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Bishop's Schedule
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February 3
St. Bede's
Westport
February 6
Christ Church
Tulsa
February 8 and 9
Deacons' Retreat
St. Crispin's
February 10
St. Paul's
Holdenville Centennial Celebration
February 17
St. Timothy's
Pauls Valley
February 24
St. Thomas
Pawhuska
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April 15 - 16
Retired Clergy and Spouses Retreat
St. Crispin's
April 26 -28, 2013
Altered (formerly Vocare)
St. Crispin's
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Upcoming Diocese Events
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To register or for more information please go onto the Dicoesan Web Site below or call the local congregation:
February 7
Safeguarding God's People
Train the Trainer
Diocesan Offices
10 - 4
February 26
Safeguarding God's Children
Diocesan Offices
10 - 12:30
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New Web Sites and Links
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Kevin Martin, Diocesan Congregational Development Officer's Blog
www.kevinoncong.blogspot.com
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Companion Diocese Uruguay
Holy God, source of healing and of peace, bless with your grace the companion dioceses of Oklahoma and Uruguay. Through our partnership one with another may we grow in mutual affection and communion, seek a more profound experience of truth, build up the Church in unity and give glory to Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.
New Web site:
http://uruguay.anglican.org/
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The Next Issue of this Newsletter will be on Friday,
February 8, 2013.
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We Are Epiok.org
February 1, 2013
Issue 5
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New Beginnings is this Weekend
Do you know how many people it takes to make New Beginnings work?
There's the Adults coordinator - Kate Huston; Clergy - this weekend it will be a three team of Jeff Huston, Canon José McLoughlin, and Justin Lindstrom; then other adult staff ers: John Koons, Jane Nelson Hutchison, Hannah Hutchison, Amy Best, Mallorie Zweifel, and Mark and Marsha Tygret. Then, we need youth leaders: Ben Abla, Michael and Marissa March, Becca Tripodi, Zach Youngblood, Andrew and Nathan Herndon, Sarah and Matt Cronin, Saige Shirley, Allison Wignall, Hayes Felder, Katherine Story, Caitlin Kenney, Katherine Boone, Taylor Willey, Keifer Kehl, Susanna LeMasters, Emma Hutchison, and John Tygret. New Beginnings is for Junior High youth - grades 6 - 9. It is a weekend of talks given by the staff - both youth and adults. It is films, small group discussions and activities. It is presentations on self, friends, parents, siblings, school, God's love, prayer, the Church, and "Who is Jesus?" In addition, there is time for fun, creating, and sharing. Participants not only learn and grow but have a wonderful time. Clergy are present to assist with Spiritual Direction. This weekend, New Beginnings #39 will be hosting 20 participants. Please keep the staff in your prayers as they have been planning, working, and praying about this event for several weeks now. |
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Saint Simeon's Adds Three Members to Board of Trustees
Saint Simeon's, a senior living community in Tulsa, recently welcomed three distinguished individuals to its Board of Trustees for the Saint Simeon's Home: Chase Curtiss, Tom Schooley, and Dr. John H. Schumann. Each new member has pledged to serve a 3-year term, effective January 1, 2013.
 Mr. Chase Curtiss is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist with a Master's Degree in Human Performance. He has published research in the fields of biomechanics, physiology and neuropsychology, was named a YouTube NextUp award winner for his work in sports technology development and has twice been nominated for Oklahoma Innovator of the Year for the medical startup company he founded. Chase also enjoys his role as husband and father to Rachel and Claire, age three. Chase brings a strong vision for the role of technology in healthcare and a personal passion for improving healthcare administration through outcomes analytics.
 Mr. Tom Schooley is a CPA and the President of Midwesco Industries Inc. Tom has been a native of Tulsa since 1975 and graduated from the University of Oklahoma. Tom is also a graduate of Leadership Tulsa XV and Outward Bound Wilderness School. Additionally, he has served as President and Chairman of the Ronald McDonald House. Tom met his wife Lisa through St. John's Church, where they serve as active members. Their son Baxter is a law student at Boston University, and their daughter Claire is a graduate of OU seeking a Masters in Accounting. Tom's wife's grandmother, Doris Briney, was a resident of Saint Simeon's, and he holds many fond memories of his visits with her.
