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Spiraling to Love

Dec 01, 2023 06:00AM ● By Dena Martin

On an evening in November 2018, I found myself numbly drawing small spirals with a pen across a sheet of white paper. It was my way of processing the news I’d just heard that my father had taken his life.

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There All Along

Nov 01, 2023 06:00AM ● By Rosemary Kimble

Each time I come home, I’m already thinking about where to go for my next adventure. I am so charged from the last experience that I can’t wait to leave again. I am excited to experience something else new all over again.

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Treats for the Season

Oct 01, 2023 06:00AM ● By Rev. Jenn Sacks

Halloween starts right after the Fourth of July—at least, that’s what many major retailers would have us think. But I still wait for the first touch of fall before I plan my costume. I think of Halloweens past, remembering them like spiritual passages.

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The Assumptions and Curiosity of Childhood

Sep 01, 2023 06:00AM ● By Linda Minnick

I had ten brothers and sisters. My parents were bookbinders when books were still being sewn together. After the book bindery closed, my father started working as a bartender at a local family-owned bar and restaurant about two blocks from our house.

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The Strength of Their Spirit

Jul 01, 2023 06:00AM ● By Rev. Jenn Sacks

Inspiration is always available if I want it. Whether I’m pumping the elliptical, balancing on the Bosu or deadlifting dumbbells, I honor my progress and what I can do to dissolve stress, sculpt muscles and shed pounds.

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My Circle of Influence

Jun 01, 2023 06:00AM ● By Linda Minnick

I found myself being snippy with my husband for no apparent reason recently. I don’t experience it very often anymore, but it was lingering from one day to the next. After a day or two, even I wondered what the cause of my discontent was.

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Kindred Spirits

May 01, 2023 06:00AM ● By Rosemary Kimble

I keep a picture of the two of us nearby to remember the sweet soul named Mar and our special friendship. I understand now that it is so important to hold those golden connections close when they come into my life.

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An Offer of Comfort

Apr 01, 2023 06:00AM ● By Rev. Jennifer L. Sacks

Early in my career, I developed a hard shell. It was a protective layer, like Teflon, to shield my sensitive nature. Because of that shell, I sometimes acted without integrity. It was easier than sharing my heart.

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Lessons from My Younger Self

Feb 01, 2023 06:00AM ● By Linda Minnick

The house I lived in as a child sat at the end of the street and had a good-sized backyard that extended into a city park. For my 10 siblings and me, the line between our yard and the park blurred, and we claimed that adjacent part of the park as our own.

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Feast for the Soul

Dec 01, 2022 06:00AM ● By Rev. Jennifer Sacks

Our menu was extensive and offered variations on themes. Besides traditional potato latkes, we offered zucchini and sweet potato options. Pumpkin cheesecake in one season led to strawberry shortcake in another. Christmas Buche de Noel preceded Easter carrot cakes.

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Community is Where I Practice

Nov 01, 2022 06:00AM ● By Denise Natasha Brewley (Chef Beee), Ph.D., MBA, HHC

Fitness has always been an area of my life that I truly enjoy and find necessary. But in this case, since I was out of practice, I knew I needed a little bit of a push to get things going again.

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The Biggest Life Change

Oct 01, 2022 06:00AM ● By Rosemary Kimble

Eventually, I began to understand. I remembered the other times that I had lost everything, and then I remembered what would happen next. A renewal always came from my tragedy. A rebirth.

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