Through my work in the healing ministry I often get the opportunity to talk with college students and recent grads. At this point in life (as well as perhaps many times throughout our lives) there is the question of what’s next? It seems that with this question, there comes with it a lot of worry or fearContinue reading “To bless and be blessed”
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Facing fear with love
Fear is a funny thing. It can seem to completely overtake us and our sense of being. I love the idea of it as an acronym – False Evidence Appearing Real. How true that is… that it is entirely false. In an article By Pam LeBlanc, Alex Honnold – world renowned climber – puts itContinue reading “Facing fear with love”
Leave the rumination to the cows…
Do you ever get stuck mulling over an idea imagining how it could play out in all the different ways… or replaying a conversation and thinking of all the ways you could have responded better? When making a decision do you think about each option to the nth degree of all the pros and cons,Continue reading “Leave the rumination to the cows…”
“Roots hold me close; wings set me free”
Yesterday as I was sitting by the lake with my dog on this chilly, but sunny fall day with the wind blowing through the few trees surrounding us and casting ripples upon the water, I was reminded of a favorite poem or hymn from the Unitarian faith tradition, “Spirit of Life” by Carolyn McDade. SpiritContinue reading ““Roots hold me close; wings set me free””
Curiosity – good or bad?
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” As Shakespeare so eloquently put it… and so it is with curiosity. As a professor and abroad director, I hoped to instill a sense of curiosity in my students… what I hoped for was to see a sincere desire to learn more aboutContinue reading “Curiosity – good or bad?”
kim hedge, cs 