Do you know how to care for yourself in the hard places? I used to think “self-care” was a dirty word, evil, self-focused; until I realized that I couldn’t adequately care for anyone else if I didn’t care for myself. I didn’t even know what self-care was until I suffered compassion fatigue. At the time, I had poured out myself…
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How to Care for Yourself in the Hard Places
5 Things I Love About Mindfulness
Welcome to Mindfulness Monday! This week I’m going to share with you 5 things I love about mindfulness. We’ll learn some easy ways to be more present “in the moment” at our jobs, in our homes, with our families and friends. By learning to be more present, right here, right now, you will live a fuller life, love more completely…
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Lost: Longing to be Known
Thank you for joining me for Weekend Worship. Sometimes I have no words. My heart is full, as if I cannot contain my feelings; I am lost. I find comfort in the Psalms, because it seems many of the Psalms express what I am feeling; they call out the words within me. It was through reading the Psalms that I…
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Does God Love Me?
I have been told many times that “Jesus loves me.” But there are many times when I don’t feel so loved. Like the time I held my son’s first baby, a long awaited little girl, Indigo Evangeline; stillborn, dying 2 days before her promised due date. As I looked into an angelic little face, I knew her eyes would never…
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Mindfulness Monday
What is Mindfulness? While there has literally been an explosion in the mindfulness “movement“, I know there are still many people who do not know what “mindfulness” is, let alone how to incorporate mindfulness into a “practice”. Mindfulness has been around for a long time; based in the ancient meditation practices of the Buddhist monks. However, in the 1970’s, Jon…
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The Sunrise of Hope
Beautiful isn’t it? A canvas of colors that shatters the darkness of every night; no matter how long the night, he sunrise of hope greets every day and no two sunrises are ever the same! “But for you who revere my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in its rays.” Malachi 4:2 I know most people prefer…
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