Category Archives: Creating

Conservation of the web-of-life: Caretakers of Earth

Posted by Jocelyn Emerson Sep 11, 2018 Blog, Creating, Shamanism, Spiritual Direction, spiritual journey #conservation, #creating, #creation, #faithinaction, #hildegaardofbingen, #personalresponsibility, #spiritualleadership, #stewardship, #yellowstonenationalpark Leave a Comment

Being stewards of God’s creation invites us to awaken and notice how the Sacred is reflected in all beings on earth — from animals and birds, to flowers and trees, to insects and bugs.  Everything is alive and has spirit!  Conservation is an important and vital aspect of stewardship. Keeper of the Lost Cities My […]

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The Matrix: What does dominion mean?

Posted by Jocelyn Emerson Sep 10, 2018 Blog, Creating, Social Justice, spiritual journey #creating, #creatingjustice, #embodying, #faithinaction, #grace, #personalresponsibility, #stewardship, #thematrix Leave a Comment

Yesterday I began our discussion about the stewardship of creation.  I referenced that the word “dominion” creates all sorts of issues for us in terms of our care for Mother Earth.  Today I want to talk more deeply about how ‘dominion’ causes issues and corrupts our understanding of care-takers, custodians, gardeners — stewards of the […]

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Stewardship of Creation

Posted by Jocelyn Emerson Sep 9, 2018 Blog, Creating, Social Justice, spiritual journey #creating, #creatingjustice, #creation, #environmentaljustice, #faithinaction, #grace, #motherearth, #personalresponsibility, #stewardship Leave a Comment

This morning I will be preaching on what it means to be stewards of God’s Creation.  We, at St Paul’s UCC, will be reflecting upon Genesis 1 and 2, the stories of creation. All spiritual traditions have creation stories.  They are there to teach us about our humble beginnings, about how the Sacred brought all […]

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Stewardship of our Inner World

Posted by Jocelyn Emerson Sep 8, 2018 Creating, Energy Work, Healing Journey, Spiritual Direction, spiritual journey #creating, #discernment, #downtonabbey, #embodying, #grace, #hope, #livingthroughyourheart, #personalresponsibility, #prayyourlifeliveyourprayer, #spiritualjourney, #spiritualleadership, #stewardship Leave a Comment

Much of our stewardship talk is about how we use our resources in the outer world.  How generous are you with your finances?  Where do you offer your time, talent, skills to help others?  How do you call others mercifully and compassionately to accountability for their actions, their lack of stewardship?   These are all outer-world […]

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Accountability strengthens Stewardship

Posted by Jocelyn Emerson Sep 7, 2018 Creating, Social Justice, Spiritual Direction, spiritual journey #accountability, #communalresponsibility, #creatingjustice, #downtonabbey, #faithinaction, #hope, #ladygrantham, #livingthroughyourheart, #mrscrawley, #redemption, #sacredcow, #spiritualleadership, #standinginyourpower, #stewardship Leave a Comment

I have talked a great deal from time to time in this blog about accountability.  Stewardship requires us to be accountable for our actions and to hold others accountable for theirs as well.  It is through accountability with each other, that we learn to become more and more responsible, become better stewards of what the […]

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