Source: Uploaded by user via Faith Squared on Pinterest “There is golden good in this experience, and I claim it now!” -Catherine Ponder Prayers of decree are spiritual statements of recognition, attention, and invitation. Spoken out loud, they have an undeniably magical (and usually very concrete) effect on whatever situation or experience they are
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By Erica Sternin Source: flickr.com via Erica on Pinterest Surgery: The Mansion Shortly after being diagnosed with a Stage III aggressive, metastasized breast cancer in my right breast, I remembered my first dream in more than 20 years. I was in a very large house, a house with many rooms, a mansion, in fact. All
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It had been a week of frustration piled on top of irritation with a side of Seriously…WTF?! Internet failures, freeway madness, sixth grade math homework. A document management system that was managing only to short-circuit everything I tried to accomplish at work. And the disturbing news that soon there would be not one but TWO
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By Erica Sternin June 2012 Dear Dr. Smith, Today when I called on Grandmother, she was grinning – big strong teeth she has. Not a smile, no, she’s grinning. Full out. And I noticed that there’s a door on the trunk of the tree, cracked open, inviting me into my Home. I’m so excited to
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Source: beautiful-portals.tumblr.com via Faith Squared on Pinterest Lectio Divina (“sacred reading”) is an ancient form of contemplative prayer and a powerful way of working with scripture, poetry, even images. The practice involves four steps: 1. Read (lectio): read a passage or poem two or three times, slowly and out loud if possible, paying attention to
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By Erica Sternin May, 2012 Dear Dr Smith, I finished chemotherapy treatments on April 19, 2012. Now I’m starting 7 weeks of daily radiation treatment. In my most recent several encounters with Grandmother she’s been staring fixedly to my right. At first I thought she was looking into her past, since she was looking to
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By Erica Sternin March 2012 Dear Dr. Smith, I have begun calling her Grandmother and I have found that I can summon her, that I can call on her. She has appeared to me holding a large red parrot wing. Another time I could see that her eyes were blind. The next several weeks she
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By Erica Sternin January 2012 Dear Dr. Smith, I have learned about Tree People and Rock People. The nature of the Tree People is to give, to endlessly give – even after death, the Tree People give – think of the nurse logs in our forest, and of course, in death, the Tree People provide
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By Erica Sternin Dear Dr. Smith, I wanted to send you a thank you note for introducing me to Grandmother. I was seeing you for some counseling sixteen years ago, and we only had a couple of visits left. In one of these sessions, you led me on a guided meditation, “find a safe place
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Source: crowsnesttrading.com via Faith Squared on Pinterest Dear God, I need a hefty dose of patience, STAT. Thanks. Sometimes, Divine Timing doesn’t seem the least bit divine. On one particularly restless day my resulting prayer session (or should I say, wrestling match) gifted me with something even more coveted by my Sagittarian nature than patience—Something To
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