HeyJaredThe Soul Minimalist
Continuing the conversation about discerning our next right thing in faith, work, and life for those who want to move beyond the pro/con list with NYT Bestselling author and spiritual director, Emily P. Freeman.
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Spiritual Practices that Fit Your Life (opens the original)
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There’s no such thing as our spiritual life and our regular life. It’s all just life and there remains a Divine invitation at every turn to respond to Love at the center of it. I’m grateful for the writers, pastors, and thinkers who have helped me to re-frame spiritual practices over the last decade. As it turns out, they were always hiding in plain sight.1For 16 years, The Apprentice Institute in Wichita, Kansas has been hosting a national spiritual formation conference called The Apprentice Ga
I Can’t Believe I Never Realized This Before (opens the original)
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Not only did I create this journal, I have also been using it for the past six years. But just this morning, I had a new realization about one of the pages. An ah-ha moment, if you will! I share all about it in this month’s Journal Club check-in. Thanks to those of you who joined me live.As a reminder, our Journal Club Core Values are:1. We keep it low-key.2. We are consistent.3. We have fun.Here are all of the videos for Journal Club so far in one place, waiting for you to access as you’re able
Soul Minimalist Essentials (opens the original)
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Thanks for reading The Soul Minimalist! This post is public so feel free to share it.ShareWhether you’re brand new, recently returning, or a steadfast weekly reader, if you’re looking for clarity in decision-making, help in your spiritual practice, or renewal in your life with God, you’re in the right place.
Wisdom From My Least Favorite Emotion (opens the original)
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What emotion do you have the most trouble accessing? A few days after Christmas, someone asked me this in casual conversation. She shared hers and her reasons behind it and I said I’d have to get back to her as I didn’t have an answer at first.Is it grief or sadness? Nope. Your girl has a monthly membership level of access to those.Is it excitement? That didn’t feel right either, as I feel able to move in and out of excitement with a fair amount of ease.Is it anger? This one gave me pause. Anger
Silence, A Mentor (opens the original)
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I have this pain in my hip that I only just noticed in the last week or so. But then I realized I’ve been “noticing it in the last week or so” for about three months. I guess I have a hip problem?That’s how things go, both in body and in soul.In the same way, sometime in the last three months to five years I’ve been spending a fair amount of time in the mornings staring out the window. Lately my mornings have started the same way: I walk downstairs, get the coffee, and go directly to the corner
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