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Glimpses of Wholeness

by Christine Sine
written by Christine Sine

Our theme for August is health, wholeness and shalom. Yesterday I was asked why we focus on this so often, after all it is less than a year since we used the same theme.The main reason is because we need images of God’s shalom world to both motivate and sustain us. These are images of the kingdom of God, the good news of the gospel. These are the images that should get us up in the morning and focus us throughout the day. So no apologies for the repetition, but it did remind me that there are some wonderful posts from last year that I would encourage you to revisit.

This post – Living Into the Shalom of God October Recap, provides links to all the posts – from resource lists on shalom.

 

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12 Health Tips That Are Changing My Life!

by Hilary Horn
written by Hilary Horn

Often when we think of wholeness and health we have to also look outside of a spiritual perspective. Read this great post by Jenneth Graser as she discusses some practical health discoveries!

At the tail-end of January 2017, I came across a documentary series that changed my life.  You see I’ve had an autoimmune disease for the past 15 years.  And this docu-series “The Thyroid Secret” was primarily on the exact condition I have, Hashimotos Thyroiditis, a mouthful to pronounce and a difficult condition to manange.  I implemented the recommended diet called the autoimmune protocol or AIP, for a month.  And observed my body go through interesting changes. I was able to incrementally lower my dose of thyroid medication and after the month was over, my blood tests showed better results than I’d had in years.

This was the beginning of a journey into learning more about health in general!  I found this information accessible, freely available and generously offered to change people’s lives for the good. I would like to share the 12 health tips that are changing my life and then links to websites where you can go explore for yourself:

  1. Take a look at the cleaning substances you use in your home. There are many bio-degradable products available that can be economically substituted with health benefits for your family and the environment.
  2. Did you know that organic make up is available?  All substances we put onto our bodies pass through our pores and into the body.  Make-up and skin-care, moisturizers, even perfumes can contain toxic substances.  There are many wonderful alternatives such as – coconut oil, essential oils, olive oil…
  3. I use a rock crystal deodorant spray which really works! Conventional deodorants often contain aluminum which is not beneficial to the body.
  4. Look into sugar alternatives – we use raw honey and there are other options available such as xylitol, stevia, coconut sugar, maple syrup. Sugar breaks down the immune system and can be really addictive.
  5. Gluten can cause inflammation in the brain and a leaky gut. To find out more about these things, click on the links below.
  6. Eat grass fed, free range meat where possible.  Eating meat that has been pumped with growth hormones and antibiotics is a real health concern.
  7. Be aware of what is put into processed foods. Organic fruit and vegetables can be found at your local farmer’s market and health food stores.
  8. We started to grow some of our own herbs and some salads this last summer. It was great to harvest leafy veg, mint and other herbs for everyday use. You can visit your local nursery for seedlings.
  9. Smoothies make a great meal! You can add not only fruits, but also green leafy vegetables, avocado and coconut to name a few!
  10. Herbal tinctures and teas can be taken for a variety of ailments – I use Valerian tincture to help with sleep disturbances
  11. There are excellent health summits freely available online on a wide variety of health concerns
  12. Vitamin supplements can be extremely affective in boosting our bodies where deficiencies may be present.  Information can be attainted by having blood tests done which can show where certain deficiencies may lie.

All being said, I have found that it is one thing to try out these diets and another to stay on them! Being gluten-free has really helped my body to stabilize and I discovered just recently that relapsing and eating gluten again seemed to cause terrible headaches and brain fog after months of doing so well. I am learning that you can always carry on where you left off and not to be so hard on myself! It is more of a life-style than a temporary measure that I’m aiming for.

Something I especially learned from Dr. Izabella Wentz of The Thyroid Secret (https://thyroidpharmacist.com)  is that it is not enough to look at the symptoms you are facing. You need to get to the root cause. It takes patience and determination to get to the root cause of your health issues, but once you have uncovered the foundations, you can work up from there and it is possible to experience a positive shift in your condition.  

