by Deborah Svec-Carstens | Feb 15, 2021 | Blog
In January 2020, I joined the Ten Percent Happier New Year’s Challenge. The challenge was to meditate 15 out of 21 days. Each day there was a short video lesson followed by a ten-minute guided meditation. A year later, and I’m still meditating. In...
by Deborah Svec-Carstens | Dec 31, 2020 | Blog
“Always, we begin again.” As we cross the threshold from 2020 to 2021, I’m reminded of these words from the Rule of St. Benedict. There is much to leave behind as we enter into the New Year. Grief, sorrow, heartache, anger, frustration, isolation, and more. No...
by Deborah Svec-Carstens | Oct 31, 2020 | Blog
I recently finished reading Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler The title of her book immediately drew me in, because “everything happens for a reason” is a theology my parents taught me growing up. It’s like saying, “God is...
by Deborah Svec-Carstens | Sep 9, 2020 | Blog
The First Step In 2015, I quit my job. Not because I had another position lined up. I didn’t. In fact, I had no idea what was next for me. I just knew it was time to leave state government, where I’d worked in various capacities as an attorney for the last 15 years....
by Deborah Svec-Carstens | Aug 5, 2020 | Blog
I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. Psalms 104:33 In late June, I gathered with three other members of my faith community to record music to stream during our online worship on Sundays. One person...
