Soul Sculpting: Four Mind Training Methods for Getting Out of the Bog of Negative Thoughts What happens when we let an untrained dog roam free? Sometimes nothing much happens. Other times the dog wanders in a helpful way, like wandering over to the chicken yard and scaring off a hawk. The rest of the time…
Soul Sculpting Project: Unhelpful Thoughts? “Drop It”
Soul Sculpting Project: Unhelpful Thoughts? “Drop It” Where does your mind like to go when you let it wander? I took a long easy drive today to check out the snow level at the ranch. Bumpy–go slow– dirt road, no traffic. A drive I have done many times. This is an invitation for my mind…
Soul Sculpting Project: Imagining Stories to Connect with God
#7 of Seven Ancient Christian Practices for Connecting with God Soul Sculpting Project: Imagining Stories to Connect with God Pilgrimage Jerusalem 384 AD Egeria knew the story well. On this Holy Week in this holy city she heard the story read again and she re-lived it. Egeria sat in a cave where Jesus had met…
Soul Sculpting Project: Make a Tiny Location Change
Practice #6 of Seven Ancient Christian Practices for Connecting with God Soul Sculpting Project: Make a Tiny Location Change Jerusalem 384 AD A woman of boundless curiosity. Egeria was on an epic pilgrimage. She now knew how the color of the Atlantic waters differed from the color of the Red sea waters. She had climbed…
Soul Sculpting: Make a Change With a Little Help From Our Friends
#5 of Seven Ancient Practices for Connecting with God Soul Sculpting: Make a Change With a Little Help From Our Friends Augustine: November13, 354 –August 28, 430 A.D. Augustine had some wild years in his younger days. We know all about them because he fessed-up in his Confessions. He began as a child pear-thief, whose crime…
Soul Sculpting Project: Turning the Mundane into the Sacred with One Ancient Gesture
Soul Sculpting Project: Turning the Mundane into the Sacred with One Ancient Gesture The Ancient Practice of the Sign of the Cross Lenten Practice #4 My husband, Evan, spent his college summers doing migrant farm/factory work. He drove combines to harvest peas, quality inspected the seams on cans of corn and sorted asparagus. To sort…
