by Nicole Havelka | May 26, 2022 | Creativity, Mindfulness, Self Care, Time Management
You are worthy of rest. As I started to think about the long holiday weekend, it occurred to me that we tend to fill these days with one activity after another. Particularly since many of us spent a couple of years refraining from in-person social activities due...
by Nicole Havelka | May 26, 2021 | Antiracism, Change Leadership, Community, Mindfulness, Ritual, Social Justice
Complicated feelings have been part of Memorial Day since its inception. Being a church nerd who loves ritual, I searched for the origin story of Memorial Day recently. Within seconds, (Thank you, interwebs!) I found a fascinating article about how David Blight, a...
by Nicole Havelka | May 28, 2020 | Community, Creativity, Healing, Mindfulness, Ritual
When I was in seminary (a.k.a. graduate school for pastors), one of my professors would fairly regularly give one of us the “it’s-not-about-you” speech when we were in times of distress (i.e. self-created drama). He would remind you firmly, directly, kindly that...
by Nicole Havelka | May 30, 2016 | Change Leadership, Community
Here I am sitting on my porch on a sunny Memorial Day morning in Columbus, Ohio and I am remembering something different that one usually expects on this holiday. I am remembering that it was just a year ago (June 1) that movers loaded a truck with my belongings and...
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