February 6, 2022 From LifeWays’ founder, Cynthia Aldinger: Once again dear Puxatawney Phil has seen his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter. Most of us have figured out by now that we almost always have six more weeks of winter regardless of his experience, but he has managed to weave his way into the […]
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January 30, 2021 Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Zen Buddhist master, died this past week at the age of 95. He was much loved for his teaching of mindfulness, compassion and nonviolence. I have always appreciated the simple, yet profound, truths he was able to articulate in meaningful ways. More importantly, how authentically he walked
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January 23, 2021 Games are the most elevated form of investigation. -Albert Einstein We had the luck of a beautiful snowfall this past weekend, and with the chance of another snowfall always being a guess, we made a priority to get out to play! ! The cold nipped at our cheeks and toes, but the
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January 16, 2022 Today’s Living Arts blog post comes to us from Chinyelu Kunz, owner of WeNurture and LifeWays North America board member: Welcoming the New Year gives you opportunities for a fresh start in areas of your life where you want to see change. It’s like taking a deep breath and starting again. You
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January 9, 2022 Do you, like me, experience this time in midwinter as being sort of a time-out-of-time? Particularly if you have been celebrating sacred festivals, spending time with family, perhaps having more candlelight than usual, eating special foods, snuggling up together to watch a favorite movie, telling and reading stories, reaching out more to
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January 2, 2021 From Cynthia Aldinger, Founder of LifeWays: Oh my goodness, I feel so full, perhaps overripe, with thoughts and feelings about this post I am offering today. It is meant to be about the Festival of Three Kings celebrated on January 6, which is also the day of Epiphany. My fullness arises from
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December 26, 2021 How valuable it is in these short days, threading through empty maple branches, the lacy-needled sugar pines. Its glint off sheets of ice tells the story of Death’s brightness, her bitter cold. We can make do with so little, just the hint of warmth, the slanted light. The way we stand there,
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December 19, 2021 Waiting is often not easy for us. We want to be finished quickly, and see a result immediately. Waiting teaches us to deal with time. Wishes and fantasies hurry ahead into the future. To fulfill them we need time, and we must wait and overcome impatience. -Freya Jaffke, from Advent: Preparation for
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December 12, 2021 From LifeWays’ founder, Cynthia Aldinger: Do you remember the first time you observed or participated in a celebration that transported you toward the land of awe? When my sons were little, I was introduced to the idea of an Advent Garden where children walk a spiral of greenery carrying an unlit candle
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December 5, 2021 Season 5 on the We Nurture podcast is turning out to be our best season yet! We are excited to share links to some recent episodes that are perfect for early childhood parents. You can find all our episodes on Apple podcasts as well as most podcast platforms. Go to our website for
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