Approaching Advent
Advent Series Introduction 2023 Fellow sojourners, what are you bringing into this Advent season? Great hope at the impact your work has had this year? Anticipation of someone visiting or seeing Christmas through a child’s eyes? Perhaps you find yourself coming to this season with very little to o
Gratitude for All Seasons
Gratitude is an emotion, and certainly you’ve experienced it spontaneously before- perhaps when you received a thoughtful gift, an answer to a heartfelt prayer, a call from a friend when you’re feeling lonely. But gratitude is also a practice, the conscious act of turning your attention to what
HEART, SOUL, MIND, & STRENGTH
by Nick Steffen, LMHC, Pastoral & Clinical Counselor In the gospels, Jesus recalls the book of Deuteronomy when asked what the greatest command is. He instructs us to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. While the conceptual understandings of these words may have shif