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It has been said that Until there is peace between religions there can be no peace in the world. Thich Nhat Hahn in Living Buddha, Living Christ writes “People kill and are killed because they cling too tightly to their own beliefs and ideologies. When we believe that ours is the only faith that containsContinue reading “The Path of Peace”

: If you are happy and you know it clapp your hands.  If you are happy and you know it stomp your feet.  Ok, now that we have our bodies warmed up..I want to introduce you to laughter yoga.  Did anyone know that there is something called Laugher yoga?  Laughter yoga involves teaching certain chants,Continue reading “The Joy of the Lord is our Strength.”

Scripture says that Our bodies are beautifully and wonderfully made. The Human body is composed of tens of trillions of cells and each one of our cells contains our DNA. Our DNA houses more than 3 billion base pairs of encoded information.  If that’s not cool enough, the human brain has 100 billion neurons whichContinue reading “And the Greatest of these is Love”

One July when I was middle school age and my sister was around the age of 9, we decided to bake a cake for my parents anniversary. We did not think ahead of time and plan this out well. Nope. We decided to start baking the cake at 10pm that evening. My parents had goneContinue reading

We have spent the past 6 weeks exploring themes from Henri Nouwen’s book Life of the Beloved. And now it is time for me to tell you the hard truth. Henri’s book was deemed a failure by Fred and his friends and he wondered if he should even publish the book. But there is aContinue reading “Life of the Beloved: Where is the Sacred?”

This summer I attended a virtual conference called Womanist Dialogue #Say her Name: Preaching and teaching for Freedom hosted by Rev. Dr. Mitzi J Smith. (Rev. Dr. Mitzi Smith is a teacher, preacher, biblical scholar, author and founder/president of living in full empowerment. She is the first African American female to earn the PhD inContinue reading “Life of the Beloved: Given”

According to HAI Global (www.hai.org/connection-is-essential-to-survival), the more we understand about neurobiology and social psychology the more we understand that humans are wired to connect. The latest neuroscience out of UCLA tells us that the drive for connection is as essential to our wellbeing as our basic needs of food, water and shelter. Back in 2016,Continue reading “Life of the Beloved: Broken”

In the documentary my octopus Teacher, a diver sees an octopus while spending time in a kelp forest off the coast of south Africa. The diver delighted in this strange creature. She was a wonder to behold. And he was drawn to her recognizing that there was something to learn from this creature. And soContinue reading “Life of the Beloved: Blessed”

Today, we continue on in our teaching series following Henri Nouwen’s Life of the Beloved. In this book, we see a new friendship begin to flourish between a writer named Fred and Henri Nouwen who is a catholic priest, academic, and prominent speaker about the Spiritual Life. As this friendship develops, Fred commissions Henri toContinue reading “Life of the Beloved: Taken”

It used to be that people were drawn to be a part of faith communities for 3 reasons.  They wanted something to believe in.  They wanted a sense of belonging and or they hoped to find a better way to behave.  What is interesting is that research shows that what is drawing people to churchContinue reading “Becoming the Beloved”