An integrative physician or naturopath can be a great help in this process. They are good at helping you look at yourself holistically. Your thoughts, emotions and past experiences can afffect your health either positively or negatively and it is good to be aware of how we can work with our bodies in co-operation.  God is our healer and sometimes a miracle of healing takes place, but other times it is a process when we see our prayers do not get answered in the way we would choose.  It is then we can be proactive in the healing and health of our bodies by doing what we can do and letting God be God in every way guiding the process.  I have discovered that I can be a team player participating with God and the temple of my body. I can choose to work with this healing process and be open to learn with a positive mind.  Yes, I am a work in progress!

Here is a list of the websites that I’ve found particularly helpful. I wish you the very best in your healing journey!  Especially for those of you or family members who have suffered with ongoing conditions.  May the God of all grace continue to uphold all of us with health conditions.  I hope that you will be as blessed as I have been by these wonderful sources of information:

Essential oils and home cleaning alternatives – www.drericz.com

Gluten-free and leaky gut – Dr Peter Osborne – https://www.glutenfreesociety.org, Dr David Perlmutter – www.drperlmutter.com, Kathy Smart http://livethesmartway.com/

Great Health Info on a variety of topics – Dr Josh Axe Youtube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/user/doctorjoshaxe

Skin care and organic make-up – Dr Trevor Cates – http://drtrevorcates.com/

Health Summits Online – http://healthtalksonline.com/

Auto-Immune Protocol – The Paleo Mom – https://www.thepaleomom.com/start-here/the-autoimmune-protocol/

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Hospitality, Opening Doorways to the Kingdom – The Complete Series: Updated for 2020

by Christine Sine
written by Christine Sine

Here is a list of resources on hospitality from a post a few years ago if anyone is interested in further reads as we close last months theme!

The series on hospitality over the last few months has been one of the most enriching and instructive I have facilitated… at least for me. I hope that it has been for you too. And in case you missed some of the posts, here is the complete list. And if you are in a hurry and only want to read the most popular, check out ones with stars ❆.

  • Injustice At the Table by Andy Wade
  • The Guest House by Rumi
  • Faith, Hospitality and Foreign Language Learning
  • Granola Extraordinaire – A Great Staple for Hospitality
  • When Hospitality Hurts by Amy Boucher Pye
  • Can We Show Hospitality to Vandals ❆
  • Litany and Lectio Divina from Celtic Retreat
  • Litany from the afternoon gathering at Celtic Retreat
  • Celtic Retreat Morning Liturgy  ❆
  • Guess Who’s Coming to Sunday Lunch by April Yamasaki
  • Celebrating with LongTerm Friends I have Never Met
  • The Ministry of Hospitality to the Lonely – Steve Wickham
  • Taxes by Leroy Barber
  • The Healing in the Ministry of Hospitality – Steve Wickham
  • Hospitality and the Prosperity Gospel: What’s in it for me? by Meredith Griffin ❆
  • Hospitality and Listening by Lynne Baab
  • Hospitality to the Poor, Oppressed and Marginalized As a Way of Life – Mark Votava
  • Embracing the Wild Hospitality of God
  • A Hospitality of Openness by Kate Kennington Steer
  • An Adventure of Amazing Hospitality by Fay Williams
  • Hospitality for the Gluten Free
  • Hospitality as a Call for All of Life by Lynne Baab
  • A Celtic Hospitality Liturgy
  • Radical Hospitality Reading List❆
  • An Invitation to Summer Hospitality
  • The Most Delicious Carrot Cake I Have Ever Tasted
  • Redeeming the Curse – Count your Blessings
  • Welcoming Angels Unawares by Amy Boucher Pye
  • Guests of the World
  • Cooking Is Not a Spectator Sport
  • Strangers, Friends, Angels Unawares
  • Communion not Conversion, Slow Church Not Fast Food ❆
  • Sharing Food, Sharing Life
  • Pear and Raspberry Bread
  • Making Bread
  • Amazing Quinoa Muffins
  • Hunza Pie – Great Way to Use Greens
  • A Wonderful Apple Cake
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Meditation Monday – God Believes in Healing

