Healing Circles
Every human being needs some form of healing. Healing needs vary according each person’s life journey. Healing always comes in and through the gracious grace of God...
Healing Prayers
In this session we offer different types of “Healing Prayers.”
Each guides you through a creative experience. Obviously, some will be better suited for you than others, but we encourage you to try also those that are more unknown to you: it is true that we grow also through what we do not know!
Ten Shin Go So
Ten Shin Go So is an exercise devised by Tai Chi and Aikido masters to facilitate both physical and mental focus. It combines physical movement with a storyline to energize the body...
The Sacred Anointing
To be anointed is, among other things, to be made Sacred, to be set apart and dedicated to God. This month, as we celebrate the feast of Mary Magdalene, the anointer of Jesus...
Mother Earth as Healer
Earth as an element symbolizes the necessities and commitments of our lives. It represents our limitations as well as our possibilities. The word ‘humility’ comes from the word ‘humus’ which means earth...
Moments of Beauty
For Franciscans, beauty is everywhere! Beauty is not just one aspect of reality, not just one element among many. Rather beauty is the deepest foundation of reality...
Mandala
Mandala means circle in Sanskrit. In art, the term mandala refers to a symbol that is done in a circular format. Mandalas symbolize wholeness and always originate at the center...
The Parables of Scripture and those of our lives...
Jesus knew the power of a story. He managed to be a wonderful storyteller who clothed the most profound thoughts in common language that spoke to all people. The stories of Jesus are as varied...
Finding the Sacred in Poetry
Poetry touches the depths of the soul. It is said to be the language of the heart that inspires us to see the world anew.
The Most Beautiful Healing Names of God
Real prayer always expands us and our world-view...it invites, calls, leads and sometimes even pushes us into new spaces from which to view our own reality.
Praying with Mandalas: Journeying into God
Thanks to the Congregational Calendar theme during the month of April, we had the opportunity to experiment with and venture into the art of mandalas. My experience with mandalas began during some...
