What a full weekend. It just so happened that all of our fall outings fell on the last three days so we were going and going. Luckily, kids are like energizer bunnies who also keep going and going (and eventually, crashing).
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On June 6, 2021, my family and I went back to church for the first time since March 8, 2020. That made it almost exactly 15 months since I stepped foot inside of a church—65 Sundays that I occupied my time with something other than the thing I did each Sunday since I was born.
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What are the spiritual practices that nourish you and help you stay connected with God? There are so many that if you’re like me, you’ve probably practiced a variety of them over the years, with some of them waxing and waning.
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When I was younger, I wanted nothing more than to suffer. I wanted suffering like some people want money. I wanted to acquire it, have it come to me, create it, hoard it to excess.
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Undoubtedly, you’ve heard the well-intended counsel to “follow your heart” many times before. Especially in this day and age, where millennials value authenticity and being true to themselves, those words constantly swirl around us on coffee mugs or in self-help books.
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It’s been a rainy week here in sunny Southern California. I was worried there for a bit since we began 2021 in the high 80s (°F). Now, at the end of January, the highs are in the 50s (°F), making it feel like a real winter.
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Years ago, I came across this sentence written by the Sufi mystic and poet, Rumi: “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
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at no cost to you. It’s been given throughout the ages to soothe achy souls and mend strained relationships. No other gift feels quite as fulfilling. It can be given to both ourselves and others.
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