by Brenda Buckwell | Mar 17, 2022 | Blog
What is it like for you to be upheld by love? How do our communities, nations, and all of creation experience being upheld by God’s love? Is it like a funny cartoon characterization of a person holding his or her arms in the air over the head? And with each...
by Brenda Buckwell | Mar 11, 2022 | Blog
What are the three Cs? Covenant compassion in community is the three Cs of faith formation. Covenant is nearly a foreign word for us in our culture. We are much more prone to legalities. We find ourselves comparing and evaluating the other. Almost unconsciously we...
by Brenda Buckwell | Mar 3, 2022 | Blog
It is time! Today we are called to self-examination. We are invited to look within and notice our habits, our mannerisms, our motivations, and the ways which we have or have not lived Christ-love in relationship with others. The invitation to the Lenten spiritual...
by Brenda Buckwell | Feb 24, 2022 | Blog
How does your life glow with the gentleness of God’s presence? In my book Spiritual Direction and the Metamorphosis of Church, I write about a luminous life. Individuals and congregations may through consistent practice of the tools of spiritual direction become...
by Brenda Buckwell | Feb 17, 2022 | Blog
How do you hear the unfolding story of God in your life, in your community, and even in this moment of restrictive pandemic? Listening to God’s heart song is unique for each of us. Our personality and psychological make up influence how we discern God’s Word singing...
by Brenda Buckwell | Feb 11, 2022 | Blog
How does one live a eucharistic life? What is a eucharistic life? “The Greek word eucharistia, meaning ‘thanksgiving. ‘ This term originated in the 1st or 2nd century A.D. as early Christians commemorated Christ’s Last Supper with thanksgiving.”[1]...
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