Week 42/14 and Week 43/14 Summaries

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Week 42/14

Prompt: What have you discovered about yourself that surprised you?

Photo: Perfect Day for Applepicking

Quotation: When you can’t run, you crawl. And when you can’t crawl, you find someone to carry you.” – Firefly, Episode 12, The Message

Rec: Mental Health Resources

Links:

REPOST: Breakdown

REBLOG: You Clean Up Good: 8 Hygiene Tricks for People with Body Issues

Donate a Photo

The Trevor Project

Crazy Mixed Up Soundbites Meet Pastoral Reality (reblog)

Let’s Make a Coping Skills Toolbox

October Recharge, 2014 (Summer Retreat Wrap-Up Also)

 

Week 43/14

Prompt:(None) Replaced with apologies and quotation: “All will be well, all will be well, in all manner of things, all will be well.” – Julian of Norwich

Prompt: Write about something you find sacred – like a personal talisman or inspirational item.

Photo: Local Eatery

Water from the Last Three Days

Quotation: There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” -Elie Wiesel

“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” -Vincent Van Gogh

“As we journey, we do our best.” – Fr. J

“We can’t go back to our old lives. We’re not the same people.” – Sam Winchester, Wishful Thinking (S4,E8)

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

Rec: My Retreat Resources (So Far)

Links:

Weekend Update (Plus Quotations!) (Reflection)

Weekend Update – Sunday (Reflection)

Ben Bradlee, 1921-2014

The Unexpected (Reflection)

The Train Station (Reflection)

Follow Me (My Personal Reflection on Mark 1:17)

Gospels Used During Retreat:

Mark 1:16-20

Luke 5:1-11