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December 30, 2021

Out to pasture/pastor/Pasteur?

By Bob Sitze
In Arcania, Current Events, Lifework, Personal Power, Time
December 30, 2021
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30December

(This entry is part of an ongoing collection of blogs that examine the future of congregations post-COVID19. Each entry forms itself around a question looking for clarity or even answers.) I wonder who will do the necessary work of bringing congregations into the new post-COVID contexts for churches. Some possibilities… People out to pasture An interesting idiomatic expression, hmm? Horses andMORE...

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January 19, 2021

Breathe!

By Bob Sitze
In Current Events, Mind/Body, Personal Power, Soul Searchings, Words
January 19, 2021
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19January

It may be too soon, but I’m ready to greet–and continue–each new day with deep-breathing—not holding my breath until I check news feeds or e-mail from overnight. Real breathing, too, not the short inhaling and exhaling that’s a sign of anxiety or stress. What kind of breathing? Deep, slow respiration that exchanges oxygen for CO2. Breathing that replenishes every cell in my body andMORE...

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April 30, 2020

One key to wisdom

By Bob Sitze
In Current Events, Lifestyle, Personal Power, Soul Searchings
April 30, 2020
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30April

One task I face almost every day: To hold onto or regain my emotional moorings. To be wise. These are stressful times, and stress can work against wisdom, so the work of wisdom-ing is sometimes tough for me. A few years back—when I was gathering source material for my Stewardshift book—I came across a considerable amount of research about wisdom. *One author named delayed gratification as aMORE...

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December 10, 2018

Climate conversation 1: Announcement

By Bob Sitze
In Current Events, Lifestyle, Lifework, Soul Searchings
December 10, 2018
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10December

Today’s entry begins a periodic series of observations about the certain fact that the changes in the world’s climate will affect all of us, old and young alike. Because this blog tilts in the direction of spiritually centered older adults, the series will lean into the basic question: As God’s people, what can we think or do about these matters? Today an introduction…. It seems fitting to beginMORE...

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Bob Sitze

BOB SITZE has filled the many years of his lifework in diverse settings around the United States. His calling has included careers as a teacher/principal, church musician, writer/author, denominational executive staff member and meat worker. Bob lives in Wheaton, IL.

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