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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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Stewardship of our Resources

Posted by Jocelyn Emerson Sep 18, 2018 Blog, Creating, Social Justice, Spiritual Direction #communalresponsibility, #embodying, #faithinaction, #hope, #personalpower, #personalresponsibility, #prayer, #stewardship Leave a Comment

When we talk about stewardship of our resources, we mostly think about our finances, our dollars. Stewardship drives in congregations are usually all about money. How much are you able to pledge? Can you increase your pledge this year? However, our resources are so much more. I attended a Southwest Conference Boundaries Training a week […]

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Listen to Creation: Conversation of Stewardship

Posted by Jocelyn Emerson Sep 17, 2018 Blog, Creating, Energy Work, Healing Journey, Shamanism, Spiritual Direction, spiritual journey #creating, #creation, #embodying, #faithinaction, #hope, #livingthroughyourheart, #onthejourney, #prayer, #prayyourlifeliveyourprayer, #spiritualjourney, #stewardship, #vibrationalhealing Leave a Comment

We, as western-thought humans, have not been taught to listen to the Land.  This causes problems when it comes to understanding how best to be stewards of Mother Earth, her waters, and all beings who live upon her.  This is one of the reasons we struggle with what it means to have dominion over creation. […]

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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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