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Encountering the Good Shepherd

Encountering the Good Shepherd

Abiding in God's Love

<iframe title=”Embed Player” src=”//play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/21867899/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/87A93A/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward” height=”192″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen=”” webkitallowfullscreen=”true” mozallowfullscreen=”true” oallowfullscreen=”true” msallowfullscreen=”true” style=”border: none;”></iframe> Photo by Tanner Yould on Unsplash As a spiritual director, I’m always looking for ways to position people to have moments of quality connection with God.  I…

Joy and Resilience

Joy and Resilience

Gratitude · Resilience

Listen to the podcast below: https://thepresenceproject.libsyn.com/building-joy-and-resilience Transcript: Why is it that we so easily forget the tables God has set in the wilderness? Instead of staying in a place of celebration after the abundance of connection or the kindness of…

Awkward Adventures in Trust

Awkward Adventures in Trust

Growth · healing

Polecat hot springs I almost said “no.” I almost stayed back at the campground tucked in a sleeping bag, with a headlamp tight across my forehead, book opened. I almost stayed warm and safe. Sometimes joy can only be found…

How to Rest in God this Advent

How to Rest in God this Advent

Advent · Worship

Join me for a 16 day Advent journey with devotionals and Handel’s Messiah. Yes, please. I’d like to join the Advent journey. Advent is on its way along with the busyness of the pre-Christmas season. Even as the church interprets…

Gratitude: From Duty to Delight

Gratitude: From Duty to Delight

Gratitude

How Interactive Gratitude Changes Everything Through the roller coaster of the covid-19 year, I wanted to bring a practice to help us metabolize emotion in a simple journaling method WITH God. Immanuel Journaling developed by Sungshim Loppnow and written about…

When Jesus walks through Walls: A Prayer Practice

When Jesus walks through Walls: A Prayer Practice

What follows is a prayer practice of Ignatian Imaginative Contemplation, the goal of which is encountering the mystery of Jesus by walking into a story of the gospel with our senses fully awake. It’s visual prayer and an invitation to…

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