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  • Reflections List A
    • Life Experiences with COVID-19
      • A Compassionate Ear and a Passion for Positive Change
      • Ordinary Miracles: How to Cope in Times of Turmoil
      • <- more articles: Life Experiences with COVID-19
        • 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?
        • Coping with Uncertainty: Acting with Integrity and Praying with Zeal
      • <- even more articles: Life Experiences with COVID-19
        • 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
    • Family
      • 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 Interactions
      • 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
    • Physical Health, Nutrition, and Exercise
    • Mental Health, Addictions, and Self-Care
      • Navigating Our Many Worlds
      • From Trauma, to Trust, to Triumph – video
      • Human Shadow Awareness Offers Healing
      • Personal Healing
      • The Five Things We Cannot Change – Video
      • Healing from Life’s Trauma and Set-Backs
      • 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
    • Education and Lifetime Learning
      • 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
      • Types of Grief and Loss
        • Making Sense of Our Grief and Loss
        • The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
        • Kubler-Ross – Five Stages of Dying
        • Grief – Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry
        • All Our Losses, All Our Griefs
        • Ambiguous Loss and Disenfranchised Grief
        • 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
      • 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
      • 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
      • Famous Quotations Small Group Menu
        • Wendell Berry Quotation
          • Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr
            • Dr. Seuss Quotation for Storytelling
            • Eckhart Tolle Quotation
          • Rainer Maria Rilke Quotation
          • Joseph Campbell Quotation
          • Henri Nouwen Quotation
        • Richard Rohr Quotation
        • Rumi Quotation
        • Maya Angelou Quotation
        • Walt Whitman Quotation
      • 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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None of Us Can Control the Future

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  • Home
  • Reflections List A
    • Life Experiences with COVID-19
      • A Compassionate Ear and a Passion for Positive Change
      • Ordinary Miracles: How to Cope in Times of Turmoil
      • <- more articles: Life Experiences with COVID-19
        • 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?
        • Coping with Uncertainty: Acting with Integrity and Praying with Zeal
      • <- even more articles: Life Experiences with COVID-19
        • 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
    • Family
      • 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 Interactions
      • 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
    • Physical Health, Nutrition, and Exercise
    • Mental Health, Addictions, and Self-Care
      • Navigating Our Many Worlds
      • From Trauma, to Trust, to Triumph – video
      • Human Shadow Awareness Offers Healing
      • Personal Healing
      • The Five Things We Cannot Change – Video
      • Healing from Life’s Trauma and Set-Backs
      • 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
    • Education and Lifetime Learning
      • 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
      • Types of Grief and Loss
        • Making Sense of Our Grief and Loss
        • The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
        • Kubler-Ross – Five Stages of Dying
        • Grief – Contemporary Theory and the Practice of Ministry
        • All Our Losses, All Our Griefs
        • Ambiguous Loss and Disenfranchised Grief
        • 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
      • 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
      • 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
      • Famous Quotations Small Group Menu
        • Wendell Berry Quotation
          • Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr
            • Dr. Seuss Quotation for Storytelling
            • Eckhart Tolle Quotation
          • Rainer Maria Rilke Quotation
          • Joseph Campbell Quotation
          • Henri Nouwen Quotation
        • Richard Rohr Quotation
        • Rumi Quotation
        • Maya Angelou Quotation
        • Walt Whitman Quotation
      • 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
  • Contact Us
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