Faith Development For All: Soul Matters: Opening to Joy
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Soul Matters: Opening to Joy
It’s easy to get tricked,
taken for a ride,
convinced that joy
is a possession.
Something to be opened
… read more.
Find Your Soul Matters Packet Here:
Soul Matters: Opening to Joy
It’s easy to get tricked,
taken for a ride,
convinced that joy
is a possession.
Something to be opened
… read more.
Find Your Packet Here:
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What Does it Mean to be a Family Holding History?
My family of origin, like so many others, includes people with heritage from several parts of the world: Northern European, West African, Southeastern Native American, and Southeast Asian. This diversity of descent, … read more.
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Soul Matters: Welcome to the Practice of
Holding History
Let’s start with the words of Parker Palmer,
“Jewish teaching includes frequent reminders of the importance of a broken-open heart, as in this Hasidic tale: A disciple asks the rebbe: “Why does Torah … read more.
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Relationships ask us to answer the “who” questions: Who is in our circle of friendship? Who is not? Who makes up our family? Whose absence in our family do we notice and remember? Who were we yesterday? And who are … read more.
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Soul Matters: Cultivating Relationship
Pandemic time is teaching us so many things about relationships.
It’s undone our assumptions about work, calling into question the worth of “going into the office” and exposing how we pass most of the economic pain down to those on … read more.
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This month’s message is all about giving ourselves a break. As a people of the world, we will be carrying the stress of the previous pandemic year for a long time. One of the best ways to process the extra energy (angst, tension, fret) of … read more.
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We all are playing.
Playing it up, playing it down, trying to play fair.
Playing for keeps, playing favorites, playing it safe,
sometimes too safe.
He plays hardball; They’re playing house; I’m playing it by ear,
or at least learning to play it by ear.
She’s tired of playing second … read more.
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Is yours a story-telling family? In my own family, one parent told many stories of a childhood of hijinks and near misses living in Irish Catholic, lower-working class, urban New Jersey. The other parent told almost no stories at all. … read more.
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Stories don’t just embellish our lives; they make and even dictate our lives. This might be the most important reminder of this month. Indeed, who of us hasn’t felt controlled by a story? Stuck in a story? … read more.
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How has becoming a parent changed you?
Likely, becoming a parent changed you in a few ways that you chose, and a lot of ways that you didn’t; the majority of the changes we encounter just sort of…happen. In the second of … read more.