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Dwelling places
Reflection Melanie Nixon Reflection Melanie Nixon

Dwelling places

Hello Friends!

I thank you for joining me on this blog journey. I thought I’d share if you may be wondering why the name “dwelling places” keeps appearing and why the title of my reflections. It is in recognizing the patterns of my daily beginnings. Often I find myself waking and feeling like today’s hard. And asking, how am I going to get going, or get through it? Do you feel this struggle?

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Women engaged. Ruth Barton’s “Sacred Rhythms.” Current podcast “Guided Prayer: broken identities” with Michelle M. Sharp.
Resonating Resources Melanie Nixon Resonating Resources Melanie Nixon

Women engaged. Ruth Barton’s “Sacred Rhythms.” Current podcast “Guided Prayer: broken identities” with Michelle M. Sharp.

I find myself midway through this engaging reading on rhythms and how to arrange “our lives for spiritual transformation.” The chapter on discernment practices “requires us to go beyond the basics”--to notice our inner dynamics where we hear desire and calling…

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Guest feature
Reaching Out Melanie Nixon Reaching Out Melanie Nixon

Guest feature

Often words are hard and tiresome when I am already weary, so creating small, sometimes really simple, goofy sketches to reflect on my day is easier. Sometimes it is really hard. But I think it is always good. It helps keep my eyes open to the world around me…

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