Catching an appetite for spiritual practice
“The spiritual practice of blessing is a tool we can use to offer love and hope to others. If you sneeze in public my guess is you will hear at least one person respond: "Bless you.” This is perhaps the simplest most common example of a blessing. At the end of worship, you might notice that the worship leader gives a benediction, a bestowing of a blessing at the end of a worship service. The words given remind us of who we are and provide encouragement as we prepare to go back into the world to do God’s holy work. This is another common example of the practice of blessing. Words of blessing offer an opportunity for us to give and receive words of love, to remind one another who we are as God’s beloved children, and to encourage each other in the work God has called us to do. Barbara Brown Taylor, describes the spiritual practice of blessing as a way to give thoughtful prayer to those we love. What a gift this practice offers us and our family.” - Rev. Tanya Campen
“Any time we feel a situation or a person needs the benefit of divine providence, we ask for blessing... It’s an invocation of the presence and power of the sacred upon a person's life.” - From Blessing: The Art and the Practice by David Spangler
“Blessing is a way of allowing God to work more fully in us and through us.... allowing the Spirit of God to flow through us.” - From The Hopeful Family: Raising Resilient Children in Uncertain Times by Rev. Amelia Richardson Dress
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