Body, Mind, Spirit - by Nancy Ballinger

 

2009 Columns

 

 

 

December, 2009       Finding the Sacred In Everyday Life  5    

 

It was an incredibly dark night (even by Saskatchewan standards) when I stepped out of the safety of the well-lit room filled with soft voices. As I prepared myself to begin the arduous trek through the maze of dense forest, someone touched my arm and asked, "May I help you find your way tonight?"

 

November, 2009       Finding the Sacred In Everyday Life  4     

 

The only art on the walls in our home when I was growing up was Dad's paint-by-number oil paintings. I still remember the one with a winter scene, and the one with a sailing ship with masts and sails. Dad was a perfectionist, so his paint-by-number creations were undoubtedly the original artist's dream come true. Here was someone who would meticulously take the time, and had the skill, to bring alive the drawing outlined and stamped on the canvas.

 

October, 2009          Finding the Sacred In Everyday Life  3    

 

The bedroom filled with candlelight and awe as the midwife skillfully attended to my precious first-born, Cassandra, who was giving birth. As my daughter labored through the night, I sat with her - as before an altar. There I witnessed in silent wonder, the miracle before me, as my grandson Ryan was born.

 

September, 200        Finding the Sacred In Everyday Life  2    

 

With years of putting around the bay, my husband Ron and I decided a few weeks ago to take to the seas. After exploring various options, launching at Moonstone beach seemed a wise choice for the maiden ocean voyage in our fairly new tandem kayak.

 

August, 2009            Finding the Sacred In Everyday Life  1    

 

I begin my first column with the topic of meditation. It is where the beginner starts and the master ends. Meditation is what anchors a life in reality. Many people often think that meditation is checking out. It is actually just the opposite – checking in.

 

 

 

                      

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