by Christine Sine
written by Christine Sine

by Christine Sine

Does God care about physical health or only about our spiritual wellbeing?” It is a good question to ask ourselves as we discuss shalom and wholeness this month. I often struggled with this as I worked in poor communities in Africa and Asia. I still struggle with it as I watch friends die of cancer and observe the devastating impact of environmental degradation on our health.

I love this interesting reference to health care workers that I found.  It is not in the Protestant Bible but in the Appocrypha, those books between the Old and New Testament that are considered by some to be a part of the Biblical text.

God Does Care

From the time the children of Israel came out of Egypt God showed concern for their physical as well as their spiritual well being.  However God’s prescription for health was always very different from that of the surrounding cultures.  During Moses life, the Papyrus Ebers written about 1552 B.C. provided many of the standard treatments for disease.  Drugs included “lizards’ blood, swines’ teeth, putrid meat, stinking fat, moisture from pigs ears, goose grease, asses’ hoofs, excreta from animals, including human beings, donkeys, antelopes, dogs, cats and even flies.”

Not quite our idea of good medicine and not God’s either.

However God’s prescription for good health doesn’t necessarily look like a physician’s prescription either. Pills and surgery are not at the top of the list. And as with so much of what God does, good health doesn’t usually come with the waving of a magic wand and miraculous healings.

God Believes in Preventative Measures.

Health and healing, the practice of medicine and the principles of hygiene in the Hebrew world, all fell under the Levitical mantle, part of the religious framework of life.  Medicine and the care of the sick is part of the priestly calling a life set aside in service to God.

It was the Levites to whom God gave the principles for health and hygiene.  They were responsible for both the physical and spiritual health of the community. Physical cleanliness was for the priests a symbol of spiritual cleanliness. One depended on the other and both were performed by those people whose lives were set aside to serve God. God gave them detailed instructions for basic cleanliness and sanitation that if followed today would greatly increase the level of hygiene in many a struggling nation. It would be hard for us to imagine our church workers as garbage disposal experts or as sanitation workers, yet for the Levites this all came under their jurisdiction.

God’s health laws encourage us to think responsibly about what we eat, how we act and how we treat the environment around us. Many of the laws of Leviticus are good preventative health directives that we still use today. These regulations include nutrition, environmental laws and behaviour – the three primary factors that influence the health of any individual or community. Others are guidelines for how the most vulnerable in society are to be cared for. We shouldn’t over eat, abuse our bodies with drugs and alcohol or pollute the environment and blame God for the consequences to our health.

God Made Us To Be Healthy

Nothing speaks more highly of God’s desire for healing than the incredible systems of protection and repair within our own bodies. The immune system cures most of the illnesses that attack us.  Wounds heal, bones knit together and tissue repairs itself in miraculous ways we rarely think about unless something goes wrong. Fascinatingly this system is enhanced by bacteria in our gut and in our environments. In Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Your Child From an Oversanitized World, Brett Finlay and Marie-Claire Arrieta, document how microbes improve our health and that of our children. It is fascinating. At best doctors and nurses assist God’s healing work yet we rarely thank God for the miracle of how we are created.

Unfortunately in our imperfect world, corrupted by sin and disease, these systems don’t always work but God provided other elements to assist the healing process. Most modern medicines originate from medicinal plants and herbs that are a part of God’s wonderful creation.

Interestingly the Greek word most commonly translated save in the New Testament SOZO can also be translated heal. It means to heal, preserve, save, make whole.  Central to God’s model of health and wholeness is reconciliation to God. Healing depended not only on the taking of medicine but primarily on obedience to God’s word and commandments.  Healing from a Christian perspective is the process of moving towards wholeness in body, soul and spirit not just as individuals but as a worldwide community. The purpose of medicine is to support and encourage human wholeness in every respect but it should be used in conjunction with other health measures. 

