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: 4 Minute Sacred Imagination for Good Friday
Get comfortable. Take a breath. Time travel: Turn back your clock a little over 2000 years. It’s spring time, early morning.. . . Join me for a guided meditation to connect with Jesus. Appropriate for all ages.
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…
Practicing Celebration Soul Sculpting Project: A Five Minute Advent for Week 4
Practicing Celebration Soul Sculpting Project: A Five Minute Advent for Week 4 Why we light candles. The first reason was just practical. We had small children. When we turned out the lights and lit a candle, the dancing flame held their attention long enough for us to have a short ceremony together. As our children…
Practicing Celebration: Week TWO: The 5 Minute All-ages Advent
Practicing Celebration: Soul Sculpting Project: Week TWO 5 Minute Advent Celebration A war zone, year 2006: Israeli women find themselves living in conditions that are threatening and uncontrollable. How do they deal with the anxiety? Some of the women choose to recite Psalms. Those that recite frequently have lower anxiety levels. Sosis and Handwerker (2011…
Practicing Celebration Soul Sculpting Project : A 5 Minute Advent Celebration for Ages 2- 102+
Soul Sculpting Project : A 5 Minute Advent Celebration for Ages 2- 102+ I didn’t grow-up doing home Advent Services, perhaps you didn’t either. I experienced my first one many years ago with some friends and their 2 year-old daughter, Anna. It was simple. We lit candles, read, sang and prayed. The candles held Anna’s…