by Nicole Havelka | Nov 16, 2021 | Advent & Christmas, Community, Mindfulness, Self Care, Social Justice
I’m conflicted about the holidays, but not for the reasons you’d expect. I’m not stressed out about holiday cooking and shopping; I gave most of that up years ago. I’m not anxious about holiday travel; I’m not doing that anymore either, thanks to COVID. I’m not...
by Nicole Havelka | Dec 16, 2020 | Advent & Christmas, Community, Healing, Mindfulness, Ritual, Yoga & Church
Leading up to the third Sunday of Advent this year, I kept thinking about the 2006 movie “The Pursuit of Happyness.” The movie stars Will Smith as Chris Gardner, an aspiring entrepreneur and sales person who gets an opportunity to do an unpaid stockbroker internship...
by Nicole Havelka | Dec 9, 2020 | Advent & Christmas, Change Leadership, Community, Faith Formation, Healing, Mindfulness, Yoga & Church
“Peace can be difficult to feel because of the chaos that surrounds us.” I wrote that line more than a year ago for my 2019 Mindful Advent series, but is really true now. Everything in this year feels like chaos — the disruption of a pandemic, the helplessness created...
by Nicole Havelka | Dec 2, 2020 | Advent & Christmas, Change Leadership, Healing, Mindfulness, Ritual
I’ve written before about how I slept with a bedside lamp on (not just a nightlight) until I was 11 years old. As a child, I was prone to having nightmares about things I had read about or watched on TV. I saw shadowed ghosts in the hallway outside my bedroom. I saw...
by Nicole Havelka | Oct 6, 2020 | Advent & Christmas, Community, Creativity, Mindfulness, Organizations, Ritual, Social Justice
“It’s Not About You.” If Dr. Haldeman was giving you a “talk” that included this phrase, you were not being your best self. Seminary classmates and I grew accustomed to hearing these words from my worship professor and advisor, Dr. Scott Haldeman, while I was in the...
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