by Nicole Havelka | Dec 1, 2021 | Advent & Christmas, Creativity, Mindfulness, Yoga & Church
I am having to work double-time at hope this year. Fall was busy for my business, so I hopefully embarked on building an online store (with the help of at least two other people). I promoted holiday gift ideas for weeks, and then: There were no sales during my Small...
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 | Dec 4, 2018 | Advent & Christmas, Self Care, Yoga & Church
Because I love the Christian season of Advent that leads up to Christmas, I will again be writing each week of Advent a piece around the week’s theme and inviting you into a spiritual practice with me. Early morning darkness comforts and relaxes me. In the pre-dawn...
by Nicole Havelka | Apr 5, 2015 | Change Leadership, Faith Formation
If I’ve done the Holy Week thing right, I really, really feel relieved and happy on Easter morning. I can hear the birds chirping out my window as if for the first time. I appreciate sunlight, even if it is obscured by clouds, in a way I never thought possible....
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