Backstage at Oprah’s Super Soul Sessions 2, Eckhart Tolle speaks: “Many people have not found their sense of specialness. That’s not ego, or comparative, ‘I’m more special than you,’ where you feel superior or inferior to someone else, it’s a specialness that honors the uniqueness of you and the way
I’m more than half-way through 40 Days of Decrease by Alicia Britt Chole, and it is not getting any easier. Today’s fast is about the Cross where Jesus was murdered. It symbolizes self-sacrifice, self-denial. And I’m finally able to articulate somewhat why this process of Decrease has been so difficult
The Radical Work of Healing: Fania and Angela Davis on a New Kind of Civil Rights Activism sonofbaldwin: “Fania: A lot of people think that restorative justice can only address interpersonal harm—and it’s very successful in that. But the truth and reconciliation model is one that’s supposed to address mass
It’s Leap Day! February 29 is an extra day we get in order to keep the calendar in balance with the Earth’s rotation. This is an excellent reminder for us to do something extra for ourselves today so we can also stay in balance. I’m going to do an extra
#Lent Day 15: Fasting from Spiritual Self-Protection. WHOO, Jesus is trying me with these fasts. Can’t I go back to just giving up candy or somethin?! These daily fasts from 40 Days of Decrease are challenging me like nothing I’ve experienced lately, so I must be on the right track
#Lent update! I was having the hardest time ever with yesterday’s fast to “give lavishly”. I’m just now getting to the point where I’m fed up of giving everything I’ve got and getting next to nothing in return, so yesterday’s fast began as a challenge. I got instantly angry. I vowed
Why Are #Millennials Leaving the #Church? I interview @rachelheldevans on why she & so many others leave (and come back) https://www.guideposts.org/positive-living/why-are-millennials-leaving-the-church
#Lent Day 13: Fast Stinginess. “Seek an opportunity to be irrationally lavish toward someone who cannot possibly return the favor. Give because you love. Give without letting reason ration out your love in stingy portions.” –40 Days of Decrease by Alicia Britt Chole. I’m having trouble with this fast because I’m
The Forgotten Girls Who Left the South and Changed History karnythia: angelsscream: @karnythia Ooh thanks!
#Lent Day 8: Fasting from Fixing It. “When you’re in pain, the most hurtful offerings come from those who try to fix it with platitudes. Such clumsy attempts to fix someone else’s pain reflect the probability that we are uncomfortable facing our own. So today, fast fixing things. Let the broken