Spiritual Practice – April 6
admin2025-03-30T10:25:30-04:00Explore these websites: https://www.journeytreehealing.com/post/gratitude-a-daily-spiritual-practice https://www.everydayspirit.net/post/spiritual-practices-in-times-of-crisis-gratitude
Spiritual Practice – Connecting With Nature
admin2025-03-21T14:20:08-04:00(From this site) Spring offers a unique opportunity to reconnect with the natural world and deepen our spiritual practice. As the earth awakens from its winter slumber, we too can awaken to the beauty and vitality that surrounds us. Whether it’s taking a mindful walk through a blooming garden, meditating beneath a blossoming tree, or simply sitting in quiet contemplation outdoors, immersing ourselves in nature can be a profoundly spiritual experience. By tuning into the rhythms of the natural world, we can gain insight into our own cycles of growth and transformation. Just as plants emerge from the soil and reach [...]
Spiritual Practice – Create Your Community
admin2025-02-22T12:57:21-05:00Create Your Community by Jessica Lin from the book FaithFul Practices by Erik Walker Wikstrom. Join an existing group or community. This can be a religious community, volunteer group, or a common interest group. Meetup.com is a great resource for interest groups: for hiking, dining out, seeing comedy shows, writing, attending plays or movies, learning how to dance, or doing woodworking. Anything and everything under the sun. Find a hobby that interests you, or try something new. If you have an idea for something that doesn’t exist yet, create it! As in the movie Field of Dreams, if you build it, [...]
Spiritual Practice – Loving Kindness
admin2025-02-04T19:19:06-05:00Practicing Loving Kindness- see websites in the meditation resources.
Practice By Lectio Divina
admin2025-01-21T14:37:07-05:00– Directions – Read the poem through once. Read it slowly and reflectively so that it sinks in. Breathe Read it a second time. Which word or phrase draws your attention? Reflect and Breathe Now sit in silence- how does the piece make you feel? Breathe Read the piece a second time but this time out loud. What shows up now? After some silence, change one thing- for instance, for the poem below you may want to put socks on or off. Breathe. Any new insights? There’s a beloved poem by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda about a pair of his socks. [...]