Author: soulsculpt

Sculpting Project Eight: Talking Back: Week 1

Sculpting Project Eight: Talking Back: Week 1     I am out working in the fall garden and my mind is far away. It is trying make sense of a troubling situation. It has been trying to make sense of this situation for a number of hours and I am beginning to notice that I am circling…

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Sculpting Project Seven: Flash Prayers: Week 2

Sculpting Project Seven: Flash Prayers: Week 2 Time is never my problem. Sculpting Projects don’t take time. OK, a little time, but so little it is barely measurable. The issue for me is not time, it is intention followed by choice. Choosing to sculpt takes grit. Grit: Perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Grit, a…

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Sculpting Project Seven: Flash Prayers: Week 1

Sculpting Project Seven: Flash Prayers: Week 1 Macrina is softly snoring as she lays on the shearing table. She wakes from time to time suggesting I should give her another bite of grain and then settles down to rest some more. Shearing is a slow process at my house. I use care and a good…

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Sculpting Project Six: The Gift of Breath: Week 2

Sculpting Project Six: The Gift of Breath Week 2 Sneeze, sniff. I sit down to do my Centering Prayer Project. I can’t seem to settle into the quiet of this prayer method. Sniff. Sure, I have a cold but I don’t feel that badly. “Why is Centering Prayer so hard today?” That was the day…

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Sculpting Project Six: The Gift of Breath: Week 1

Question: What is the #1 tool in most people’s sculpting tool box? Answer: Breath Why? 1. It is always available, whether we are resting or running. 2. It is easy to use. 3. It is a powerful link between our thoughts and feelings, and our body. Breath has been a sculpting tool used by Christians…

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