 Dr. John H. Schumann serves as Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the OU School of Community Medicine (OU-Tulsa), which trains 50 doctors over a 3-year curriculum that leads to board certification. John was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Yale, earned an MD from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and completed residency in Internal Medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. John was on the faculty from 2002-2011 at the University of Chicago, both in Medicine and Ethics and completed a one-year fellowship in Clinical Medical Ethics at the MacLean Center. John and Sarah-Anne live in Midtown Tulsa and have two children (ages 12 and 9) attending Holland Hall. John also maintains a blog called 'GlassHospital' that attempts to educate lay readers about aspects of health care and medical practice. His blog has been featured and re-posted in national publications, and he regularly writes articles for the Atlantic. John is a regular contributor of health care commentary to "StudioTulsa" on KWGS Public Radio Tulsa.
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St. Mary's Chancel Choir Candlight Dinner and Concert
The Chancel Choir Candelight 4 course gourmet dinner will be
provided at 6:00 pm on Sunday, March 3. Tickets are $50 each.  Reservations may be made by calling the office at 341-3855 or contacting Linda Mason at lmason31@cox.net or 340-0612. The menu includes strawberry-baby greens-walnut salad, pork medalions with ginger sauce, grilled chicken breast, carrots and asparagus with fingerling potatoes, topped off with Turtle Cheesecake, accompanied by coffee and tea, white wine or red wine.
Concert - Following the dinner an all-Brahms concert will be provided by UCO faculty for free. The Brahms concert begins at 7:30 pm.
Concert Program:
1) Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
2) Mädchenlied (Heyse) Op. 107, No. 5
3) Zwei Gesänge, Opus 91
4) Trio for Clarinet, Violoncello and Piano op. 114 in a-minor
Musicians
Dr. Tess Remy Schumacher, Cello; Dr. Marilyn Govich, Voice; Dr. David Forbat, Piano; Ben Davis, Piano; Dr. Dawn Lindblade, Clarinet
There will be a light reception following the concert so you can mingle with the musicians.
All food is provided by choir members. All proceedes from the dinner will go toward the Chancel Choir UCO Student scholarships. Four UCO students join the choir each year, and are supported by our scholarships. We share love and gorgeous music, too!
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Lent Madness is Back!
Who will win the Golden Halo? It's anybody's vote! Check out Lent Madness 2013: The Saintly Smack Down!
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Saint Simeon's Welcomes New Marketing Coordinator
Saint Simeon's, Tulsa, welcomes Lindsay Morris as its new marketing coordinator. In her new role, Lindsay will be responsible for creating a presence for Saint Simeon's in the community, which includes overseeing public relations and publicity. Additionally, Lindsay will work with hospital discharge units and physicians in northeastern Oklahoma to encourage greater awareness of Saint Simeon's.
Lindsay will also serve as staff manager for the Saint Simeon's Auxiliary, a volunteer organization in its 50th year with the mission of enriching and enhancing the lives of residents. Each year the members of the Auxiliary provide over 2,500 hours of volunteer service to benefit the residents, families and staff of Saint Simeon's.
Lindsay joins Saint Simeon's with an extensive background in print and online journalism, having held editorial positions at The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City, Oil and Gas Investor in Houston, and most recently, PennWell Corporation's Power Engineering in Tulsa. A native of Tulsa, Lindsay holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Oral Roberts University.
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Trinity, Guthrie, Opens Godly Play Space
Last year, The Rev. John Borrego, spent three days going through Godly Play training offered by the Diocese. He came away from this experience ready to begin at his own congregation. After much hard work, training, and material making, that dream became a reality.
Here, storyteller Billy Wheeler, local assistant DA and Trinity vestry member, had these young saints listing to his presentation.
If you would like information on Godly Play and making it a part of your congregation's Formation process, please contact Sabrina at the Diocesan Offices.
