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Mindful Advent: Joy

by Nicole Havelka | Dec 17, 2019 | Advent & Christmas, Community, Faith Formation, Mindfulness, Self Care, Yoga & Church | 0 Comments

Each Christmas season, I make a ritual of watching the Frank Capra Christmas Classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Though I know there is a strong cult following for the movie starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, there is an equally large group of those who furrow their...

Rescued from the Abyss

by Nicole Havelka | Mar 12, 2013 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Giving Up Grief for Lent: A Lenten Blog Series that explores the things the Mainline church needs to grieve in order to embrace a new Easter reality … I don’t think there are many life lessons that can’t be derived from the movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” On the day...