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(Not So) Quiet Time

Posted by Deborah Woo on Dec 06, 2018

  Recently, I was encouraged to give meditation a try. If you had asked me to do this a few months ago, I would have been skeptical. A few years ago, I probably would have laughed outright. I’ve always been a little unsettled by silence. As a child, I lived in a windy area, and my...

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Tags: meditation, quiet time, scripture, silence, solitude, spiritual discipline, stillness

To Be or Not to Be?

Posted by on May 06, 2014

  Nearly two years ago, just after I completed four years of doctoral studies and four years of undergraduate studies back-to-back, I was suddenly thrust into an experience that was completely foreign to me: I was unemployed. Not only was I unemployed, but I found myself in a new corner...

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Tags: achievement, unemployment, quiet time, identity, being, walking

Running Contemplative

Posted by on Apr 22, 2014

  My run began on a crisp, early winter morning. The paved path that led into Almaden Quicksilver Park wound slightly uphill until I hit the dirt and made a sharp left onto a steep, narrow, oak-tree-shaded single-track headed away from the city. It was my Sabbath. A day set aside for...

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Tags: contemplative prayer, meditation, running, quiet time, sabbath
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Estuary: a body of water with one or more streams flowing into it and a connection to the open sea

Estuaries is a public space for individuals who call The River their home to express and reflect on their own personal stories of God in their lives. We recognize that we are each a work in progress, and that our spiritual journeys are as unique and diverse and that through sharing our stories, we hope to recognize, celebrate, reflect on, and lament the joys and struggles of following Jesus.

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