20 Ways to Follow Jesus in 2020
Following Jesus’ example in these ways could make 2020 your best year yet.
Mindfulness
Resolutions: Polly’s 20 for 2020
I’m taking full responsibility. Doing all this will make this an amazing year.
Anointed Hands (New Thanksgiving Poem by Polly Castor)
Glorify the sacraments of daily life with thanksgiving!
The Openness of Compassion (quote by Chogyam Trungpa)
Compassion is not an us/them thing, but more like the sun that just shines, regardless.
Vegetable Statistics Worth Considering
Ponder these statistics and consider your own behavior. How should these numbers change?
Be Spiritually Minded
I encourage you to be spiritually minded! Here is a concise description of how.
Ten Studies of Line and Veiling in Black and White
Time to challenge myself with some exercises again! Here I explore line and veiling in black and white.
When We Do That We Sing (New Poem by Polly Castor)
This poem attempts to capture the instruction I found so helpful in learning to sing.
Mysteries (Poem by Mary Oliver)
Let me keep company always with those who say
“Look!” and laugh in astonishment,
and bow their heads.
We Have the Mind of Christ (Polly Preaching #3)
“What does it even mean to be prepared to ‘receive Christ?’ Christ is the perfect reflection of God, the complete effect of the one Cause, which we all intrinsically include. The Christ is not…
Outsmarting Inertia and Overcoming Avoidance
Let’s face this stuff, so we like superheroes, can fly, can help, can bring our best to bear for ourselves and those we love.
Interlude of Utter Unwinding (New Poem by Polly Castor)
When we cease all our trying, we hear better.
Expect Fabulousness and Surprise (Quote by James Kitchens)
Most of us go through each day looking for what we saw yesterday. And not surprisingly. that is what we find. Most of us expect the same, or worse and we are not frequently disappointed. But what would…
Guideposts for Wholehearted Living
Here are the 10 things to cultivate and let go of to live wholeheartedly, as stated by Brene Brown in her book Daring Greatly.
