HeyJaredSimple Spiritual Practices
Habits & Rhythms for the Mind, Body, and Soul for a holistic approach to spiritual growth & formation.
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When Life Doesn’t Turn Out the Way You Imagined (opens the original)
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At 43 years old, I find myself squarely in what would be considered “mid-life.” Much of the details and the circumstances of my life have been decided and are settled. While life of course always changes and there are endless transitions, and we never truly know what life will bring, it is also true that I’m down the road a bit from the unknown beginning. I am no longer a 20-something wondering what I will be when I grow up.This is my life. This is my home, and my husband, and my kids. This is m
When Irritation Is Trying to Tell You Something (opens the original)
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Spiritual practices are not just about the mind and heart. It involves our body as well. This summer, I felt this more than ever. With the kids home more and not as much structure, there was less time alone, and more noise and overstimulation. Which means an increase of annoyances and irritations, sometimes leading to inner overwhelm and a nervous system that is spiraling out.So I’ve been intentionally focusing on how to regulate my nervous system. This is not my realm of expertise, so I’m simpl
A Season of Outer Change and Inner Shifts (opens the original)
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I have been feeling a shift into a new season for a while now, and it’s been a mostly slow transition. I felt it towards the end of last school year as my girls finished up their elementary school years and we started looking ahead to junior high. I felt it as I completed my spiritual direction training, a program I was part of for two years that wrapped up in May.Summer itself is always a unique season, and this year it felt even more like an in-between time as I felt the change both externally
When Your Strength Becomes Your Hiding Place (opens the original)
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When you were a kid, you were likely asked a simple question over the course of your childhood: What do you want to be when you grow up?We likely answered this question based on what sounded fun or what we enjoyed at the time, maybe even naming activities that are very unlikely to result in actual income. (I’m still trying to find the job where I can just read books for a living.)But many of us, especially the older we got, thought about what we were good at and what came easily to us, and imagi
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