Archive: June, 2012

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UPCOMING EVENTS

July 10, 2012  – Memory Care Support and Prayer Group – Benedictine Center-St. Paul Monastery August 14, 2012 – Memory Care Support and Prayer Group – Benedictine Center-St. Paul Monastery  September 11, 2012 – Memory Care Support and Prayer Group – Benedictine Center-St. Paul Monastery October 2-3, 2012 – Wisconsin Retired Pastors’ Conference – Spirituality […]

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Memory Care Support and Prayer Group

The memory care support and prayer group that I lead at the St. Paul Monastery (2675 Benet Road, St. Paul, MN 55109) continues to meet on the second Tuesday of each month from 7-9 p.m.  The group will continue to meet throughout the summer. This setting provides a safe place for those who are care […]

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MOVIE REVIEW: EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is an absolutely incredible movie filled with life transitions and how people approach them.  The movie was named Best Movie of the Year and, frankly, I can understand why.  The story is told through the eyes of an 11 year old boy whose father died in the 9/11 World Trade […]

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BOOK REVIEW

Campbell, P & McMahon, E (1985).  Bio-spirituality: Focusing as a way to grow.  Chicago:  Loyola Press. Bio-Spiritual Focusing is a way to approach the wisdom of your body in ways that helps one be present, in the Christian tradition, to the full Body of Christ.  The process helps one connect with the physically felt places […]

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A NEW RETREAT OPPORTUNITY

Prayer and Conversion:  A Transitional Journey Toward Abundant Living  I am developing a retreat with the theme focusing upon prayer and conversion. Conversion happens when transition turns into change.  Conversion happens when we turn away from the old and embrace the new life in Christ.  I hear people say all the time that there is […]

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Recent Items

  • The Loneliness Factor

    I was at a luncheon that was serving as a listening post for seniors to describe their sense of loneliness and isolation. I knew that the population invited to this luncheon was one that would probably have a higher sense of isolation, but, what I heard was much more intense than I expected. A man […]

  • Social Networks and Aging

    It is interesting that research is showing two demographics experiencing social isolation in such as way as to impact health: Young Adults (18-22) and Senior Adults (65+). I have worked with both populations over the past 50 years and I continue to be amazed at the similarity of the questions raised by both groups and […]

  • An Eye-Opening Awareness: One More Transition for this Guy

    I sat at a luncheon two weeks ago that opened my eyes to a reality that I knew was there, but as the discussion unfolded I began to realize how the discussion, about to take place, was going to expand my thinking. As I listened to the needs of the people with whom I shared […]

  • TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE: LETTING GOD SET THE AGENDA

    When it comes to the human condition and a desire to change, we can become easily frustrated: we think that we want to change … but we really don’t. Paul expresses this contradiction well in Romans 7:15-24: “I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do […]

  • The Crisis of Loneliness

    THE NATIONAL CRISIS CALLED LONELINESS From “LINKED IN” “America is becoming Isolation Nation. Nearly half of respondents to a nationwide survey by health insurer Cigna say they always or sometimes feel alone, and 54% say they feel no one knows them well. Such loneliness is connected to increased risk of heart disease, stroke and premature death. The […]