding, yoga
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Truth. Beware.
Trigger warning: child abuse It’s not news to me that there is a co-dependent dynamic in my family – I had guessed as much, with only a very general idea of what co-dependency means. And now that I am sure, … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, brokenness, childhood, co-dependency, experience, family, father, fear, freedom, grief, loss, naming, pain, truth
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What About Me?
If I want my life to be different – and I do – then I need to change the way I make decisions. That’s according to my most recent brainwave. The decisions we’re talking about here are those that concern … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, belonging, blame, boundaries, change, clarity, co-dependency, decision, decision-making, distance, experience, family, father, forgiveness, fragile, freedom, fullness of life, God, healing, justice, love, mother, needs, obedience, parents, peace, self-denial, silence, strength, support, truth, unconditional, understanding
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On Being Unconventional IV
It has been the story of my life that the more I knew my own truth, the more I tried to live my truth faithfully, and the more open and trusting my relationship with God became – the less I … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, authority, belonging, calling, Christ, church, clarity, conditional, conventional, disappointment, discernment, disciple, discipleship, equality, experience, faith, fullness of life, God, good news, joy, love, openness, prayer, purpose, resurrection, self-worth, serve, service, trust, truth, unconditional, unconventional, vocation
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On Being Unconventional II
You may wonder what the “unconventional” aspects of my life are that have caused this whole discussion. I’ll give you a general overview of the things in my life that are unconventional – unconventional meaning: not the usual path. Not … Continue reading
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Tagged belonging, calling, choice, church, clarity, commitment, conflict, control, conventional, discernment, disciple, discipleship, equality, experience, exploration, faith, fullness of life, God, good news, inclusivity, justice, love, mission, openness, power, prayer, purpose, trust, truth, unconventional, vocation
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