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Celebrate Summer Camp in the Middle of Winter!
Sing camp songs - make camp crafts - participate in a youth led Eucharist - share lunch with your friends.
February 3, St. John's, Tulsa, 10 a.m.
February 10, St. John's, Norman, 10:30 a.m.
Wear your favorite camp t-shirt!
Please RSVP to stcrispinsdirector@gmail.com so we may have sufficient food for lunch.
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Centennial Celebration - Holdenville
 St. Paul's Episcopal Church is having a Centennial Celebration on February 9th and 10th to celebrate our founding in Holdenville in February, 1 913. We are reaching out to invite all our former parishioners and clergy families now located around the state to come to our Centennial Celebration beginning Saturday, February 9th, at 6:30 p.m. with a spaghetti dinner. During the evening, we will have time to recall St. Paul's journey through its 100 years of service to the people of Holdenville. Sunday morning, Bishop Ed will be celebrating the Holy Eucharist at 9:30 a.m. We will have another feast following the service for all those in attendance. Please call Beverly Rodgers, (405) 308-2284 for further information. If you are unable to attend, we would love for you to email us a story or memory you recall about an event at St. Paul's. Send your emails to brjd54@yahoo.com. Come join the celebration as we begin our next 100 years!!
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Mind, Body, and Spirit in the 2nd Half of Life II
We're doing it again. The Diocese of Oklahoma and the Senior Ministries Committee is offering a great opportunity to gather with your friends to learn about issues specifically tailored for those in the 2nd Half of Life. The date is April 4, 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. and will be held at Church of the Resurrection Episcopal Church, 13112 North Rockwell, OKC. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE REGISTRATION BROCHURE THAT CAME IN THE MAIL HAS THE CORRECT DATE AND NOT THE CORRECT DAY. IT IS ON THURSDAY, APRIL 4. Program will include: Plenary Panel Session "Getting It All Together: The Messy Paperwork of Life." The Rev. Michael A. Jasper, Rector at Church of the Resurrection and Shirley Cox, Legal Services Developer, OK Department of Human Services will share their knowledge and the session will be mediated by The Rev. John Belzer. Four workshops will be offered, of which you may choose two: Laughter Yoga, Driving Safely and Safety, Scripture, Aging, and Lectio Divina, and Being a Grandparent in Today's Society. For Registration forms Click here . If you have questions now, contact Sabrina Evans, sevans@epiok.org, or call 405 232 4820.
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Summer Camper Registration Forms Now On-Line
Yes, everything you need to register for Summer Camp 2013 is now on-line. Camp sessions are as follows:
May 31 - June 1 ABC (overnight camp for children who have finished Kindergarten through 2nd grade) and a parent/guardian. This gives the child and parent a taste of the camp experience. Campers stay in cabins with other campers, swim, make crafts, and play like big campers!
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June 2 - 8 Sr. High (10th - 12th graders)
June 9 - 15 8th and 9th graders
June 16 - 22 3rd - 5th graders
June 23 - 29 6th and 7th graders
June 30 - July 6 8th and 9th graders
July 7 - 13 3rd - 5th graders
July 14 - 20 6th and 7th graders
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Whole Creation Community - You Have Been "cc'd": Be COOL and CONSERVE Our Resources
Whole Creation Community is a spiritual community that brings together people of faith who will commit themselves to praying for God's creation, teaching stewardship of God's creation, and working to sustain God's creation. Please join us daily on facebook http://stpaulsokc.org/whole-creation for daily meditations.
Below is a meditation/reflection posted this week by Mother Emily Schnabl-St. Christopher's, MDW
"There is a plastic bottle under the sink in the sacristy filled with water from the Jordan River, brought back by parishioners on a recent trip to Israel. Other churches I have known have had water brought for baptism from oceans, lakes and rivers around the world. I always imagined that each drop of water contributed its own characteristic, its unique wet signature, poured together in the font, the waters of creation welcoming home a child of God. May we strive for the health of those waters that made us new on the day we were immersed in the baptism of Christ." Emily
Do you have a Cool Congregation?
