Month: January 2012
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Parish Nurses, Nutty Knitters, and More Blessings
This past weekend, a group of nine nurses gathered at Whispering Winds. Friday night was essentially a party, a time to relax and have fun together. Saturday was a more reflective time, an opportunity for sharing and contemplating ways to allow ourselves to be renewed physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I joined the nurses for some […]
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Rain and Snow and God’s Word
Last year our church in Madison (Messiah Lutheran Church – ELCA) prepared a Lenten devotional booklet. Each entry was written by a different volunteer from the congregation. The volunteer was given a verse from the lectionary for that day to be the focus of their reflection. The booklet ended up being a wonderful aid to […]
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High Stakes Musical Chairs
“Musical Chairs” is the game I hated to play in kindergarten. When Miss Polly asked us to arrange the chairs for the game, I just dreaded the next half hour of the day. As you may recall from your childhood, the way the game goes is that chairs are arranged in a double row with […]
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To-Do Lists
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important. [Bertrand Russell] We all like to think our work is important – whether the work is what we do on our job or what we do at home. Many of us have so many important tasks to […]
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New Year’s Resolutions
Well, Abbey, it’s already January 2, 2012, and time to continue our conversation from last week about the changes in our lives in 2011, and New Year’s Resolutions for 2012. I’ve been thinking a lot about whether or not to make any New Year’s Resolutions this year, and I don’t think I will. I don’t […]
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