Soul Exercises

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“The soul is like a wild animal.” – Thomas Merton 

Soul Searching, part 1  podcast #55

“Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places.” – Parker Palmer 

Soul Searching, part 2  podcast #56

“We are not made of flesh and bones, we are made of stories.” – African Proverb 

What’s Your Story, part 1 podcast #57

“Our story is the most precious thing we have, Our lives depend on it.”  – Thomas Moore 

What’s Your Story, part 2  podcast #58

“The acid test for any theology is this: Is the God presented one that can be loved, heart, soul, mind, and strength? ” –  Dallas Willard 

  What Do You Believe  podcast #59

“There would have been more I love yous, more I’m sorrys, but mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute, look at it and really see it, live it, and never give it back.” –  Erma Bombeck 

  Three Good Things  podcast #60

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”  – Maya Angelou 

  Try Listening  podcast #61

“When we genuinely forgive, we set a prisoner free and then discover that the prisoner we set free was us.”  – Lewis Smedes 

  Forgiveness Exercise  podcast #62

A blessing is simply calling attention to a particularly special quality or characteristic in someone you love and encouraging that trait into greater realization. Embedded within a blessing is the transformative power to heal old wounds, reframe past failures, and set a course for future destiny.   

  A Blessing Exercise  podcast #63

The dying well paradox: contemplating death compels our living a fully engaged life now, and living a fully engaged life now is the best preparation for death. 

  A Dying Exercise  podcast #64

This reflection offers a way for us to explore the inevitability of death and what is important to us in the light of our mortality. The contemplation asks us to question what we are doing in our life at this very moment and to see what is important for us to do in order to prepare for death. 

  Contemplations of Atisha podcast #65

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. – Lennon & McCartney 

  The End  podcast #66