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Quiet Reflection: In the Beginning

Quiet Reflection: In the Beginning
Enjoy a two minute retreat - A quiet reflection on the first few verses of Johns Gospel. This is a way to experience the scriptures in a different way, more reflectively and in doing so,  you will experience a deeper sense of peace and perhaps you may hear the still small voice of God. We hope…
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Loving Yourself: Forgiveness

Loving Yourself: Forgiveness
Rhythms of the Heart - Video- We are encouraged to love our neighbour as ourselves (Mark 12:30-31) but what if we don't love ourselves? Jesus also taught after the last supper with His friends that we need to love each other as He loved us (John 13:34-35). One key way in which Jesus loves us is through…
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Devotion Untangled

Devotion Untangled
Rhythms of the Heart -  In this video edition, Michael explores the role of devotion or spiritual practices for your unique life.  Because each person is uniquely created, one size DOESN"T fit all!   Unchain yourself from unhealthy religious obligation and practices which may just not be a good fit for you and your spiritual journey.…
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Is our Spiritual Life Connected to Real Life?

Is our Spiritual Life Connected to Real Life?
Many people are realizing the disconnect between their faith life and their everyday life, and this sense of disconnection is inhibiting the deep life transformations so many of us are looking for in Christ. In this video, Dallas Willard talks about spiritual growth, the church, and our responsibility as it relates to these.  Willard says…
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Healing Power of Gratitude

Healing Power of Gratitude
Many of us grew up having had "good" manners drilled into us.  Please and thank you being the "magic words" of etiquette but more than just being polite, showing gratitude may just have some unexpected and profound healing effects.   Who doesn't like to be thanked, to be recognized in an appropriate way when we have…
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Intimacy with God Reflection

Intimacy with God Reflection
Rhythms of the Heart.   The key to a rich and dynamic spirituality in the cultivation of intimacy with God.  This is a process like any journey with each step yielding a great sense of peace.  Spring boarding from the story of the Ten Virgins in Matthew 25, we reflect upon the imagery within the story…
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Being More or Doing More?

Being More or Doing More?
The wrestle with the dichotomy of being and doing comes from the emptiness that often accompanies doing religious things out of religious obligation. The idea that we have to do things for God for love, acceptance, duty, forgiveness. For many Christians this thinking sets us up for spiritual burnout. Many pastors burn out because they…
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Jesus Laughed

Jesus Laughed
Faith can be a very serious matter,  but let's face it - some folks look like they have been baptized in prune juice!    Throughout history, faith has had profound impact both positively and negatively but is faith always so intense that it never smiles or laughs? Throughout scripture we have a number of instances…
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Discovering Life through Failure

Discovering Life through Failure
The Take-Away: "It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique.It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right, your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound reinvention. . . . Whether you fear it or not, disappointment will come. The beauty…
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Prayer: Ignation Contemplation

Prayer: Ignation Contemplation
This video with Jim Martin SJ provides a brief introduction to Ignatian style of prayer called Contemplation.  This is a rich, creative and very powerful way to experience God in prayer through the scriptures.  Martin describes in very simple terms how we can enter into the stories of the Gospel using our imagination and gain a greater…
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