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What’s in a Fairytale?
I have long been fascinated by folk- and fairytales. This genre of literature began as oral tales told by adults to adults. In my imagination, I see a group of people circled around a...
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Contemplation Tuesday: To Serve
A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire. ~ Thomas Merton...
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Covenant Words
A covenant made … should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective.Russell M. Nelson Unitarian Universalists (UUs) use the term “covenant” a lot, almost as much as they say “congregational...
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Dreamland: Adventures in Sleeping
Sleep is the best meditation. ~ Dalai Lama One morning recently, I slept until 8:30. It felt so good to wake up naturally, rather than being awakened by an alarm or my spouse or cats climbing on me....
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5 Small Things
1. There are pleasures for keeping as enjoying, — for using delicately, the zest lasting long, the more affluent when tasted with moderation and seldom. Amos Alcott (Unitarian, educator, reformer,...
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How To Be a Welcoming Church
Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe As one who spent her first two Sundays at coffee time all alone staring at the floor, I know whereof I speak. Here’s...
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Living Our Principles
My husband works in one of the university’s buildings near downtown Fargo. Since the building opened, there have been many occasions when homeless people attempt to shelter in the building, especially...
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Spiritual Practices: I
The flowering of love is meditation. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti One of the spiritual tools I use is meditation. I first learned this practice from the teacher and other members of the Prairie Sky Sangha...
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Spiritual Practices II: Mindfulness
Tired of multitasking? Got too many pans on the burner? Do you get brain shivers thinking of everything at once? Are you so busy you often walk into the garage and forget why you’re there?...
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5 Small Things: Poems about Summer
1. Let me enjoy this late-summer day of my heart while the leaves are still green and I won’t look so close as to see that first tint of pale yellow slowly creep in. I will cease endless running and...
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