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 | Oct 7, 2016 | Yoga & Church
Although I’ve written about the significance of my yoga practice and Christian ministry for many years, this is the first in an occasional series I’m calling, “What Yoga Has Taught Me About Church.” Inhale, raise your arms above your head;...
by Nicole Havelka | Feb 12, 2015 | Change Leadership, Faith Formation
The Catholic elementary school I attended was in the heart of South Omaha, an area that was most recently populated by the families of European immigrants who worked in the packing plants and railroad yards that still dotted the dreary industrial landscape. Few of our...
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by Nicole Havelka | Dec 16, 2014 | Change Leadership, Pop Culture
News of grand jury decisions not to indict the killers of Michael Brown and Eric Garner left me reeling in a way that few news stories have in years. I’m not a lawyer, nor do I have any special insight into what happened in those grand jury rooms in St. Louis and New...
by Nicole Havelka | Sep 17, 2014 | Change Leadership, Faith Formation, Family Ministry: Not Just for the Christian Right Anymore, Pop Culture
This blog series, Family Ministry: Not Just for the Christian Right Anymore, explores how family-based faith formation ministry will help progressive Christian values take root first in homes and then throughout our communities and the world in order to spread justice...
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