Physical and Spiritual Healing Linked.

For early followers of Christ, spiritual and physical health were linked as one ministry too.  In the early Judeo – Christian church, healing was considered part of the religious function of the community.  Monetary compensation was forbidden.  In contrast the Graeco-Roman tradition professionalized medicine and saw it as a vocation to be monetarily compensated – the model that we now embrace.

The rapid growth of the early church was probably a result of its power to heal, to cast out demons and to create communities of mutual care.  Interestingly, this was closely linked to an acceptance of suffering as an identification with the sufferings of Christ and an understanding of physical illness as part of a larger paradigm in which God’s grace works through human weakness. Throughout most of Christian history, the church provided centers for healing and cared for the sick and the suffering.  In the Middle Ages the monasteries were centers of healing They were often famous for their herb gardens which provided a broad range of medicinal substances that were produced for the use both within the monastic community as well as in the outside secular community.

In this framework, the medical attendant was seen as a servant to the poor and the sick, someone who came to relieve their pain, to heal their hurts to comfort their concerns.  Spiritual and physical health and healing walked hand in hand, separate parts of a whole person.

The Cross is probably the most powerful symbol of and power for healing in the world.  Its redeeming and transforming power brings healing to body soul and spirit – and beyond that it brings healing to communities, and eventually will bring healing to our entire broken world.

The taking of communion is another powerful symbol of healing. In many churches healing services are Eucharistic, deliberately linking our need for healing to confession, repentance and forgiveness.  (1 Cor 11:27-34)  Baptism too, because it infuses a person with new life, the life of Christ, can drive out before it all the powers of sickness and death. (Rom 6: 1-14)

James 5:13-16 lists other important symbols of healing we need to pay attention to.  Praying for the sick, often associated with laying on of hands, anointing with oil, singing psalms and hymns, confession and forgiveness are all practices that can encourage the healing process.

Observing the liturgical calendar is another way that God’s people can find God’s healing.  “By connecting to the seasons of the church year we enter into a rhythm that focuses every day and every season very intentionally on the One who gives all of life meaning and purpose.  By celebrating through the structures of the Church we actually are given the forms we need to become whole and we are given the formulas to make whole every human experience.”

What Is Your Response?

God does will healing not just for us but for all human kind.  Incredibly we are asked to become active participants in the process and bring God’s healing and wholeness to others.

Prayerfully consider what God may ask of you to bring wholeness into a part of your life or that of others.

 

 

 

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Freerange Friday: Learning to Savor

by Lilly Lewin
written by Lilly Lewin

Lilly Lewin—

As I was thinking about Shalom and Wholeness this week I was reminded about my need to take time to Savor the gifts and goodness of God.

To savor is to enjoy something completely!

Do I enjoy God’s goodness?

Am I paying attention to the gifts God is giving me each day?

Am I savoring the moments and the gifts along the way?

 

Sometimes the calendar gets so filled up with activities and responsibilities that I miss the sweetness of God’s love for me.

Sometimes I’m so distracted by the news, or my fear,

that I lose even the desire to taste and see.

I too often forget my need to savor.

In my heart I do know that God is love

And God is good

And God provides gifts for me!

If I’d only open my eyes and take time to see them!

 

I want to savor the colors I see and really see them!

The greens of the lettuce and the blue of blueberries and the dark purple of good wine.

I want to savor that hug from a friend and the kiss from my spouse.

I want to watch for dragons in the clouds and take the time to smile.

I want to learn how to savor God’s goodness in the glimpse of a deer in the woods

And a good cup of coffee or a fresh cup of tea.

To savor a sunset, a rainbow, a field filled with sunflowers

Or a good piece of chocolate.

 

Take a chance and savor the goodness of God around you today.

Drop the old packages you are carrying so you can receive and savor the new gifts Jesus has for you!

