by Christine Sine It’s Thanksgiving week here in America and we are looking forward to sharing the day with our small Mustard Seed House community and following it up with…
by Kathie Hempel The theme of this year’s World Kindness Day is simple. Yet making kindness the norm is not. I am not a fan of truisms that become catchphrases,…
by Laurie Klein Every November 11th, across the world, ancient, autumnal festivities honor St. Martin the Merciful. Gatherings may include lantern parades, bonfires, stories, wine tasting, and more. Born in…
by June Friesen Time – what is time? The online dictionary defines it as “the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as…
by John van de Laar I have a love-hate relationship with contentment. I remember once listening to Sheryl Crow sing, “It’s not having what you want, it’s wanting what you’ve…
by Rodney Marsh “… reality is a dynamic, ever-changing, flowing process, not an assemblage of things” (Iain McGilchrist) “(now the ears of my ears awake and now the eyes of…
by Sue Duby Some ordinary routines have a way of sending our focus quickly back to Him. As Chuck backed the car out of the garage, I grabbed the overloaded…
by The Rev. Elaine Breckenridge I have always loved trees. I climbed them as a child. In high school and college, I wrote sentimental poems about them. As an adult,…
by Jean Adrianoff Let them praise the name of the Lord! For he commanded and they were created. Psalm 148:5 (ESV) Psalm 148 presents a call for all creation to praise…
by Hilary Horn In our fast-paced, consumer-driven world, Western cultures have inadvertently developed what can be termed as a “gratitude gap.” This gap represents the growing disconnect between our desires…
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