by Nicole Havelka | Dec 17, 2019 | Advent & Christmas, Community, Faith Formation, Mindfulness, Self Care, Yoga & Church
Each Christmas season, I make a ritual of watching the Frank Capra Christmas Classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Though I know there is a strong cult following for the movie starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, there is an equally large group of those who furrow their...
by Nicole Havelka | Oct 2, 2019 | Change Leadership, Creativity, Faith Formation, Healing, Self Care, Yoga & Church
Last week I attended a free meditation class hosted by a local church. The leader, a very experienced mediation teacher, reflected that he often hears people push back about meditation — saying that it, and other mindfulness and self-care practices, were selfish. The...
by Nicole Havelka | Aug 28, 2019 | Change Leadership, Community, Faith Formation, Healing, Self Care
This summer I began taking walks nearly every morning as an active extension of my meditation practice. Each morning, I stood up from my meditation cushion, put on walking clothes and shoes, and did NOT take headphones. Taking my first steps in the walk, I feel...
by Nicole Havelka | Aug 15, 2019 | Change Leadership, Community, Faith Formation, Organizations
When my teenage angst raged in my late teens, I summarily dismissed the Roman Catholic faith in which I had been raised. I thought all the adults sitting in mass each week were just there out of habit or obligation. Through my limited teenage experience, I saw no...
by Ivy Beckwith | Feb 5, 2019 | Change Leadership, Community, Faith Formation
Change is nothing new for me. Since leaving graduate school in 1980 I have lived in 14 different condos, houses and apartments. I have owned four homes in three different states. In that time frame I have held 13 different jobs (I worked for one company twice.)...
by Nicole Havelka | Oct 31, 2018 | Change Leadership, Community, Faith Formation, Yoga & Church
This post is the sixth in a series exploring the practice of Drishti (focus on a particular point, traditionally in meditation or yoga poses). Rev. Nicole Havelka, the usual author of this blog, writes about how her ordination anniversary provided a perfect reflection...
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