Buy a piece of good chocolate and taste and see that the Lord is good and has good stuff in store for you and me today, this hour, this moment.

It’s the only day we have to enjoy and savor.

 

Check out Psalm 34 in The Message   

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Looking at Shalom through a lens of Justice

by Hilary Horn
written by Hilary Horn

By Hilary Horn —

Peace = shä·lōm’, שָׁלוֹם – completeness, soundness, welfare, peace

Peace isn’t just a fluffy feeling, or something iconic from the 60s. Peace or shalom, is much more than that.

Photo taken by Hilary Horn in South Africa

Often when I get asked to speak about “social justice” people expect me to speak about my work with various injustices throughout the world like sex trafficking, child-led homes, or something that sounds really fancy and dangerous. These are all great, and part of “justice” when we walk it out, but I often think we get a perspective that is often too highly uplifted. We rather focus on things that sound more thrilling than working on our own hearts. We forget about the other aspects that encompass justice – one of those being transformed as a person of peace or shalom.

What I have found is that many do not realize that Righteousness/Justice/Peace are virtual synonyms as nouns in the bible. They mean life with all relationships, with God, others, self, and the rest of creation.  Life is well ordered, so that life is full of shalom or well being, all things flourishing as God designed them to be. Justice is the pursuit of shalom that God intended for the world and humanity and the righteous person is one who contributes to such life. A righteous person is someone that brings justice and peace. It’s naturally part of their character.

Photo taken by Hilary Horn in Haiti

So when we are walking in righteousness, peace fills the earth; justice is shown. You cannot separate them from each other. The kingdom of heaven comes down in dark places. We are walking in what Jesus has for us and bringing the kingdom to earth – true peace.

When we walk in these truths, justice comes. When we walk in the sacrifice and obedience to what Christ calls us – that is when we see justice and change in our world. That is where we see peace in our communities.

Photo taken by Hilary Horn in the Philippines

What I have learned through walking in what Jesus has called us into is God is always in control and his love never wavers. No matter if our best planned out intentions don’t always work out the way we expected. Justice isn’t just about saving lives or whatever romantic view we have of changing the world. Justice and peace starts with the very core of our hearts. His love for us does not waver on our journey to be a righteous person. He is willing to journey with us through the deserts and valleys so that we become more defined and refined in His purposes and character.

Walking out justice, is truly a process. Being a person of peace is a journey. If you truly believe in the gospel, then you have to believe that it matters not just for your personal salvation and blessings, but also for God’s pursuit of restoration, redemption and reconciliation for the entire world.

Photo taken by Hilary Horn in Dominican Republic

The “now, and not yet” Kingdom. It’s bringing restoration and redemption to earth of how God intended it.

The gospel isn’t just a ticket to heaven or a fluffy nice feeling of peace. As Christians, we should be about the full work of God: yes evangelism, but also the work of shalom, restoration and redemption.

People don’t want to hear that because changing our hearts is much more difficult than doing a one time mission trip or social awareness event. Most of us have this deep desire to change the world. But what we lack is a posture of humility that we need to become more aware of. We have to start realizing that “I too, must change.” I too must first learn to listen and learn. I too, must become a person of peace. 

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Self-Care in the Scriptures

by Hilary Horn
written by Hilary Horn

This month our themes will be on health, wholeness and shalom.  Thank you, Britni D’Eliso, for kicking us off on health and wholeness! —

My daily mantra as a mental health therapist is “self-care, self-care, self-care.”

I spend the majority of my therapy sessions encouraging my clients to consider how creative they can get in developing a list of ways to care for their body, mind and spirit; whether it’s going on a walk, taking a bath, or simply remembering to take a breath. This is a priority as a therapeutic intervention, as a well cared-for self is better prepared to handle unforeseen stressors that pop up throughout the day and can better maneuver the intricacies of relating with others, despite their current state of health and well-being.

