Ruach
It is not many steps beyond breath awareness that comes a conversation around the spirituality of the human being. Though many people may draw the line here, there will be much missed by stopping short of this recognition. It is difficult to put to words the complexity of the multi-dimensional soul of man and terminology such as self-awareness, awakening and self-care are quickly followed by ideas of divinity, sovereignty and globally unified human consciousness.
When (Not) Helping Hurts
I’d recently come back from my first trip to Uganda, Africa and was desperately seeking ways to reconcile the shock I experienced in the contrast of cultures upon my return home. Africa wasn’t the first place I had ever experienced third-world poverty, but it would become my last.
Mirrors and Magnets: Breaking the Self-Love Culture
Self-love is the culture of self-centeredness, or selfishness, masked in wispy fonts, floral journal covers and rousing conversation about the “true self.” Of course, this doesn’t feel as fuzzy and warm, but Truth is not measured by the subjective ways we feel about a thing.
The only way to discover your True identity will come through awareness of your intended creation, not self-created love. There is no balance of Ego and self-love; they side the same.
Friends of Bethany
The Friends of Bethany annual retreat is about a union and reunion of young women with amputations or limb differences who are made whole in their identity, bonded by faith and made strong in community, fitness and surf.