Greg Richardson
@StrategicMonk
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Individual and Group Support for People seeking Deeper Spiritual Understanding. Active Listening. Discernment. Asking Insightful Questions. Openness.
Southern California
Joined October 2010
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When do we take time to try sorting out the most meaningful parts of our lives? How do we understand our story, where we come from and the people who came before us? What are the ways we each can...
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Taking a Deep Breath, and Another: Finding Time to Breathe https://t.co/gYIiShj1Ni Our breathing reflects the steps we take inward and back out into the world on our spiritual journeys each day. How will our practice of taking a deep breath, and another, shape our lives today?
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Taking a Deep Breath This seems like an excellent opportunity for many of us to practice taking a deep breath. We have struggled through challenging months [...]
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Listening to Our Own Rhythms: When Will We Pause to Listen? https://t.co/OWYE4taBpZ We are surrounded by distractions. It is easy to lose contact. The key is remembering to reconnect. How do we find, and restore, our own everyday rhythms today?
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Listening to Our Own Rhythms One of the things I like most about my life is believing every day is different. I appreciate and celebrate the promise and [...]
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Seeking Peace in a Time of Conflict: Where Do We Turn? https://t.co/jShV91NcE4 It is not for us to prescribe how other people receive or share peace. How will we recognize the peace within us today?
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If we pay attention to peace we become more comfortable with acting peacefully. We appreciate peace in the sacred stillness within us and in the world all [...]
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Practicing Community: How Do We Connect? https://t.co/B1cgu3xyEl More and more our communities stretch to encompass people who live far from us. How are we practicing community this week?
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How Are We Practicing Community? We all thirst for community, yet we are each practicing community in our own ways. There have been times in my experience [...]
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A matter f Life and Death: Which Are We Choosing? https://t.co/0HwsOxP5Ak Each day is a matter of life and death. We choose where and how we will pay attention. How are we choosing between life and death this week?
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A Matter of Life and Death We know something is important when it is a matter of life and death. Death makes us afraid. Many of us fear our own deaths as [...]
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Discerning the Next Steps on Our Path https://t.co/4j1uv9IKhq We listen, and we put what we hear into practice. Discernment is how our contemplation becomes our behavior. How will we discern the next steps on our path today?
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Some of us appreciate a clearly marked path. I am one of those people who takes comfort in knowing not only where we are trying to go, but what we hope the [...]
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A Free Weekend https://t.co/g6lVUHwdF9 Taking regular time for rest, reflection, and gratitude reminds us how to invest our everyday lives wisely. How can we plan and prepare for a free weekend of Sabbath rest today?
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A Free Weekend One practice I am working to develop this year is taking a regular free weekend. A Sabbath is time set aside for rest and worship. Much of [...]
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A Free Weekend https://t.co/wiIbM2eOdQ Taking regular time for rest, reflection, and gratitude reminds us how to invest our everyday lives wisely. How can we plan and prepare for a free weekend of Sabbath rest today?
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A Free Weekend One practice I am working to develop this year is taking a regular free weekend. A Sabbath is time set aside for rest and worship. Much of [...]
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There is Always More https://t.co/yLgaRbhc2Q We remind ourselves by repeating, aloud or in stillness, "There is always more." Where are we looking for even more today, this week, this month, this year?
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There is Always More We stand on a beach looking out over the expanse of an ocean. No matter how much water we can actually see, there is always more. [...]
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There is Always More https://t.co/phnsCOukbQ We remind ourselves by repeating, aloud or in stillness, "There is always more." Where are we looking for even more today, this week, this month, this year?
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There is Always More We stand on a beach looking out over the expanse of an ocean. No matter how much water we can actually see, there is always more. [...]
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Why is Easter Important? https://t.co/I2vDYBoIzk Our Easter is not only about candy or eggs or bunnies. Why is Easter important to us today?
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What Makes Easter Important? When I hear people talk about Easter it sounds like the most important thing is the candy. Some of us talk about eggs and [...]
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Why is Easter Important? https://t.co/xbjARqZJmU Our Easter is not only about candy or eggs or bunnies. Why is Easter important to us today?
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What Makes Easter Important? When I hear people talk about Easter it sounds like the most important thing is the candy. Some of us talk about eggs and [...]
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Is This a Particularly Holy Week? https://t.co/YQJn7M6phF There is still time for us to pause and reflect, to remember and tell our stories. Together we can help make this a particularly holy week. Where will we find the Holy, the Sacred this week?
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During Lent we pause to remember, to reflect, and to recognize what we do not really need. This week is the final week of Lent. The opportunities for [...]
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Is This a Particularly Holy Week? https://t.co/ap21QyiWAJ There is still time for us to pause and reflect, to remember and tell our stories. Together we can help make this a particularly holy week. Where will we find the Holy, the Sacred this week?
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During Lent we pause to remember, to reflect, and to recognize what we do not really need. This week is the final week of Lent. The opportunities for [...]
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Bathing in the Stillness of Lent https://t.co/9Oeze9o79i Today, people around the world are bathing in the sacred stillness of Lent. There is never a time during the day when there is not someone bathing in the stillness of Lent. How are we bathing in the stillness of Lent today?
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Bathing in the Stillness of Lent Are we bathing in the stillness of Lent this year? Lent is not a season about giving things up. It is not a liturgical [...]
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Bathing in the Stillness of Lent https://t.co/r0S7nNyIs2 Today, people around the world are bathing in the sacred stillness of Lent. There is never a time during the day when there is not someone bathing in the stillness of Lent. How are we bathing in the stillness of Lent today?
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Bathing in the Stillness of Lent Are we bathing in the stillness of Lent this year? Lent is not a season about giving things up. It is not a liturgical [...]
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