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This Sunday, we explore indigenous interactions with the natural world. Indigenous wisdom teaches the importance of regular practices of gratitude and reciprocity with all living things that sustain us and nourish us. How can our interactions with nature shift as we learn from these ancient teachings?
In many ways, we are enculturated into practices of ingratitude that only serve to our detriment. This week, we move beyond expressing gratitude and focus on embodying grateful living. How can we re-learn how to engage with our surroundings in a way that is life-giving, fulfilling, and spiritually nourishing?
Life can be arduous as we each experience difficulties that span the months and years. This Sunday, we ask whether we could introduce healing through a practice of gratitude. How can appreciation become a way of life, as we search for the good both within and around us?
We carry the ancestors with us in our bones and in our blood as we work to embody their many legacies. Each of us are shaped and molded by all of those who came before us in our expansive lineage. May we find solace in the idea that, through nature or memories or that veil between the realms, they remain with us. This Sunday, as those…
Self-compassion has become a hot topic in psychology over the past decade. Is this just some new-fangled psychobabble fad, or might it have deeper roots and more enduring spiritual qualities? What does self-compassion mean, why is it important, and how does it work? Come to church on Sunday and find out. You owe it to yourself!