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  • Sowing Hope: Hearing, Respecting, and Supporting Our Veterans

    Posted by on January 10, 2012, in Events & Featured

    Peaceful Living is extremely proud to present its next mini-conference Sowing Hope: Hearing, Respecting, and Supporting Our Veterans.  There truly isn’t enough that we can do for our veterans to thank them for their service to the country and for the sacrifices they and their families make, but we can make sure we’re better equipped to show veterans all of the respect and support we possibly can.  It is Peaceful Living’s hope that this mini-conference will help equip us to better understand the needs of veterans and respond with compassion, understanding, and an even more profound level of respect.

    Date: Tuesday, May… Read More!

  • Get Out Your Calendar: Events in 2012

    Posted by on November 29, 2011, in Events & Featured

    Peaceful Living is as busy as ever, already thinking far into the next year to do our best to bring valuable, meaningful information and thought-provoking discourse to our community.  2012 is going to be a big year for us and we desperately want to share that with everyone that can attend.  All of our events will be focusing on Peaceful Living’s goal of creating belonging, but with wonderfully varying and unique perspectives on how we can make everyone belong.  One group of people we will be focusing on at our spring 2012 mini-conference is returning veterans.  For our 3rd bi-annual conference in… Read More!

  • A “Stingy Planter” vs. A “Lavish Planter”

    Posted by on November 11, 2011, in Featured & Ponderings

    Thanksgiving 2011

    One of the texts for the lectionary for Thanksgiving this year is from 2 Corinthians 96-15.  One of the key verses is the inspiration at the top of the very page you’re reading.

    12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God.

    This is not the easiest verse to understand, the context is giving of ourselves unselfishly. Earlier in 2nd Corinthians Paul says,

    6-7 Remember: A stingy planter gets a stingy crop; a lavish planter gets a lavish crop. I want each

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