I recently attended a training at Oklahoma City University for Cool Congregations sponsored by Oklahoma Interfaith Power and Light. Did you know Interfaith Power and Light started in the Episcopal Church? We have a great opportunity here in Oklahoma to keep this project alive. Cool Congregations is one way we can measure the reduction of our carbon footprint which is consistent with the mission of the National Church.
Cool Congregations is an earth stewardship multi-year program to help members of your congregation reduce their contribution to global warming. This program uses existing groups in your congregation to implement activities. It uses small group implementation to build community and celebrate quick wins.
For more information, go to http://www.coolcongregations.org/. You can also contact me and I will get you in touch with someone in Oklahoma who will come to your congregation and talk about becoming a cool congregation.
Contact Information:
Ferrella March
Ferrella@hotmail.com
405-397-7960
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Make My Mission - St. Crispin's - 2013 Mission Camp
 Mission Camp is looking for a few good young men to help serve as leader's at this year's event. We will be at St. Crispin's starting Sunday, March 17 - Tuesday, March 19. Lots of projects to make St. Crispin's a better place for all. College students who are interested in serving as staff, please contact me at sevans@epiok.org.
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Episcopal Men's Retreat
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The Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma
Men's Retreat
St. Crispin's Conference Center
May 2-4, 2013
Thursday Supper-Saturday Lunch
The Right Reverend Dr. Edward Konieczny
Retreat Chaplain
2 nights/6 meals
$135 double $170 single
Click here for Registration form
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Episcopal Church Women Sponsors Women's Retreat
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February 22 - 23
God Bless the Work of our Hands:
an Introduction to Benedictine Spirituality
St. Crispin's Camp and Conference Center
Facilitator: The Rev. Debora L. Jennings
Click here for Registration Form.
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 Safeguarding God's Children
February 26, 2013
Diocesan Offices
10 a.m.
email sevans@epiok.org to register.
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Safeguarding God's People - Train the Trainer Event
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We will offer our first training session for trainers on February 7, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. here at the Diocesan Offices. If you are interested in becoming a trainer, please contact Sabrina Evans (sevans@epiok.org) or call 405 232 4820.
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Oklahoma Episcopal Youth Events
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Applications Now Being Accepted to be a part of the EYE Mission Planning Team!
Deadline is February 16, so apply soon.
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/episcopal-youth-event-2014-0
Every three years, in accordance with General Convention Resolution 1982-D079, The Episcopal Church convenes an international youth event known as the Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) in the hope "that the energy of the youth of the Episcopal Church can continue to be utilized in active ministry as members of the Body of Christ." Nominations and applications are accepted from across the church to discern a group of youth and adults to serve as members of the Episcopal Youth Event Mission Planning Team. We are currently negotiating three potential sites for EYE 2014.
The location, dates, and team members will be announced in March 2013.
*Eligibility* - Youth applicants must be currently enrolled in 9th, 10th, or 11th grade, and a communicant in good standing in a congregation of The Episcopal Church. Adult applicants must be a minimum of 25 years of age, a communicant in good standing, and have demonstrated capacity and skills in working with high-school-aged youth and other adult leaders. (Applications for 19- to 24-year-old adults to serve at EYE in leadership and support roles will be coordinated through the Young Adult Ministries Office and will be announced in late spring 2013.)
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Important Dates for Youth - Diocese of OK
Mission Camp - March 17-19, 2013. Make our Mission - St. Crispin's! Several changes are being made to this year's mission camp. (1) It will be held at St. Crispin's; (2) It will be Sunday - Tuesday; (3) It will be open for 6th - 12th graders; (4) You will be one of the first groups to use the new ropes course! Mike and Joanne Roberts will direct us to meaningful work projects to help make the place we all love so much that much better! Registration forms can be found here!
Province VII Mission Week in Dallas - July 8 - 13. Arriving on Monday, Mission Service will be Tuesday - Friday, with a closing service on Friday night. Mission service can be with children, the elderly, in food (food bank, soup kitchen, etc.) or the environment.Then, Saturday morning - 6 Flags! Back to OK Saturday night. Check out the Facebook page at: http://province7youth.org/
Happening - 10th - 12th graders - August 2 - 4, All Souls' Episcopal Church, OKC.
