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Brian Bard
Jan 25, 20224 min read
What Is Spirituality? Why Do We Need It? - Part 2
I’m often asked “what exactly IS spirituality? compared to secularism and philosophy?” Here's a clarifying, simple definition...
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Brian Bard
Jan 21, 20223 min read
What Is Spirituality? Why Do We Need It? - Part 1
I’m often asked “what exactly IS spirituality? compared to religion?” Here's a clarifying, simple definition...
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Brian Bard
Jan 18, 20223 min read
The Wisdom of Winter - Part 1
Winter doesn't have to be a purgatory - it can be a paradise! Discover the beauty and wisdom of the season... We Minnesotans know our...
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Brian Bard
Jan 8, 20223 min read
What are the Divine, Spirit, Soul, & the Sacred? – Part 1: Spirit
We all have our source in a Divine Spirit. Here's how we can define, develop intimacy with, and share this creative Spirit...
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Brian Bard
Jan 7, 20224 min read
What are the Divine, Spirit, Soul, & the Sacred? – Part 2: Soul
We each have a Divine Soul and a life purpose at the center of our being. Here's how we define, discover, and develop it...
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Brian Bard
Jan 6, 20223 min read
What are the Divine, Spirit, Soul, & the Sacred? – Part 3: the Sacred
The Divine Sacredness of life is all around us. Here's how we can define, identify, attune to, and maximize it...
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Brian Bard
Jan 5, 20224 min read
Simple Settings for Spiritual Growth – Part 1: Nature & Ritual
It should feel easy to connect with Nature and life's everyday sacredness. Here are some ideas and exercises anyone can engage with!
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Brian Bard
Jan 4, 20224 min read
Simple Settings for Spiritual Growth – Part 2: Story & Relationship
Our life story holds secrets to our destiny - here's how... Our relationships shape our stories profoundly - here's how we find belonging...
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Brian Bard
Jan 3, 20226 min read
Simple Settings for Spiritual Growth – Part 3: Grief, Calling, & Vocation
Grief touches us all - and we can find our Soul in it... This can inform our callings, which grow into vocations. Here's how we find them...
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Brian Bard
Jan 2, 20222 min read
Dream Interpretation / Dream-Work
Our dreams - even the troubling ones - hold mysterious messages from the Divine. We can learn to interpret their secrets for our Souls...
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Brian Bard
Jan 2, 20223 min read
Moving through Religious Deconstruction to Spiritual Reconstruction
Deconstruction of our religious identity is a leap of faith. But God always catches us and helps us find new footing in our spirituality...
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Brian Bard
Jan 2, 20223 min read
Navigating Life Transitions & Following a Calling
We all go through life transitions: big decisions, changes or collapses in what we've known. These often go hand in hand with callings...
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Brian Bard
Jan 2, 20224 min read
Moving through Existential Despair to Resilient Hope
Optimism can seem hard to find in our world nowadays. But there's an overlooked source of hope and courage that everyone can access...
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Brian Bard
Jan 2, 20226 min read
Simple Settings for Spiritual Growth – Part 4: Creativity & Mystery
It should feel easy to cultivate creativity and wonder at life's mysteries. Here are some ideas and exercises anyone can engage with!
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Brian Bard
Jan 1, 20221 min read
A Holyear of Holydays
In this series, you'll find regular reflections on the seasons and holidays (or holydays) that mark our sense of time, place, and...
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Brian Bard
Jan 1, 20221 min read
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Brian Bard
Jan 1, 20221 min read
Poems about Creativity: conducted
conducted In the clouds of consciousness brews a bolt, readying to be hurled down from the white and gray and deep, old blue We can’t...
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Brian Bard
Jan 1, 20221 min read
Poems about Creativity: twinkle in the eye
twinkle in the eye They call you a twinkle in the eye, a dream so pie-high-in-the-sky your faint glint might be just a silver lining or a...
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Brian Bard
Jan 1, 20222 min read
The Tarot Tour: a free public Seattle scavenger hunt!
This is the first free public scavenger hunt in Seattle as far as I know, hosted on Actionbound! Collect all the major arcana Tarot cards!
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Brian Bard
Jan 1, 20221 min read
Places for Solitude in Seattle
While living in Seattle for 5 years, I compiled this map of the quietest public places in the city. It's a good bet you'll be able to...
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