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Dwelling Places: Phronema (FROH-nee-mah) and Light.
Reflection Melanie Nixon Reflection Melanie Nixon

Dwelling Places: Phronema (FROH-nee-mah) and Light.

Today, this week, and throughout the coming days, I invite you to join me on a path of word trails. Some of you, maybe most of you have walked a rocky, dirt covered, sandy, or paved trail with me, and if you haven’t you’re always welcome to.

But a word trail may be new to you or somewhat familiar. What I hope most of all with this word trail is that it will be spacious.

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Compassion. Adam and *Oscar.
Reflection Melanie Nixon Reflection Melanie Nixon

Compassion. Adam and *Oscar.

The way of compassion has been a strong area of question and prayer, rethinking, participation, and wondering. In reading Compassion, the authors offer helpful insights, and guidance in ways to live with greater awareness of compassion = voluntary displacement. This shift has invited…

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