The Creating Acts (Spirit in Practice Sermon). According to Jonah Lehrer, author of Imagine: How Creativity Works, “Scientists have determined that people in a relaxed state and a good mood are far more likely to develop innovative or creative thoughts.” How are creative acts fostered in your life and your spiritual practice? Rev. Kim Tomaszewski…
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Body Practices and how they relate to Sports. Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern on 03/25/12

Either you will be scared by the title or show up curious.  The choice is yours.  We are going to look at dance as a way to express and experience pieces of what enriches our life of the spirit. Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern on 03/18/12

This month, in Spirit in Practice, we look at the body as a gateway to and aspect of the spiritual life.  We will look at western culture’s complicated inheritance around the body but what it offers us that no other gateway to the spiritual life does and ask are we making good use of it.…
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Whoa! Let us pause amid the headlong tumble of the year to say where we have been and where we are going, what we are hearing and what is still mystery about our community and its future.  I have been reading about funeral parlor life; we are preparing to step into another round of congregational…
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Letting go, or letting things be as they are, can greatly reduce suffering. But how can we do it? How can we stop trying to change the things over which we have no control? The Rev. Jacqueline Lahey is a chaplain at Compassionate Care Hospice in Fair Lawn, NJ. She is an Community Minister affiliated…
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Rev. Kim Tomaszewski on 02/19/12