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Christian Formation Resources |
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Free Lectionary Curriculum Up-Dated by the Episcopal Church
In response to our many users, we have given Lesson Plans That Work a new look and new resources.
The popular Lesson Plans That Work, an online resource from the Episcopal Church, has been updated and revised, now with three distinct tracts for younger and older children, and adults.
Lesson Plans that work are available at http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/lessons/.
Published by the Episcopal Church and written by experienced church school teachers, Lesson Plans That Work follow the Revised Common Lectionary, using practical approaches to respond to the needs of volunteer teachers.
Lesson Plans That Work consists of three lesson plans presented weekly: for young children, for older children, and for adults.
On the web, Lesson Plans That Work is easy to search by Season, Year A, B, or C, and by age. Also newly added is a "Useful Links" section providing additional formation resources. |
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EfM Receives Luce Foundation Grant
 The School of Theology is pleased to announce the receipt of a special grant of $40,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation's theology program to support the creation of a Latino/Hispanic version of its international Education for Ministry (EfM) program.
"I am pleased and grateful that the Luce Foundation is providing us the opportunity to begin developing the Spanish language materials for EfM," stated Karen Meridith, director of EfM. "We waited to do the Spanish version until we were well along in the development of the new English curriculum, upon which the Spanish version will be based."
The Spanish texts will not be translations but will be written by native Spanish speakers from across a wide range of Latino/Hispanic cultures and modeled on the English texts. This funding will cover the first phase of the production of the new Spanish curriculum that is projected to be available in the fall of 2014, right on the heels of the release of the new English texts.
The writing team will prepare the first volume of the EfM core texts in Spanish to be used with a standard Spanish-language theological text on the Hebrew Bible. They will use the English-language core text as a guide, adapting language and concepts as necessary to convey the essentials of the EfM program in a culturally appropriate way.
Meridith will work with the Rev. Canon Anthony Guillén, missioner for Latino/Hispanic Ministries for the Episcopal Church, to assemble the team of writers and pilot the materials in congregations in both the U.S. and in Province IX over the next several years.
"The collaboration between EfM and the Office of Latino/Hispanic Ministries has been instrumental as we continue moving forward in the creation of this much needed resource," stated Guillén. "This collaboration demonstrates that the time has finally arrived where the Church has grown from offering translations of materials to creating original materials in Spanish that are culturally relevant. It is my hope that this initiative will serve as an inspiration and encouragement to other constituencies of the Church in producing Latino/Hispanic resources."
A Latino/Hispanic version of EfM has been under development through intentional conversation and study by Meridith and Guillén as a response to the 2009 strategic vision of the Episcopal Church. It was included in the 2012 strategic plan for The School of Theology.
"EfM has been important to the formation of laity in the Church for more than a generation but its impact among our Latino members has been minimal because of the lack of materials in Spanish," explained the Rt. Rev. J. Neil Alexander, dean of The School of Theology. "The Luce grant will make it possible for us to begin the process of getting these wonderful materials in the hands of our Latino brothers and sisters."
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Craft Web Site
Here is a fun craft website: http://catholicicing.com/. They have activities for the Liturgical calendar, which is sometimes hard to find! Thanks to Debbie Winterrowd, Grace Church, Ponca City, for this great find!
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Edelman to Speak at OCU on March 6
 Civil rights activist and longtime children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman will give a free speech at Oklahoma City University. Edelman is the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund. She will speak at 7:30 p.m. at the Wellness and Activity Center at OCU. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. A graduate of Yale Law School, she was the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar and Served as the director for law and education at Harvard University.
