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Still Hungry? Good!

Catherine Ripley — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:56:48 +0000

“… I think worship — good worship — should make you hungry.” This idea from Thomas McKechnie, an M. Div. student at Emmanuel College, stuck with me long after we at Kimberley Shared Ministry had finished up this year’s Lenten study. (Bless Break Share / Recipes for Faithful Living, Alydia Smith, editor. 2025, p. 70) […]

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Welcoming Prayer: Consent to Go

Mary Ellen Davis — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:02:23 +0000

Life happens, and in the course of a day there are many pain points. Some are small—a missed appointment or a frustrating delay. Others are much heavier—a difficult diagnosis or a strained relationship. In these moments, our bodies tense, our thoughts race or go blank, and we may say or do things we later regret. […]

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Wholehearted Worship — The Experience

Marcella Mugford — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:43:41 +0000

How would you respond if someone asked you what “Wholehearted Worship” means? I could not give a good “elevator” response to this question. Can you? When I experience “Wholehearted Worship,” I am touched with peace, or love, or a sense that God is with me, perhaps God challenging me to change. Perhaps I am aware […]

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Spiritual Spring Training Camp

Kristy Arndt — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:53:20 +0000

The month of February brings us the observance of two intense activities: the Winter Olympics and the beginning of the season of Lent. Each of these activities requires focus, commitment, and the support of a wider community to achieve success for the participants. Olympic athletes give themselves over to wholehearted commitment and focus for their […]

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How Big is a Box?

Marcella Mugford — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:01:09 +0000

In October, I offered to pick some windfall apples for a friend. She enthusiastically responded, “Yes, please, one box will be lots.” I agreed to do this, but I needed more information. In my mind, a box of apples is about 30 pounds – a standard apple box size when I was picking apples many […]

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A D V E N T

Helen Hall — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:20:45 +0000

As the weather cools, the days shorten, the stores and malls remind us how quickly it is that time passes. And Christmas is coming. In these fall days before we have even had our Thanksgiving Turkey feasts, the stores remind us that the reason for the season is spending money on Holiday Decorations. They don’t […]

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Breathing in the Spirit

Kristy Arndt — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:05:43 +0000

October is a beautiful month; the air becomes crisper, the sun drops lower, we give thanks for bountiful harvests and we celebrate St. Francis of Assisi, a person who deeply honoured creation and the Creator. A wonderful aspect of Christian spirituality is that it is so broad. For those of us moved deeply by our […]

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“Puhpowee!”

Catherine Ripley — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 08:18:36 +0000

I love this word! It is so…so…God. I was reminded of it when I opened a brand new journal, a gift from my daughter, in early June. The cover artwork of (mainly) fungi reminded me of a teaching by Robin Wall Kimmerer in Braiding Sweetgrass. She writes that the Anishinaabe ethnobotanist Keewaydinoquay translates “puhpowee!” as […]

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Pray in THE BIG BOOK Way

Marcella Mugford — Sat, 31 May 2025 08:45:32 +0000

Summer has begun. For many, this is the season for travel, relaxing with other, enjoying fresh local produce. For others, it is time of intense seasonal work — little time to relax, or even to sleep. Do you have plans for this summer? Routines change, and often that is good. When my prayer times feel […]

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Living As if God was There

James Wild — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:43:13 +0000

I like watching Jordan Peterson videos on YouTube. The other day I saw an interview with him in which the interviewer asked him if he believed in God. Peterson declined to discuss the topic because it is so large and important a subject that a simple “bumper sticker” declaration is inappropriate. But then he added […]

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