Stillness
postures that invite us to pause and listen for the Holy Spirit
Spiritual Practice
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February 20: Stillness This Week: Reclaiming Some Interior Margin
Weekly ENews
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February 16: First Sunday in Lent
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Breathe
Take a breath.
Take another.
Take a deeper breath and exhale over 3 seconds.
Repeat and exhale over 5 seconds, 7, 10...
Select from one of these phrases or choose your own:
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I want to know you God.
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May Your kingdom come.
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I will, with God's help.
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Thank you, God.
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Stretch
Make room for God's spirit and grace to enter into your body.
Wherever you are:
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Stretch your arms and hands and fingers above your head. Hold for 10 seconds. Release.
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Reach from side to side.
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Make yourself the smallest you can by scrunching your body into a tight ball.
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Make yourself the biggest you can by stretching up and around.
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Drop your jaw and hold it.
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Clench your hands and stretch your fingers. Place your palms down. Place your palms up.
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Roll your shoulders.
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Elongate your back by sitting up tall, pretending there is a string that is lifting you up.
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Listen to Scripture, Poetry & Prose
Explore the Bible as poetry by reading through some Psalms that you like.
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Choose one to carry with you in prayer today.
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Search for them using the online Book of Common Prayer (BCP)!
Read Gerard Manley Hopkin's God’s Grandeur aloud in your house. What sounds strike you as prayerful in this piece?
Read this Mary Oliver's Lead and listen for the prayers that the Holy Spirit is praying in you, with sighs too deep for words.
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Spaces
Consider visiting a special spot. Check out our Columbarium or Labyrinth.
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Sit or walk deliberately.
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Breathe with intention.