It is not a big secret that in order for relationships to be functioning well we need mentally and spiritually healthy people in them. It should not be a surprise that intimate relationships can be difficult and require self-knowledge and self-disclosure, good communication skills, a willingness to sacrifice, the flexibility to change, and the capacity for forgiveness and reconciliation.
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I am the child of an immigrant, and I married the child of an immigrant. I have come to learn over time that there is a place in all the immigrants I know, a place so deep as to almost be cellular, that I think of as the immigration wound.
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After the penitential season of Lent and the darkness of Good Friday, the joy of Easter should be like another birthday for us too. Our lives should not be the same as they were on Ash Wednesday. New insights into old challenges and hope for hopeless situations should come easier as we embrace the redeemed living that Christ procured for us.
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Trinity Institute is a ministry of Trinity Wall Street (Episcopal) in New York City known for its annual conference featuring world renown speakers on timely topics. They have just announced that some of their past offerings are now available, online and free for congregational use.
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Giving is modeled by Jesus, all the great saints, and all of my mentors. I know about giving and about self-sacrifice. I’ve walked the fine line of being “given out” before because of the amount of giving that seemed required in my life at differing times.
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“Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.” It’s easy to gloss over the fact that the verbs go from past tense, to present tense, to future tense.
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I think I failed Lent this year. I started out pretty good. 7:30 am Ash Wednesday service, morning meditation as usual. But something happened along the way, and it just sort of got away from me.
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It is the rare person who is able to hold on to the sense of wonderment, of presence, of sheer enjoyment of life and its possibilities that is so apparent in our younger selves.
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A woman’s touch has traditionally meant “a little something extra to bring grace, charm and beauty to a situation” – a decorative option. However, as is so often in life, the decorative of one era becomes the essential for another.
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Modern life is not so different from the past, in that human nature is not innately inclined to turn to God for help. Our nature is more inclined to turn to God when we’re at wits’ end because our own efforts can’t save the day. When we feel defeated or threatened, we are ready to cry for help. We are in the spiritual “desert experience,” where our despairing hearts yearn for God’s kingdom, where all things are possible.
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Lent is the time in the church calendar when we remember how Jesus was “led by the spirit” into the desert to face the devil’s temptation and to experience personally the power of the living God. It is a time to consider our own “desert experiences,” when we take risks and commit our plans to God.
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Crones listen to their intuition, listen to their guts, and integrate that intuition into wise choices and actions. Sometimes we see the beginnings of the crone archetype in young children who appear wise before their time. “She’s an old soul,” we sometimes say when a child shows glimpses of crone wisdom.
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