Join us for our final podcast of the Soul Care series, on the gift and challenge of silence prayer. “God’s first language  is silence. Everything else, is a poor translation.” -Fr. Thomas Keating Pray as you go: Centering Prayer Centering Prayer is a receptive method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of … Continue reading Soul Care Week Six: Encountering Silence

Join us on the podcast this week as we talk about the spiritual practice of getting lost, learning to navigate the wilderness of place and soul. The wilderness holds answers to more questions than we have yet learned to ask. – Nancy Newhall Pray as you go: The Welcoming Prayer Sink into this three part … Continue reading Soul Care Week Five: Getting Lost

Join us on the podcast this week as we talk about creativity as a spiritual practice! When you were a child, you knew yourself to be co-creator of the universe. But little by little you forgot who you were. -Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy Pray as you go: Put Two Things Together The practice of creativity … Continue reading Soul Care Week Four: Nourishing Creativity

Join us on the podcast this week as we talk about the science, the art, and the spirituality of gratitude. Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life. -Rumi Pray As You Go: The Examen Prayer St. Ignatius of Loyola was a 14th century catholic priest who founded the … Continue reading Soul Care Week Three: Offering Gratitude

Are our bodies important for our spiritual lives? Join us on the podcast this week as we muse about how wearing skin, being peoples of flesh and blood, can shape and nurture our spiritual lives. The miracle is not walking on water, but on the earth.” -Thich Nhat Hanh Pray as you go: Walking Meditation … Continue reading Soul Care Week Two: Wearing Skin

God continues to guide us as we navigate into uncharted areas on the map. God also continues to provide for us in surprising ways.  We have been approved for grant/loan funds from the Paycheck Protection Program!  We have no idea when to expect a call from the bank to secure the $212,900 grant/loan. However, when … Continue reading Member Action Required: Information Regarding Paycheck Protection Program

A call for balance. A call for the mobilization of compassion.

The best preparation for a life of prayer is simply to become more intensely human -Kenneth Leech The practice of presence is about paying attention, waking up to the world around us. Each day this week we will post meditations, images, poetry and activities inviting us to become present–in our surroundings, with our deepest selves, … Continue reading Soul Care Week One: Becoming Present

This episode offers a timely update on the importance of connecting with one another, our current care coordination plan, and some specific requests of anyone that calls Tabernacle “home”.

This episode offers an update on the specific ministry of each of our wonderful staff member.