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The Art of Spiritual Practice

Underlying my observance of the Lenten season is the story of my sister Jayne who was diagnosed with breast cancer...
Marcia Wakeland
March 31, 2025
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

We are in the midst of the Lenten season now, and perhaps you are taking these 40 days to walk with Jesus or walk...
Marcia Wakeland
March 23, 2025
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

Last week I wrote about the spiritual practice of fasting, a common Lenten practice that  mirrors Jesus’s fasting...
Marcia Wakeland
March 16, 2025
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty...
Marcia Wakeland
March 9, 2025
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

Dear God,  The world is so unsure, I know not where to find the safety that I seek. I fear when I observe the...
Marcia Wakeland
March 2, 2025
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

 “Dear God, My body is broken, I need Your help. I fear I will not get well. Please God, send angels to deliver me...
Marcia Wakeland
February 23, 2025
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

As I referenced last week, I am using prayer lines from the book, Illuminated Prayers by Marianne Williamson as a...
Marcia Wakeland
February 16, 2025
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

I have often shared about different aspects of the spiritual practice of prayer over the past years, and many of...
Marcia Wakeland
February 9, 2025
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PREACHING JESUS

A Pastoral Response to Criticism of Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde
Sean Avery
January 23, 2025
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The Art of Spiritual Practice

Luke 5:37-38 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and be...
Marcia Wakeland
January 12, 2025

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