Author: David Lowry
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Secret Pals
The following is a lesson presented yesterday at Dayspring Church by my good friend Robin Acker. I wanted to save this so that I could read it often. Thank you Robin for such a thoughtful lesson! Secret Pals by Robin Acker Speaking on our topic today makes me think about when I was in school, when there…
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Meditation on Fullness and Completion
I believe that all of us desire to have feelings of emotional fullness and completion. Both are blissful states that we reach first through meditation and then through constant awareness that we are full and complete. Fullness I describe fullness as those moments you when you understand that, “It can’t get any better than this!” It’s those moments of transcendence when…
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A Different Universe
The following was written by Dr. Henry Cloud in his book Necessary endings: the employees, businesses, and relationships that all of us have to give up in order to move forward. (p. 50 – 51) Many people wish for a different universe than the one we live. They want one where every day is a harvest time…
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Alignment
Until the other day I had not heard about a principle of a life called alignment. I think I knew about the concept, but I had never heard it discussed as a formal life principle The greatest problems we face are caused as we resist “what is.” Let’s say that I don’t like the amount of money I have–so I…
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Present Moment Awareness
I suppose like most people I’ve heard about the concept of present-moment awareness for sometime now. It’s almost a part of the cultural lexicon to say something like “Stay focused and remain in the present moment.” But like many simple ideas, it’s easier said than done. I’m learning that my mind is a place I like…
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How to Lay up treasures in heaven
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;…(Matthew 6:19)
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A Simple Way to Pray
Prayer can be as simple or complicated as you want it to be. I’ve heard many lessons on the subject of prayer, seen different approaches to use while praying and participated in countless prayer activities. For me, simple heartfelt prayers are the way to go. Here is a small slide show of two very simple techniques that I use and…
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The Pain Body
Eckhart Tolle describes dysfunctional mental and emotional life which he calls The Pain Body. This body is more than occasional negativity and unhappy feelings–he describes it as a parasitic entity that seeks to gain power and control over us by feeding upon our negative energy states. The following slides describe the process. https://www.haikudeck.com/e/5NZB8Wktqs/?isUrlHashEnabled=false&isPreviewEnabled=false&isHeaderVisible=false The Pain Body – Created…
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Arriving at My Core Values
Two years ago I attended a leadership workshop about the importance of leading from values. The facilitator taught us that the best leaders lead from a strong sense of personal values. We learned that when what’s inside of us matches what we do on the outside we have integrity. That makes sense. Now, I’ve long known…
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The Box
A few minutes ago, as I was walking through the building, I came upon a giant box. I was drawn to the box–indeed I went out of my way to look more carefully at it. Believe it or not, I’m not even a little curious about what contents used to be in the box–I’m excited to find…