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Dwelling Places: Phronema (FROH-nee-mah) and Light.
Reflection Melanie Nixon Reflection Melanie Nixon

Dwelling Places: Phronema (FROH-nee-mah) and Light.

Today, this week, and throughout the coming days, I invite you to join me on a path of word trails. Some of you, maybe most of you have walked a rocky, dirt covered, sandy, or paved trail with me, and if you haven’t you’re always welcome to.

But a word trail may be new to you or somewhat familiar. What I hope most of all with this word trail is that it will be spacious.

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Evening Prayer
Resting Melanie Nixon Resting Melanie Nixon

Evening Prayer

Allow yourself to be ‘still’ for a moment, a minute or longer. Open your hands on your lap. Receive this time as rest.

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Creative Giving:
Reaching Out Melanie Nixon Reaching Out Melanie Nixon

Creative Giving:

Story. Painting. Poetry.

Have you ever spread paint across a page?

Did you use a brush or

maybe your fingertips?

Did you give yourself permission to make a mess?

Did you believe you gave your best,

and then wonder who ever gave you that idea?

There are few things we get to do without consequence.

by Heidi Goodmann

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