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Reflections List A
Life Experiences with Covid-19 Menu
A Compassionate Ear and a Passion for Positive Change
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Ordinary Miracles: How to Cope in Times of Turmoil
Our DESTINY Is To See Our DIVINITY Amidst Our DIVERSITY
Why People Don’t List to the Experts: Anti-Intellectualism in America is Alive and Well
I Want Patience and I Want It Now
Monks Don’t Mind Monastic Life – Why Do We?
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Coping with Uncertainty: Acting with Integrity and Praying with Zeal
Older, Bolder, and Not Done Yet
The Paper Trail to Resurrection
The Wake-Up Call
Maintaining Gratitude in a Time of Socially-Distanced Milestones
Who Was That Masked Man? or Why We Wear Masks in the Time of COVID-19
Missing the Vibrational Energy Exchange
Navigating Our Many Worlds
Family Menu
The ICING Can Never be the CAKE
Breaking Parental Grip
Why Kids are Hurting – video
Lost: Understanding and Coping With Abandonment
Helping Young Kids Overcome Shame
Relationships and Social Interaction Menu
Stepping into the Arena: Palm Sunday Is All About Courage
Beyond “White Male Privilege” — All White Men Are Not the Same
God-Angels: How God Works Through My Protectors to Keep Me Safe
Moving From Empire Consciousness to Oneness Consciousness – Video
Empire Consciousness, Oppression, and the Dehumanization Process
The Movement From Empire Consciousness to Oneness Consciousness
Oneness Consciousness and Empire Consciousness Connection
Relationships and Social Interactions – 1
Letting Our Feelings Out — In Safe Places
Really Henpecked: Living with 10,000 Chickens
O Holy Night: Today’s Song of Liberation of Self and Others
Celebrating the Divine Masculine
BEYOND THE DIVIDE – Seeing The Uniqueness and Divine Connection of Others at the Same Time
Living Through a Week of Dying: The Unity Response
Living in Process – video
Relationship and Social Interactions – 2
Relationships
Mending Torn Relationships
The Hostile Society
Learning How to Listen Changed My Life
Listening Exercise
The Trauma of “Proving Manhood”
From Shame-Based Masculinity to Holistic Manhood
Relationships and Social Interactions – 3
Hyper-Vigilance and Empire Consciousness: On Being Targeted
Bullyproofing Your School
Be More Aware of People Coming Into Your Life
Be Gratitude for Today
Life’s Journey
Chronically Anger People
Mental Health, Addictions, and Self-Care Menu
From Trauma, to Trust, to Triumph – video
Healing from Life’s Trauma and Set-Backs
The Five Things We Cannot Change – Video
Human Shadow Awareness Offers Healing
Personal Healing
Paper on Alcoholics Anonymous
“The Wounded Healer” Book Review
Paper on “Adult Children of Alcoholics”
Thirst – God and the Alcoholic Experience
The Quest for Maturity and Sobriety
Trust, Abuse, Disillusionment, Betrayal, Anger, and Forgiveness
Recovery and Discovery
Using Buddies: Overcoming Chemical Incest
Physical Health, Nutrition, and Exercise
Education and Lifetime Learning Menu
Why Do You Do, What You Do?
How much of your life Do You Live in the Present Moment?
There are always 44 Things Are Going On In Your Life
Resources
Reflection List B
“Oh Grow Up” and Aging Grace-Fully
LEGACY — The Imprint We Leave Behind
“Oh Grow Up” with Video
Aging Grace-Fully – Session One
Insights from “Aging” by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Cycles of Living – From Abundance or Scarcity
Death, Dying, Grief, and Loss Menu
Types of Grief and Loss
Making Sense of Our Grief and Loss
All Our Losses, All Our Griefs
Eighteen Ways to Be Present When a Loved One is Dying
Talking to Children about Dying and Death
Kubler-Ross – Five Stages of Dying
Ambiguous Loss and Disenfranchised Grief
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
Grief – Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry
Grief and Social Networking
Bereavement Care and Counseling
Spirituality and Religion
Meditation
Try Meditation to Relax and Find Inner Peace
Discovering the Present Moment
Freedom to Breathe – A James Luther Adams Perspective
Your Spirituality – Take a Look
Process Thought (Process Theology)
Paper – “American Religious Freedom”
Paper on The Theology of Paul Tillich
“How to Think Theologically” Book Review
Paper on John Polkinghorne’s reasons for saying the physical universe is ultimately “futile”
The Arts
Community Service and Volunteering
Career, Vocation, and Job
Money, Financial Issues, and Retirement
Purpose, Mission, and Vision
Recreation, Relaxation, and Travel
Storytelling in Small Groups
Storytelling in Small Groups
Small Group Meeting Process
Storytelling in Small Groups Menu
Writing “My Story” to Leave Your Written Legacy to Loved Ones
Writing “My Story” Resources Menu
Oh Grow Up – Storytelling Menu
1 – Oh Grow Up: Unhook from Your Biological Family
6 – Oh Grow Up: Find a Strategy for Making Enough Money
7 – Oh Grow Up: Dedicate Your Life to Creating More Love and Peace in the World
8 – Oh Grow Up: Appreciate Your Body, Your Physical and Sexual Self
9 – Oh Grow Up: If You Have Children, Love and Guide Them
10 – Oh Grow Up: Live Fully, Play, Be Spontaneous
2 – Oh Grow Up: Letting Go of Defenses that You Needed as a Child
3 – Oh Grow Up: Unhook from the Cultural Pressure
4 – Oh Grow Up: Find Your Inner Beauty and Wholeness
5 – Oh Grow Up: Let Go of Abusive, Controlling People
“Legacy” – Storytelling Menu
Legacy: L – Love Lessons
Legacy: E – Energetic Experiences Storytelling
Legacy: God’s Grace, Gratitude and Generosity Storytelling
Legacy: A – Affirming Actions and Availability
Legacy: C – Courageous Connections
Legacy: Y – Yearning for Yonder
Famous Quotations Small Group Menu
Wendell Berry Quotation
Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr
Dr. Seuss Quotation for Storytelling
Eckhart Tolle Quotation
Henry David Thoreau Quotation
Mark Twain Quotation
Rainer Maria Rilke Quotation
Mother Teresa Quotation
Martin Luther King Jr. Quotation
Joseph Campbell Quotation
Henri Nouwen Quotation
Richard Rohr Quotation
Eleanor Roosevelt Quotation
Rumi Quotation
Maya Angelou Quotation
Walt Whitman Quotation
Navigating Our Many Worlds Menu
Navigating Our Many Worlds – The World of Me
Navigating Our Many Worlds – The Work World
Navigating Our Many Worlds – The Adult Friend World
Navigating Our Many Worlds – The Community Member World
Navigating Our Many Worlds – The Spiritual World
Navigating Our Many Worlds – The Elder World
Navigating the Many Worlds – The World of Family
Navigating Our Many Worlds – The School – Peer World
Navigating Ou Many Worlds – The Partner World
Navigating Our Many Worlds – The Parent World
Navigating Our Many Worlds – The Grandparent World
Thought Provoking Quotations Small Group Menu
Richard Rohr – The Five Promises of Male Initiation
What Is that Little Voice in Your Soul Calling You to Do and Be?
Where Does My Mind Go When I Leave Living In the Present Moment”
None of Us Can Control the Future
Oneness Consciousness and Empire Consciousness Connection
Song Lyrics – Storytelling In Small Groups Menu
Blackbird by The Beatles Song Lyrics
God is a River by Peter Mayer
Surely the Presence of the Lord is in this Place
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