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Our current church observes communion by passing it out to everyone. It is done freely and generously. Almost to the point of being chased after (not in the sense of being forced, but making sure everyone is included). My husband accidentally missed seeing the person handing out portable communion cups and she almost started running [...]

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Every day has their ups and downs. Generally I can overcome the downs without much effort. Today is not one of those days.
Part of the Lenten reading that I am going through talks about being willing to enter a place of pain, so that you can enter others’ places of pain. Part of the whole [...]

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What is active listening anyway?
Is it repeating verbatim what the person just told you? Asking questions as if you really are interested in the person? Finding the appropriate response? Giving affirming noises?
What do their words, eyes, movements, gestures, pauses and posture say?
Perhaps it is less about the words you communicate back, and more about thoughtfulness, [...]

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“To live how you were intended, to interact with God’s creation in ways that were His breathings, brings life. Real life. Not just tedious existence, but life that breathes like a tree by a cool river with the grass of Eden stretching broad and embowering under limb. It is beauty. It is bending in the [...]

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