Ms. Edelman has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life. Under her leadership, CDF has become the nation's strongest voice for children and families. The Children's Defense Fund's Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
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Journal Writing
Karen Hardin could write a book. In essence, really, she has written more than 30, filling spiral notebo  oks, hardcover blank books, and diaries with the stories of her life.For nearly 25 years, this woman from Franklin, Ind., has been an avid writer, jotting down the details of her days, recalling moments of gratitude and joy, using words to navigate anger and sorrow. But like many people who have caught on to "journaling" as a means of self-expression, Hardin is searching for something deeper, something sacred. Journaling has become her spiritual journey. Placing pen to paper, she is charting a personal road map.A growing number of books and workshops about journaling are tapping into this spiritual longing, striving to help people to develop the discipline of journal writing and delve deeper for spiritual understanding.Sister Joyce Diltz leads one of those workshops. A Catholic sister from East Chicago, Ind., Diltz says the last decade has brought a growing interest in journaling as a tool for spiritual growth. "Some people say that when they journal, it puts them in the same space as when they pray," she says. "The practice opens their lives to God."It does so by demanding honesty and trust and as a result, Sister Diltz says, a measure of emotional courage. Stripping away masks. So even though there are no hard-and-fast rules to journaling, the most effective personal writing is writing that strips away the "masks and unintended compromises of our daily lives," Sister Diltz says. "And the more we come to know ourselves, the more truthfully we can come to God as we are and to be loved by God as we are." Hardin has been a dedicated journal writer since 1977 when she was a young nurse. Writing became a daily exercise in creativity and a refreshing break from her hectic work life. Over time, she came to see her journal as a trusted confidant, a place to turn to share her intense feelings of happiness and sorrow, anger and peace. Most recently, Hardin has realized through journal writing that she is wrestling with God. "I grew up being very religious--going to church and Sunday school and praying. Then I got away from it," she recalls. "Now I am trying to redevelop my relationship with God and part of that is trying to figure out what sent me away." Disease took toll - In 1954, when Hardin was 4, the polio virus invaded her childhood home in Franklin. The disease crippled Hardin's mother, Mary, but skipped over Hardin and her two brothers. Now 83, Hardin's mother has been paralyzed from the waist down for more than half her life. "For a long time, I wanted to know from God why she got polio and why God wouldn't just fix it," Hardin says. "I prayed about it and all my prayers weren't answered the way I wanted them to be answered." Anger at polio and at God sometimes became anger toward her mother, an unexplainable anger, Hardin says. But journal work has brought deep personal insight into how a mother's illness influenced her daughter's life. She became a nurse, this culture's ultimate caregiver. Working in California and later in New York, she spent much of her career running the AIDS wing of a hospital.For as long as she can remember, Hardin knew that one day she would take care of her mother. Throughout her childhood and, until two years ago, Hardin watched her father care for her mother's every need. With his death in 1999, Hardin moved home to Franklin and became her mother's nurse. Perhaps Hardin chose the career 30 years ago knowing that the day would come. The thought has crossed her mind because the words have flowed from her pen onto the pages of her journals. And, in writing, Hardin wondered why she felt more competent in caring for dying AIDS patients--near strangers--than she did in caring for her own mother. "Isn't this care-giving what I have prepared my whole life for? Have I never really forgiven God?" she asks, mirroring the questions asked in her journals. "This is the main focus right now in my writing." Writer and teacher Lou Beeker Schultz believes that a commitment to journal writing can bring forth the answers to spiritual questions. She has been journaling for 25 years and teaches the discipline in workshops, at retreats, and in university continuing- education programs. Journaling in search of spiritual meaning takes more than daily diary entries about "what happened today," she says. It is really about reflecting on how you feel about what happened today. Some writers can sit in a quiet space, she says, place their pen on the page and write their way to those feelings. Other people need prompts, specific exercises often shaped by questions: What were the most significant events of my day?
How was this day different from all other days?
What were the meaningful conversations I experienced today?
Although these questions aren't religious, they can move a writer to a deeper awareness of daily life, Schultz says. Faithful journaling can bring about feelings of gratitude and joy. In short, she says, spiritual journal-writing is about making time in a busy life to find meaning beyond the mundane: "Journaling," she says, "is listening to your soul."
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Contact Information
Sabrina Evans
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