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Goodbye for now, but hello as well!
This is the final episode for now of “Looking Within,” but we’re very excited to be offering a new Facebook page called the “Looking Within Collective” to help you on ...
Get on with doing what you’re meant to do!
The pearls of wisdom of those who have gone before us would be many! But one pearl sure to make the list would be the reminder that life is short. Don’t waste time on ...
Doesn’t Waiting Just Drive You Crazy?
We are not always good at waiting, are we! It can be annoying to have to wait for things or people, seemingly taking up many moments of our life. But although we don’t...
Prayers in Real-Time
Jesus prays for you, in real time. Could there be a more comforting reality that's securely wrapped around your life? -- that you're loved and supported by wonderful p...
Chosen to Love
God does not primarily choose any of us for a role or task. God is really choosing us to be God’s self in the world, in our own unique situations and settings. We are ...
Have You Forgotten Your True Identity?
Do you ever have one of those days when you just need to be loved? Do you ever doubt that who you are, or what you have to offer to the world, is really all that valua...
Love Needs Only the Simplest of Moments
Today may you be encouraged in the role you play in your corner of the world. As helpless as we might feel to make even a dent in humanity’s challenges, it is a first,...
Contemplation: Your Life is Your Spiritual Practice
Contemplation is really just another word for prayer. At its core is relationship, and not the saying of prayers or the making requests to God (which are good and impo...
There Is Gold Inside of You
There is gold inside of you, longing for your attention to see new possibilities, new things to explore or to do, new ways of being that allow your wonderful light to ...
Dry and Crusty Becomes Fresh and New
It’s time to shed the dry crustiness that’s clinging to us from the winter. And if you’re feeling a little lost, weakened, and parched from the year now past, then rem...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 7, Episode C: Guided Meditation into: Death - The Ultimate Spiritual Practice
Today, we conclude our seven week series entitled, “Imagining a New Life and a New Story.” This week, we have considered Jesus’ practice of being fully present to deat...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 7, Episode B: Death - The Ultimate Spiritual Practice, Jesus’ Example and Teaching
Today, we continue the seventh and final week of, “Imagining a New Life and a New Story.” In this season of Lent, we’ve observed many of the practices that formed Jesu...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 7, Episode A: Death - The Ultimate Spiritual Practice
Today, we begin the seventh and final week of, “Imagining a New Life and a New Story.” In this season of Lent, we’ve observed many of the practices that formed Jesus’ ...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 6, Episode C: Guided Meditation into Taking the One Seat
Each Friday’s bonus episode is a guided meditation inviting you into silence and solitude. This week, we have considered Jesus’ practice of taking the one seat: What d...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 6, Episode B: Taking the One Seat - The Examples of the Disciples and Jesus
This week, we continue our series of Lenten podcasts, entitled, “Imagining a New Life and a New Story.” We are paying close attention to the practices that formed Jesu...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 6, Episode A: Taking the One Seat - Joni Eareckson’s Story
Today, we begin week six of our series, “Imagining a New Life and a New Story.” In this season of Lent, we’ve observed the practices that formed Jesus’ story and life....
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 5, Episode C: Guided Meditation
Each Friday’s bonus episode will include a guided meditation inviting you into silence and solitude. This week, we have considered Jesus’ practice of “Self-Inquiry, Ou...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 5, Episode B: Self-Inquiry, Our Old Story has Worn Out
Today, we continue our Lenten series, “Imagining a New Life and a New Story.” During this season of Lent, we’re paying close attention to the practices that formed Jes...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 5, Episode A: Self-Inquiry, Our Old Story has Worn Out
Today, we begin week five of our series, “Imagining a New Life and a New Story.” During this season of Lent, we’re paying close attention to the practices that formed ...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 4, Episode C: Guided Meditation - Surrender
Each Friday’s bonus episode will include a guided meditation inviting you into silence and solitude. This week, we have considered Jesus’ practice of surrender. As we ...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 4, Episode B: Surrender - The Practice of Surrender in Jesus’ life and Teaching
Today, we continue our Lenten series, “Imagining a New Life and a New Story.” We’re paying close attention to the practices that formed Jesus’ life, giving him a new s...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 4, Episode A: Surrender - The Importance of Surrender When Traveling on a Train
Today, we begin week four of our series, “Imagining a New Life and a New Story.” During this season of Lent, we’re paying close attention to the practices that formed ...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 3, Episode C: Remembering the Poor - Guided Meditation
Each Friday’s bonus episode will include a guided meditation inviting you into silence and solitude. This week, we have considered Jesus’ practice with remembering the...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 3, Episode B: Remembering the Poor - “Blessed are the Poor”
Today, we continue week three of our series, “Imagining a New Life and a New Story.” During this season of Lent, we’ll pay close attention to the practices that formed...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 3, Episode A: Remembering the Poor - The Story of Helen Keller
Today, we begin week three of our series, “Imagining a New Life and a New Story.” During this season of Lent, we’ll pay close attention to the practices that formed Je...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 2, Episode C: Guided Meditation into Silence and Solitude
Each Friday’s bonus episode will include a guided meditation inviting you into silence and solitude. This week, we have considered Jesus’ practice with a beginner’s mi...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 2, Episode B: The Gift of An Empty Mind - The Story of Nicodemus
This week, we continue our series of Lenten podcasts, entitled, “Imagining a New Life and a New Story.” We are paying close attention to the practices that formed Jesu...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 2, Episode A: The Gift of A Beginner’s Mind - The Story of AA
Today, we begin week two of our series, “Imagining a New Life and a New Story.” During this season of Lent, we’ll pay close attention to the practices that formed Jesu...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 1, Episode C: Guided Meditation into Silence and Solitude
Each Friday’s bonus episode will include a guided meditation inviting you into silence and solitude. This week, we have considered Jesus’ practice with silence and sol...
Imagining a New Life and a New Story | Week 1, Episode B: The Gift of Solitude and Silence - Jesus’ Temptation in the Wilderness
We are now, one year into our journey with Covid-19. Silence and solitude have been challenging for us this past year. On Monday, we talked about Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s...