Bringing it Home Many cultures and faiths have the custom of hanging flags in the wind infused with good and hopeful intentions or prayers written on them. The image is a reminder that as the wind blows, the prayers and intentions are carried away in the wind and everyone who is touched by the wind … Continue reading February Bringing it Home
In this New Year, CHOOSE Joy. Every day, and especially during frantic or frenetic periods of life, we have a choice multiple times a day – we can let ourselves be overwrought with overwhelm and allow it to … Continue reading Happy New Year!
Affirmation You Are the Holiday Miracle by Gwen Matthews As December opens up before us, we welcome in the gift of reflection. We turn toward our holiday celebrations and search for common threads of meaning. We begin with Yule, the winter solstice, and we are invited to explore duality, cycles, and seasons, and to witness … Continue reading Spiritual Practice
If your family hangs ornaments on a tree at this time of year, create blessing ornaments. With a clear plastic ornament found at craft stores, you can create a reminder of what graced your life in the past year. Place small photos or trinkets, beads and ribbons, or glitter to make them sparkle. What is … Continue reading December Bringing it Home
As December opens up before us, we welcome in the gift of reflection. We turn toward our holiday celebrations and search for common threads of meaning. We begin with Yule, the winter solstice, and we are invited to explore duality, cycles, and seasons, and to witness the Holly King being overcome by the Oak … Continue reading You Are the Holiday Miracle by Gwen Matthews
Family Grace: Thank you for all my loved ones who are seated around this table. Thank you for the food that you have provided for us this day. Thank you for this season when we can find JOY in the all the blessings of this season of giving. Amen. ~ adapted from Beth … Continue reading December Spiritual Practice
If your family hangs ornaments on a tree at this time of year, create blessing ornaments. With a clear plastic ornament found at craft stores, you can create a reminder of what graced your life in the past year. Place small photos or trinkets, beads and ribbons, or glitter to make them sparkle. What is … Continue reading December’s Bringing it Home
Let us join and hands and hearts in gratitude on this wondrous day where we have the abundance of our lives before us. We remember this day of bounty all of those who do not have enough, who are afraid, who are lonely, and who suffer. We wish for the abundance of this world … Continue reading A Thanksgiving Blessing Meditation by Naomi King
Chalice Lighting: We light this candle to remind ourselves to treat all people kindly, because they are our brothers and sisters. We light this candle to remind ourselves to take good care of the earth, because it is our home. We light this candle to remind ourselves to live lives full of goodness and … Continue reading November Spiritual Practices
Cultivating a spirit of gratitude has proven to lower stress and lead people toward a more optimistic world view and greater life satisfaction. What better day to cultivate a spirit of gratitude than Thanksgiving? It is the perfect time to focus on our blessings. Materials: Construction paper Scissors Hole punch Markers/crayons/pencils Yarn A tree or … Continue reading November’s Bringing it Home
