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On Love, Chaos and Julian of Norwich

by Nicole Pickens | Feb 26, 2021 | Change Leadership, Mindfulness, Organizations, Social Justice, Yoga & Church | 0 Comments

They started talking about Julian of Norwich. As people do. In a casual conversation one day over Zoom, Rev. Nicole Pickens reminded Rev. Nicole Havelka about Julian of Norwich – a 12th - 13th century monastic and mystic who lived in times shockingly similar to our...

Mindful Advent: Hope

by Nicole Havelka | Dec 5, 2019 | Advent & Christmas, Community, Creativity, Healing, Mindfulness, Self Care, Yoga & Church | 0 Comments

I wonder if part of my annoyance with Christmas lights going up earlier and earlier in the season is because they obscure the darkness we actually need to rest and grow. Glaring lights that we put in our porches, trees and balconies may bring temporary holiday cheer,...

Advent 2: Peace, Shalom, Contentment

by Nicole Havelka | Dec 14, 2018 | Advent & Christmas, Self Care, Yoga & Church | 0 Comments

Because I love the Christian season of Advent that leads up to Christmas, I will again be writing each week of Advent a piece around the week’s theme and inviting you into a spiritual practice with me. I felt almost everything but peaceful this week. Scattered....

Peace: Know it When You Feel It

by Nicole Havelka | Dec 11, 2017 | Advent & Christmas, Self Care, Yoga & Church | 0 Comments

According to the book of Phillipians, God’s peace is something “which surpasses all understanding.” (Phillipians 4:7,...

The Necessity of Darkness

by Nicole Havelka | Dec 3, 2017 | Advent & Christmas, Community, Self Care, Yoga & Church | 0 Comments

We have a problem with darkness. Not only because the white majority in the U.S. has some seriously, immoral unresolved needs for power and control over people with darker skin. Not only because we anesthetize ourselves with drugs, alcohol, food, caffeine and all...

Family Ministry: Not Just for ‘Traditional’ Families Anymore (Does such a thing even exist?)

by Nicole Havelka | Sep 11, 2014 | Change Leadership, Faith Formation, Family Ministry: Not Just for the Christian Right Anymore | 0 Comments

This blog series, Family Ministry: Not Just for the Christian Right Anymore, explores how family-based faith formation ministry will help progressive Christian values take root first in homes and then throughout our communities and the world in order to spread justice...