Posts about media and embodied living

Meditation or Mediation: The power of meditation to live in the moment

Posted on December 23, 2015

This Advent I have been convicted about the Christian discipline of meditation. This is a practice that requires more intentionality than I have been giving it. I have been tracking what thoughts I naturally "fall into" when my mind has available time and also been aware of trying to give my mind more opportunity to reflect.

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In Praise of Boredom...the Gift of Unfilled Time

Posted on January 02, 2014

Dressed as Beatrix Potter, my daughter paints in the garden.

It is not unusual to hear a child say, "I'm bored." But before you consider that comment as an immediate demand on your creative faculties, guide your child to realize the perfect door is open to discover and create. It is only when children are looking for something to do that they fall into the best kind of play, that is, as long as all media is unavailable.

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