But of course, irony rears it’s often ugly head in the reality that I rarely heed my own advice.

As a mother of two littles who works a full-time job outside of the home, it can feel hopelessly impossible to create space for prioritizing myself and my health. I find myself often taking solace in consuming the blog and vlog vent-sessions of fellow working moms who provide and endless slough of the almost humorous misperceptions of “what moms do all day” and the copious amounts of unrealistic advice out there regarding how to incorporate a 30 minute exercise routine and scheduled list of chores into your daily agenda (ha!).

My go-to response is cynicism and sarcasm. But, surprise surprise, that doesn’t lend to a healthy pattern of self-care either!

My biggest obstacle is my tendency to thrive on to-do lists. For any personality-assessment nerds out there like myself, I am an INFJ on the Myers-Briggs and a “1” on the Enneagram. In other words, I like lists, and I’m very task-oriented. Although this can be very helpful in completing projects and maintaining a weekly meal plan, it can backfire a bit when I am needing to simply be at rest.

So for those of you in my camp of the personality spectrum, OR for those who are simply not satisfied with the status-quo of advice available these days… I have some advice for you. 🙂 But before you check out, roll your eyes, or build your argument of defense, hear me out.

This recommendation doesn’t come from my lived experience (in fact, I’m really just now starting to try it out myself). It comes from the One who created you and me. The One who understands how our minds and hearts are wired, what our body needs, and the way that rest and deep connection with self and others keeps us ticking.

It turns out that His Holy Scriptures not only consist of a beautiful story of humanity and His redemption, but they were delivered through the lens of human beings. And though those humans lived millennia ago, they likely still shared in the same emotions and off-balance priorities that we know all too well. However, their connection to the Divine allowed them to be privy to significant truths that still prove relevant today:

Moses relays God’s instruction in Exodus 20:8-10 — “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.  Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the LORD made the heavens an. d the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 

In other words, we are to do our work and do it well. AND THEN we are to set aside time, intentionally and proactively, to rest. This may requires upping your spontaneity, or if you’re like me, scheduling in a window of rest. This strategy is the very thing that allows me to write this blog: I take two-ish hours every Thursday morning (my day off) to escape to a coffee shop (my sanctuary) for some rest and time to write. This happens because my husband is a rockstar and because it’s in the calendar, so we know to work around it.

David identifies that rest is found in the presence of the Lord in Psalm 23 (and this message is reiterated throughout all of Psalms) — The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

We can garner inspiration even from the metaphors David uses, of a shepherd, green pastures, quiet waters, etc. David speaks to the rest found in companionship with our relational God, and hints at how that connection can be found in nature. Nature may have been a bit more accessible to David, while he was living in the wilderness, however we can get creative in 2017 too. Whether it’s taking the kids on a walk around the nearest park, going on a hike (I’ll admit I’m spoiled with hiking opportunities here in the Pacific NW), or sitting in the grass in your backyard. I’m not talking about a Robinson Crusoe adventure here, just creating opportunity to experience a tangible and meditative connection with this earth that God hand-crafted.

At this risk of getting preachy or of wagging my finger, I’m going to stop here and let you dig in to the relevant wisdom found in His Scriptures. Be pleasantly surprised at how God’s words are sensitive to our very human needs and how His personal and intimate nature is revealed in His devotion to our well-being, as His precious children.

See references below for your own study:

Philippians 4:4-9

Psalm 37

Isaiah 26:3-12

 

Britni D’Eliso is a quiet but fearless spirit who is earnestly seeking the beauty of the redemption that Jesus has personally determined for her life. Committed to the truth that listening breeds understanding and understanding results in compassion, she clings to the power of life’s stories. She has embarked on the venture of discovering her own story and lending an ear to the stories lived out in others and savors the trace of Jesus that is woven throughout them all. Currently, that journey has landed her in a balancing act between the role of wife, momma (to Shiloh & Eden), and a mental health therapist in Eugene, Oregon. 

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