by admin | Dec 16, 2024 | Advent, Devotion
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior” Luke 1:46 I stopped breathing last week. There was tension in our family over the holidays. When could we all get together? What about keeping everyone’s in-laws happy? What about...
by admin | Dec 9, 2024 | Advent, Devotion
Last week we talked about the Israelites and their longing for their Messiah. Their longing spanned many, many generations. They waited and waited for God to fulfill his promise. Like those ancient Israelites we also are a people who long, we long as a community of...
by admin | Dec 2, 2024 | Advent, Devotion
If you are like me you might have a bit of an attitude toward the first chapter of the Book of Matthew. The book of Matthew starts with the lengthy narrative of the genealogy of Jesus. I don’t know about you, but I kind of like to skip by all this. It’s lots of “this...
by Sherri Raderstorf | Mar 29, 2024 | Devotion, Lenten Yoga, Newsletter Archives
May You Live Fully Alive In Easter Joyfulness!First of all, thank you so much for your participation in our Lenten Yoga Series and in Holy Week Holy Yoga. Your faithfulness to Jesus, your yoga practice, and to Fully Alive Yoga, is a great support to me and a witness...
by Sherri Raderstorf | Mar 18, 2024 | Devotion, Lenten Yoga, Newsletter Archives
Being Content During Lent Keep your lives free from the love of moneyand be content with what you have. Hebrews 13:5 In the traditional yoga sacred writings we find the spiritual guidelines called the NIYAMAS. One of these niyamas is SANTOSHA- the art of contentment,...
by Sherri Raderstorf | Mar 11, 2024 | Devotion, Lenten Yoga, Newsletter Archives
So during Lent we practice three spiritual disciplines; prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Being curious about and struggling to relate to the word “alms”, I did a little research. The word alms comes from the Greek word eleemosyne, which means “compassion or pity,” and...
