Category: celebration

Intentional Fun: The Pleasure of Pursuing Faith with Kids 

When our two daughters were ages three and five we began taking some time every day to connect with God as a family. I didn’t know anyone else who did this, so we just made it up by scratch. We kept up this practice until our daughters went off to college. I have a firm…

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Welcoming Grief for the Holidays: Soul Sculpting Project

Welcoming Grief for the Holidays: Soul Sculpting Project My dad died a year ago today. Late stage Parkinson’s, a fast decline. My husband and I had the privilege of caring for him at the end.  The time was good and beautiful, but it was hard. Losing someone we love is hard business. It’s been a…

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Soul Sculpting Project: Imagining Stories to Connect with God

#7 of Seven Ancient Christian Practices for Connecting with God Soul Sculpting Project: Imagining Stories to Connect with God Pilgrimage  Jerusalem 384 AD  Egeria knew the story well. On this Holy Week in this holy city  she heard the story read again and she re-lived it. Egeria sat in a cave where Jesus had met…

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Soul Sculpting: 4 Minute Sacred Imagination for Easter

You are standing on a well-groomed dirt path. In the pre-dawn light the outline of olive trees is just visible. Feel the cool morning air. Imagination: The act of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses. Imagination is a brain function that we use throughout our day to solve problems and…

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Soul Sculpting: 3 minute Sacred Imagination: The Foot Washing

Imagination. Can it help us connect with God? When the Psalm writer Asaph felt distant and forgotten by God he used imagination to stir-up his faith and hope in God. With a dramatic flair Asaph recreated, in his imagination, one of the greatest miracles in Hebrew history, the crossing of the Red Sea. We can…

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