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Scandalous Imagination

3 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.  2  He came to Jesus [a]  by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with that person.”  3  Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” [b]   4  Nicodemus said…

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John 9:1-12…“The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, ‘Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?’ Some were saying, ‘It is he.’ Others were saying, ‘No, but it is someone like him.’ He kept saying, ‘I am the man.’” vss.8-9 In John’s story the people had gotten used to the blind man sitting and begging in the street. They saw him every day, and they were comfortable with his…

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Ephesians 5:12-14…“For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly; but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible is light.” vs. 12-14a In recent months, as the files and papers related to the crimes of a wealthy andinfluential financier who made his fortune providing tax and estate services to billionaires, have been released to the public, dozens of his friends and acquaintances have resigned their positions. It seems that they knew what…

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Psalm 23…“For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light—for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.” vss. 8-10 As the called disciples of Jesus we have heard since the day of our baptisms that we are the light of the world, and that we are to let that light shine before…

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I came for the Healing of Memories workshop for veterans, and I almost didn’t come because of the trauma I wrestle with, but your staff, the workshop leaders and the quiet and safe campus held me there and I’ve found a new sense of peace and healing.

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The Next Big Thing

Healing of Memories for Religious Leaders

A retreat for religious leaders who have experienced emotional, psychological and spiritual distress in their personal or professional lives — facilitated by the Institute for Healing of Memories — is coming June 3-6, 2024.