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FULFILLING YOUR CALLING IN EVERY ASSIGNMENT

2025-01-01T18:09:01+00:00

“God, how did I get here?” I sat in my car, weeping, after witnessing a young girl graduate as valedictorian. This young girl lived in our Hope House— our safe house for minors who were victims of sex trafficking. I was one of the only ones sitting in that crowd who knew the significance of this moment. Three years earlier, this girl was a victim, but now she was a valedictorian. I couldn’t stop wiping the tears from my eyes and thanking God for what I just witnessed. And in that moment I asked, “God, how did I get here? How [...]

FULFILLING YOUR CALLING IN EVERY ASSIGNMENT2025-01-01T18:09:01+00:00

Bible Passages Regarding Physical Fitness

2022-06-29T17:27:48+00:00

Free PDF Available   Your Temple   Deuteronomy 32:15 “But Jeshurun grew fat; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.   Proverbs 4:20-22 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.  Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.  For they are life to those who find them and healing to all their flesh.   Proverbs 31:17 She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.   Isaiah 40:31 But those who hope in [...]

Bible Passages Regarding Physical Fitness2022-06-29T17:27:48+00:00

Sewing Seeds of Grace

2022-01-12T23:34:59+00:00

“A seed doesn’t struggle to become a tree. It simply unfolds in grace.” (Chopra) Everything a tree needs to become a tree: grand, enriched with life-giving nutrients, and full of color—is inside the seed. The tree doesn’t have to strive to reach its fullest potential. Everything needed for growth is present in the seed long before it breaks open, travels through the dark unknown, and bursts through the soil. This is true with all life. It is astounding to consider the abundant life force in every seed.  2 Peter 1:3 states, “His divine power has given us everything we require for [...]

Sewing Seeds of Grace2022-01-12T23:34:59+00:00

Reflect & Respond

2025-01-01T18:41:01+00:00

“Now all of us, with our faces unveiled, reflect the glory of the Lord as if we are mirrors; and so, we (respond) being transformed, metamorphosed, into His same image from one radiance of glory to another, just as the Spirit of the Lord accomplishes it.” 2 Cor. 3:18 THE VOICE Is my face veiled or unveiled?  My response upon reflection; why would we have veiled faces? What does one’s face reflect? This verse is referencing the Old Testament account of Moses coming down from God’s glory on the mountain and the people could not handle the brightness of God’s glory [...]

Reflect & Respond2025-01-01T18:41:01+00:00

Hurry Up To Slow Down

2023-10-21T23:28:54+00:00

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger." Luke 2:16 (NIV) "Hurry up! We're going to be late to the choir concert!" "Come on guys. Help me tidy up before our guests arrive." "Is it 6 a.m. already? I gotta get to that door buster sale as soon as it opens so I don't miss out on the deals!" With the holiday season upon us, the music at the mall announces that folks are dreaming of a white Christmas. That may be true. But in reality, many women are dreaming of something else [...]

Hurry Up To Slow Down2023-10-21T23:28:54+00:00

A Place Where God Spoke

2021-11-01T13:52:22+00:00

  Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land. (Genesis 12:6) The very place where Abram stopped, Shechem, we find the terebinth tree of Moreh. The word for Moreh in Hebrew means “to throw, to shoot, to teach” and came to mean “a place where God spoke.” This is where God spoke to Abram—in fact appeared to him. Now it shall be, when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the [...]

A Place Where God Spoke2021-11-01T13:52:22+00:00

Sacred Sound

2021-10-13T15:26:26+00:00

This summer, my friend traveled back home to Nepal. She was kind enough to purchase an authentic, crystal singing bowl and bring it back to me. Since I was already obsessing over the sounds and benefits of these glorious bowls, I wanted to incorporate sound baths in my yoga practice. Sound therapy, with Tibetan singing bowls, is an ancient form of regeneration. The first bowls were made from an alloy of various metals and were used nearly 6000 years ago in the Far East. Besides their traditional use for meditation, Tibetan singing bowls are used for deep relaxation and muscle regeneration, [...]

Sacred Sound2021-10-13T15:26:26+00:00

RECLAIMING YOGA AS A CHRISTIAN HEALING TOOL

2025-01-01T18:19:05+00:00

For real change to take place, the body needs to learn that the danger has passed and to live in the reality of the present. ~Bessel van der Kolk, MD (pioneer in the field of traumatology) in The Body Keeps the Score I have already written about my journey listening to the voice of God as I’ve explored yoga as a creative Christian practice. I also want to share another reason behind my exploration of yoga as I’ve sought the Lord’s will and wisdom in this somewhat tricky and controversial issue as a follower of Jesus Christ. I am deeply passionate about helping [...]

RECLAIMING YOGA AS A CHRISTIAN HEALING TOOL2025-01-01T18:19:05+00:00

A Covenant of Love: Ashtanga Yoga & The Ten Commandments

2025-01-01T18:29:31+00:00

My feelings about the practice of Ashtanga, referred to as the Primary Series, have ebbed and flowed over the years.  While I began my teaching with six Primary Series classes weekly and appreciated the comfort and structure it provided me as a new teacher, I soon became bored and burned out.  Not that each practice and each student did not offer something unique, but that I could hear myself cue in my sleep and there was little heart behind the rigid breath, bandha, and dristi lingo I regurgitated daily.  One could say I fell out of love with my first love. I think somewhere along the [...]

A Covenant of Love: Ashtanga Yoga & The Ten Commandments2025-01-01T18:29:31+00:00

Mudras from a Christian Perspective

2024-11-18T23:37:09+00:00

To receive the full 17 page PDF see here. Mudras from a Christian Perspective by Michelle Thielen   And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God. Luke 13:13, ESV Mudra means “seal ”, “closure”, or “gesture” in Sanskrit. We use these gestures mostly in meditation or in pranayama practice to direct the flow of energy within the body by using the hands. If you or your students feel uncomfortable with this term, you can simply refer to them as hand positions or postures of prayer. We will also explore the hand positions [...]

Mudras from a Christian Perspective2024-11-18T23:37:09+00:00
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