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My Favorite Resources + Practices for Advent
Advent is finally here, and being the first season in the new liturgical year (after a lengthy Ordinary Time, I might add) it seems that many, like me, are eager to dive in. In my latest monthly...
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Comfy, Cozy Hygge: A Danish Pilgrimage Right at Home
If you’re an avid blog reader, it’s likely you’ve heard of the Danish tradition of hygge over the past year. Pronounced “hoo-gah” (its adjective is even better: hyggeligt, pronounced “hoo-gah-lee”),...
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Wisdom of the Body: An Interview with Christine Valters Paintner + a Giveaway!
Winter always makes me think about the body. Not in the play-all-day show-some-skin ways of summer, but in the gentle rhythms of rest and relaxation, hibernation and holy listening. Winter encourages...
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#40DAYSTOPRAY: How to Practice Welcoming Prayer
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of Lent. While fasting is likely on the minds of those who participate in the season, one practice associated with the season of Lent often goes...
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#40DAYSTOPRAY: How to Practice Centering Prayer
We’re one week into the season of Lent. Have you been praying with us? Each week during Lent we’re exploring a different type of contemplative prayer together as a community. It’s called...
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#40DAYSTOPRAY: How to Practice Lectio Divina
We’ve been practicing together for two weeks now. Have you noticed a pattern? I’ve structured the sharing of each practice intentionally throughout the #40DAYSTOPRAY course, allowing a slow unfolding,...
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#40DAYSTOPRAY: How to Practice Breath Prayer
We’re halfway through our #40DAYSTOPRAY contemplative prayer series and nearly halfway through the season of Lent. How are things going so far? It’s amazing that even though we’re devoting a week to...
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#40DAYSTOPRAY: How to Use Prayer Beads
I’ve just returned from Iona where I led 10 pilgrims around the Sacred Isle so often referred to as a “thin place.” As I settle back in at home, I’ve been embracing our recent practice of Breath...
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#40DAYSTOPRAY: How to Pray the Examen
As we round the corner into Holy Week, it’s time to look back. So far in the #40DAYSTOPRAY series we’ve explored Welcoming Prayer, Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, Breath Prayer, and praying with...
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#40DAYSTOPRAY: Praying the Hours
The time is drawing near; Easter is nearly here. But first, we must eat with Jesus in the Upper Room, pray with him in the garden, follow him to the court of Pontias Pilate, watch as he is crucified,...
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