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2024-01-01T14:47:27-05:00

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Spiritual Practice of You – Cultivating Happiness

Last updated on: January 1, 2024 at 2:47 pm By Rob Giannamore

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my coworker’s boy Chris. As a three year old, they are generally just bundles of energy and enthusiasm. We can learn a lot from three year olds. 2024 New Year, New You! Well, not really. As a Therapist and a Personal Trainer, I love and hate this time of the year. A lot of motivational people will talk up happiness as if it were an end goal to a fulfilling life. While I cannot disagree, I cannot completely agree... Read more

Health, Fitness and Religion

2023-12-29T12:00:15-05:00

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Considering Mystery, A Spiritual Practice

Last updated on: December 29, 2023 at 12:00 pm By Rob Giannamore

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Why do we believe what we believe? Why is there a higher power? For that matter, why is the sky blue? As I have been playing around with this question this week, a couple of notions came to mind: immanence, mysticism, and mystery. Trying to figure out how these all go together has been a contemplative journey this week. Spirituality and religion are a mystery as over the thousands of years these concepts have wrestled with their... Read more

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History and Religion

2023-12-27T09:41:32-05:00

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Spiritual Practice of You: Seasonal Affective Disorder

Last updated on: December 27, 2023 at 9:41 am By Rob Giannamore

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Many biblical scholars like to speculate on the themes of depression in the bible. When I was in seminary, we would often point to David, who if you read the Psalms which are attributed to him and some of the other accounts seems clinically depressed. Context matters though and we must consider the geopolitical and sociocultural events happening at the time of David to really appreciate his position. I could spend the rest of this discussion exegeting all the instances... Read more

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2023-12-22T13:06:01-05:00

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The Spiritual Practice of Imagination

Last updated on: December 22, 2023 at 1:06 pm By Rob Giannamore

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As we close out 2023, I look back on the year. One of the hardest pills for me to swallow this year was the complete realization that my longer trail race days are over. While I still believe that I can do 50k and beyond, having COVID seemed to do something to my ability to recover from these longer events that is rather unpleasant. It has been almost 4 years since my last 50k. What an Adventure! This year... Read more

2023-12-18T12:26:11-05:00

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Christmas 2023: A Reflection

Last updated on: December 18, 2023 at 12:26 pm By Rob Giannamore

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Cutting Through the Nostalgia To be honest, I have never been a huge fan of the Christmas holidays. As a kid growing up with ADHD, it was never a pleasant time. Usually there was a lot of chaos and in the 80’s, ADHD was still not as understood as it is today. By the time we got to my second set of grandparents’ house, my meds were wearing off and I was tired, overstimulated and in serious need for a... Read more

General Christian

2023-12-15T08:14:06-05:00

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A Contemplative Life- Deep Conjectures on Life

Last updated on: December 15, 2023 at 8:14 am By Rob Giannamore

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Contemplation and mindfulness offer a deeper relationship with the divine. I have been doing a lot of reading lately as I am getting ready to teach my next class here in a few months. One of the many themes I come back to often in my life are the two years I spent considering the monastic life and priesthood in the Catholic church. Even though I would eventually meet a pretty red head who would feed me tacos and... Read more

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Education and Religion

2023-12-12T14:51:54-05:00

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Advent Spiritual Practice: The Act of Being a Loving Person

Last updated on: December 12, 2023 at 2:51 pm By Rob Giannamore

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For the fourth in my series on Advent, I would like to discuss the practice of being a loving person. It would seem pretty straight forward, just love your neighbor as you would love yourself, that’s what Jesus tells us to do. But what if you don’t even love yourself? Or you were raised in a Christian tradition where you were told you were worth something with a condition. This condition could be certain acts, prayers, beliefs or maybe you... Read more

2023-12-10T16:06:33-05:00

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Advent Spiritual Practices – The Practice of Being a Peacemaker

Last updated on: December 10, 2023 at 4:06 pm By Rob Giannamore

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Mathew 5:9 – “Blessed are the peacemakers because they are the children of God.” The first century Palestine during the time Jesus was here was a time of political strife and economic hardship. According to Riches https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/world-of-jesus/political-economic-social-and-cultural-context-of-firstcentury-palestinian-judaism/78E9FC5FF52226BA04868426D9EDF481 (1990): Palestine at the turn of the era was under Roman control. It was not, however, all controlled in the same manner. Herod the Great, a loyal and politically crafty client king, had just died (4 B.C.). His kingdom, after much deliberation by... Read more

2023-12-09T09:48:34-05:00

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The Spiritual Practice of You- Dealing with Anxiety

Last updated on: December 9, 2023 at 9:48 am By Rob Giannamore

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The Scary Lightning Strike Anxiety is a condition that affects all of us from time to time. Anxiety is a healthy response to stress and has an evolutionary purpose to keep us aware of our surroundings. My wife and I had an interesting outdoor outing last weekend. We went out for what was supposed to be a simple bike ride. Then it rained. Then it thundered. Then a lightning strike occurred right on top of us. I kind of... Read more

2023-12-04T09:56:18-05:00

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Advent Spiritual Practice – Preparation or the Practice of Prayer

Last updated on: December 4, 2023 at 9:56 am By Rob Giannamore

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Preparation is a theme during Advent and Christmastime The image above is of the field behind my house. I bought this field a couple of years ago after about eighteen months of legal discussions. I am slowly converting back to a wild space with native plants and trees. There is a lot of talk these days about the newfound importance of recreating natural and wild spaces. Seeing this field is a reminder of our need to rest, to prepare.... Read more

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