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Internal Landscapes
LIVING AS APPRENTICES Modified from a scan of a plate of “Posterior and inferior cornua of left lateral ventricle exposed from the...
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Prayer for 2014
LIVING AS APPRENTICES at a meeting (Photo credit: smussyolay) I’ve been teaching a class on the Twelve Steps and Spiritual Formation this winter and will start the class with a new group in early...
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Living in Realistic Optimism: Hope
When I worked for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, I collaborated on educational programming with a psychologist who taught “realistic optimism.” He encouraged people to be practical about...
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Being “Reasonably Happy”
This blog is home to more than 660 posts. Occasionally I re-blog a post that seems particularly important for life in 2017. This post was first posted on February 19, 2015. When I worked for the...
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“This Little Light of Mine”
Recently I posted an anecdote from the life of A.J. Muste (1885-1967), a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church who became one of the leading activists of his time in the areas of war resistance, civil...
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Content – Guest Post by Sally Hoekstra
Many thanks to my friend Sally for sharing this story! My journey into yoga began this past winter when a friend and his wife invited me to attend a yoga class focusing on grief and yoga. I was...
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Living the Serenity Prayer – Courage
The Serenity Prayer has a long and mysterious history. The first three lines were made popular by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 -1971), as part of a 1834 lecture. The modern prayer is several lines longer.In...
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Living the Serenity Prayer – Life as We would Like It
The Serenity Prayer has a long and rather mysterious history. The first three lines were made popular by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 -1971), as part of a 1934 lecture. The modern prayer is several lines...
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Living the Serenity Prayer – Trust and Surrender
The Serenity Prayer has a long and rather mysterious history. The first three lines were made popular by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 -1971), as part of a 1934 lecture. The modern prayer is several lines...
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Living the Serenity Prayer – Happiness
The Serenity Prayer has a long and rather mysterious history. The first three lines were made popular by Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 -1971), as part of a 1934 lecture. The modern prayer is several lines...
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Learning from the Serenity Prayer: Courage
In 1941, the Serenity Prayer, popularized by Reinhold Niebuhr, was noticed and later adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous.Over the past 60 years the prayer has gone far beyond AA boundaries. It is...
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Learning from the Serenity Prayer: Life as We Would have It
The Serenity Prayer was “built” for days like we are experiencing during the pandemic. I have realized that I need the words of the Serenity Prayer more than ever. You may, too. So for the next four...
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Learning from the Serenity Prayer: Living in Harmony
The Serenity Prayer was “built” for days like we are experiencing during the pandemic. I have realized that I need the words of the Serenity Prayer more than ever. You may, too. This post completes the...
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Parables – Part 3: The Parable of Dirty Windows
A parable is literally something “cast alongside” a truth in order to illustrate that truth. The website Got Questions labels the 35+ parables that Jesus told as “inspired comparisons “and then adds...
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