Tag Archives: healing

Todo Bien

Posted on May 27, 2015 by deborahmeister

The last two weeks have been hard ones in the church I serve. (Those of you who are there will know why.) We’ve been impacted by several losses, both in our church and in our community, none of them easy. … Continue reading →

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Unbelievable! (11): Marionette

Posted on April 29, 2015 by deborahmeister

This occasional series explores what we don’t believe — and why — in order to help us understand what we do believe, and why we do. The church does not teach that God controls everything. In my pastoral ministry, there … Continue reading →

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My Name is Legion

Posted on May 12, 2014 by jimq2012

If I asked you to think about the word pairings Frequent Flyer or Catch and Release you probably wouldn’t guess we might be talking about the current state of mental health care in the United States…  Unless your name is … Continue reading →

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Darkness and Light

Posted on October 31, 2013 by sonyasutton

Tonight is the Eve of All Hallows (or All Saints as it is more commonly known now and shortened to “Halloween” of course), and tomorrow is All Saints Day, that feast day for those extraordinary people who have walked among … Continue reading →

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A Healing Place

Posted on February 21, 2013 by sonyasutton

I recently finished a book by Dr. Esther Sternberg titled Healing Places: The Science of Place and Well-Being.  In it she explores the science behind why certain places – places as divergent as Lourdes in France and a well-designed and … Continue reading →

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Stepping from the Shadows

Posted on December 19, 2012 by deborahmeister

Monday night, I went to a Christmas concert. The singing was beautiful, both traditional carols and unfamiliar pieces, a few even new to the world this season. From time to time, the audience stood and joined the singers, a couple … Continue reading →

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Join the Club

Posted on October 18, 2012 by sonyasutton

Laughter Clubs, a form of yoga, began developing in the 1990’s and now form a movement with over 8.000 groups of people gathering around the world, usually in the morning in a park, to simply laugh as a form of … Continue reading →

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Hey, Today is St. Matthew’s Day

Posted on September 21, 2012 by matthewhanisian

Perhaps not surprisingly, in my ordained life, I’ve been asked several times: “Doesn’t it seem weird when you are reading the gospel in church to say, ‘…from the gospel according to Matthew’?”  Or, “don’t you want to sometimes say, ‘…from … Continue reading →

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Paradise

Posted on July 19, 2012 by sonyasutton

Paradise – a place, a feeling, an idea open to individual interpretation.  You likely have your own sense of what paradise is, but I was surprised to learn that the word’s roots are found in Greek and Iranian origins that … Continue reading →

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See that no one knows of this

Posted on October 7, 2011 by matthewhanisian

” As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, crying loudly, ‘Have mercy on us, Son of David!’ When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, ‘Do you believe that … Continue reading →

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