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Stairway to heaven
How quickly we forget the lessons we suffered so long to learn. A year ago as Jordan and I traipsed about France, sometimes scaling great heights in cathedral bell towers to enjoy great view fro the...
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rock your body right
I think I’ve never gotten over throwing tantrums. Toddlers, who haven’t yet learned to use words to articulate their feelings (not that us adults do much better in heated moments!) are famous for...
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yoga as spiritual discipline
What are you overcompensating for? Last month, spending some time with my mother-in-law, she talked about how her injured knee was wrecking havoc with her hips and back; other parts of her skeleton...
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some things change, some things stay the same
Some days require double-strength stress relief tea. Some days just feel more anxious; my body aches and I can’t concentrate. Sometimes I make up a theory about why I notice a lot more tension some...
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bursting the love bubble
With 24 fellow strangers, I created a love bubble this past July. Amongst us was one married couple, other than that, none of the 2 dozen of us had ever set eyes on one another. In Asheville, we spent...
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the tidiness of yoga
We moved almost two months ago, and while the cardboard boxes were more-or-less emptied and banished from the house within the first week (not a coincidence that we had 8 days before starting our...
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Breath of God
Sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter; John 20:19-31 In springtime, PBS’s Masterpiece Theater hosts its annual season of Call the Midwife. It’s been going the last few weeks, and if you don’t know...
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There are many questions and concerns that Christians may have about whether and how and if to practice yoga. I want to address some of these questions and concerns in a series here on my blog. If you...
View ArticleSermon for All Saints Sunday
Revelation 7:9-17 + Matthew 5:1-12 Sitting down to write this sermon was the first time I’d spent any time at my desk since the first week of October. My monthly desk-blotter calendar was still showing...
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I preached my All Saints sermon for the first time about 8:45am on Sunday. By 10:30am, my lower back hurt, and it hasn’t stopped yet. When we start to let loose the truth of our condition, our bodies...
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