Tag: spiritual retreat
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A Spiritual Retreat Day
“To know God’s will is to actively claim an intimate relationship with God” – Henri Nouwen in Invitation to Retreat I am blessed to work at a Christian university where we can take a spiritual retreat day once a semester. My boss was out of town recently for a conference, so it was a good…
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Jesus Desires Presence Over Production
In this new season, God is showing me he is more concerned about my relationship with Him and who I am becoming rather than what I do. I had been running the race of full-time vocational children’s ministry for over twenty years. For thirteen of those years, I was working full time while juggling motherhood. …
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Grace In The Pace
“Hurry is the great enemy of our spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” Dallas Willard quoted in Soul Keeping Recently when going to the airport to pick our adult children, I parked my car and hurried into the building entrance to catch the elevator. Standing there waiting…
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Catch A Breath
As I started 2020, I knew I was starting Something New – A Whole New Beginning. I told my husband I wanted to “catch a breath” as I started this new year, so I purposely scheduled a silent retreat in the second week of January. I would spend 3 days and 2 nights away in…
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A Step Of Faith…
I have been in full-time Children’s Ministry for 17 years. During that time… I have loved the calling God has had on my life. I have loved leading teams and growing the children’s ministries in three churches in Indiana, Arizona, and Ohio. I have enjoyed connecting with parents while loving on babies and children of…
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Can God Enlarge Souls Through Loss?
This question came out of my Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Devotional this morning. As I sat in the stillness of the morning pondering this question, I realized how much God has expanded the territory of my soul this past year. I’ve had some rough years. In the last four years, my husband and I had two…