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Evening Prayer
Resting Melanie Nixon Resting Melanie Nixon

Evening Prayer

Allow yourself to be ‘still’ for a moment, a minute or longer. Open your hands on your lap. Receive this time as rest.

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Creative Giving:
Reaching Out Melanie Nixon Reaching Out Melanie Nixon

Creative Giving:

Story. Painting. Poetry.

Have you ever spread paint across a page?

Did you use a brush or

maybe your fingertips?

Did you give yourself permission to make a mess?

Did you believe you gave your best,

and then wonder who ever gave you that idea?

There are few things we get to do without consequence.

by Heidi Goodmann

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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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