Author: Austin English, AOJN
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A Mindful Memo: Notice the Breath
All day long we breathe without even noticing it. The lungs fill up, and release with the same natural flow that a river runs it’s course. This is what nourishes our bodies by bringing oxygen to our blood for circulation. This is what connects us to the natural world, bring carbon dioxide to the plants…
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A Poetic Reflection on Light & Love
I sit here in my simple house, and find myself caught by the light flowing into the room through my blue curtains. Each thread is visible, each shade of the curtains colors fade in and out of shapes created by pleats—shadows both deepen and disappear as your eyes travel over the bare body of the…
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Interfaith Ministry: A Servant for the Heart of the World
In recent events, I’ve found a lot of resistance and even some blatant hatred for my vocation as an Interfaith Minister. I have Christians who believe, as an Anglican Priest, it is my sworn duty to condemn people of all other faiths; I have people of other faith traditions attacking me for using Christian imagery;…
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Knowing the Unknowable: Seeking the Fullness of God
Throughout my life, I have had a continuous journey of faith. I did not begin my faith journey in Christianity. In fact, I was born into a Non-religious family whose only comments of faith or God came from cultural references of what God supposedly told humans never to do, and how Karma was a bitch…
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Unity: The Path to Peace
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but particularly over the last decade or so things seem to be developing into extremes in polarity. The middle ground seems to be disappearing, and has very few voices behind it (at least in the media we typically use). This attitude of polarity builds walls and deep trenches around…
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Connecting with God: Finding Yourself
One of the joys of being an Interfaith Minister is being able to see the way that God, the Divine, penetrates this world. All around us, you can see Divinity at work. Visiting people in the hospital and sitting beside them on their deathbeds in their homes, I’ve seen the essence of life dancing, ebbing,…
Rev. Austin English 