by Andrea Cosnowsky | Mar 5, 2020 | Faith, Spiritual Lens
This past month, I had the opportunity to go on a 30 day sabbatical. Sabbatical comes from the root word, Sabbath or Shabbat, meaning ‘to rest’. This concept comes from the verse in Genesis about how God rested after 6 days of creating the universe. And after 15...
by Andrea Cosnowsky | Mar 2, 2020 | Hope, Spiritual Lens
Danger = Threat plus Opportunity There is a symbol in Chinese calligraphy that simultaneously characterizes both danger and opportunity. Nothing happens in a vacuum. Although a situation can seem scary, there is great opportunity for good as well. It’s difficult...
by Andrea Cosnowsky | Feb 27, 2020 | Grief, Spiritual Lens
I congratulated my Doctor friend on his upcoming retirement. He was pushing 70 and I thought he’d be excited to have some time to enjoy life. Instead, he said, “This is the worst thing that could happen to me.” He was miserable about it. And he looked it. The idea of...
by Andrea Cosnowsky | Feb 24, 2020 | Power, Spiritual Lens
You Make A Difference – Never Underestimate Your Power There’s a story by Loren Eisley from his 16 page essay “Star Thrower,” about a man walking along a beach. He saw a boy standing where a bunch of starfish have washed up on the shore. The boy was picking up...
by Andrea Cosnowsky | Feb 20, 2020 | Perseverence, Perspective, Spiritual Lens
When I was a child, I used to pray for things. I wanted a new bicycle so I prayed for it. I prayed a lot for that bicycle but I never got it. As a child, I thought that one used prayer to pray to receive things, to ask for certain outcomes and to meet your desires....
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