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Pastoral Pearls: Understanding Mental Illness

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"Anyone can be affected, despite their level of success or their place on the food chain. In fact, there is a good chance you know someone who is struggling with it since nearly 20% of    American adults face some form of mental illness in their lifetime. So why aren’t we talking...

Pastoral Pearls: Peaceful Prayer

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Peaceful Prayer Take a deep breath and imagine you are breathing in God’s Love: Breathe in God’s Love, and Breathe out Tension and Anxiety Breathe in God’s Love, and Breathe out Fear Breathe in God’s Love, and Breathe out Negativity Breathe in God’s Love, and...

Pastoral Pearls: Keep in the sunlight

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Relax. Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. ~ Benjamin Franklin I love this quote, especially because it speaks to both Earth Day on April 22 and that April is National Stress Awareness Month. What a wonderful way to relieve stress...

Pastoral Pearls: When we listen

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When we listen, we hear someone into existence. ~ Laurie Buchanan, PhD BeFrienders’ Commissioning This weekend we were honored to commission many new BeFrienders. At Guardian Angels we have BeFrienders who go through extensive training to be able to walk with you when you are...

Pastoral Pearls: Ordinary Things

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What a perfect image for our Easter “Rising from the Dead” with Jesus!  I love this, because it reminds me to look at people and the world differently, which is what I think Easter also does. It’s easier for me to “see” God’s miracles at Easter and in...

Pastoral Pearls: Paschal Mystery

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"Now when we look at the Paschal Mystery in the context of our religious beliefs and the life of Jesus Christ, we come to a deeper meaning of dying and rising. We learn from Jesus that new life can come from death, that we can find meaning in tough times, that there really is light in the...

Pastoral Pearls: Listening

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"Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.” ~ Sue Patton Thoele Being listened to feels good. It is spirit-expanding! When I think about those times when I had...

Pastoral Pearls: Scars

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"My Scars tell a story. They are a reminder of times when life tried to break me, but failed. They are markings of where the structure of my character was welded.” ~ Steve Mariboli I like this quote as it goes with the Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent reading in A Season of Hope (for...

Pastoral Pearls: Live Lent Well

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Live Lent Well!”  ~ from “A Season of Hope: Lenten Devotions for Seniors”        I found another pearl of wisdom within this amazing resource! I love plays on words, so I was immediately drawn to the acrostic given in the Tuesday of the second week of...

Pastoral Pearls: Polished Arrows

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"…He made me a polished arrow; in his quiver He hid me away”  ~ Isaiah 49:2         I found this in “A Season of Hope: Lenten Devotions for Seniors,” but it truly speaks to me, and or to anyone caregiving. I loved how it spoke about...

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