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Stewardship of our Resources: Potential

Posted by Jocelyn Emerson Sep 22, 2018 Blog, Creating, Social Justice, Spiritual Direction, spiritual journey #creating, #creatingjustice, #embodying, #faithinaction, #hope, #loki, #personalpower, #potential, #stewardship, #thorragnarok, #tomhiddleston Leave a Comment

        One of the resources that we rarely talk about as a resource is our potential.  How is potential even a resource?  Well, for me, it is a powerful resource.  It is an energy, an experience, that feed our hope, igniting our passions, stirring us to become more than we currently are. […]

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Standing with Mother Earth: Using our Voice

Posted by Jocelyn Emerson Sep 13, 2018 Blog, Creating, Healing Journey, Social Justice, spiritual journey #avengers, #communalresponsibility, #creating, #creatingjustice, #creation, #lightbearer, #personalpower, #personalresponsibility, #prayer, #spiritualleadership, #standinginyourpower, #standingrock, #stewardship, #waterislife Leave a Comment

When we think about stewardship of the Earth, about what it means to be care-takers and gardeners, we often times ignore importance of our voice in this work.  Gardening is physical.  It uses our bodies. Today, our voice is extremely important in our work as care-takers and guardians of the Earth and its Waters. Avengers […]

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Lessening our Footprint

Posted by Jocelyn Emerson Sep 12, 2018 Blog, Creating, Shamanism, Social Justice, spiritual journey #avengersultron, #creating, #creatingjustice, #faithinaction, #lessenourfootprint, #personalresponsibility, #stewardship, #taosnewmexico, #thor, #thordarkworld, #tonystark Leave a Comment

One of the things that continually comes to mind when I contemplate stewardship of God’s Creation is “the size of my footprint.”  How much does my way of living impact the Earth?  What is my responsibility to lessen that impact for my descendants? Avenger’s Age of Ultron: After defeating Ultron, the Avengers come together at […]

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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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