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    Category: Happiness

    Just Keep Swimming: Pandemic Edition

    This is my first blog post since everything has changed. Everything. So where to start? To begin with, today I am not going to talk about the… Read more “Just Keep Swimming: Pandemic Edition”

    March 20, 2020 by Ugena Whitlock

    A Game of Thrones Travelogue: Or, Finding Community in a LaQuinta in Orlando, Florida

    Like all GoT fans, Sarah and I had been awaiting Season 8 for two years. For the last month, we’ve been organizing our weeks around Sunday nights… Read more “A Game of Thrones Travelogue: Or, Finding Community in a LaQuinta in Orlando, Florida”

    May 22, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    A Parenting Psalm: Wisdom Prayer for My Children

    I remember as a young girl my Daddy pointing out the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Wisdom comes with age, he said. Well, he finished, it ought… Read more “A Parenting Psalm: Wisdom Prayer for My Children”

    April 24, 2019May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    (An) Embodied Prayer

    Two words concerning prayer life resonate with me this week: intention and attention. I sometimes fret about my prayer life, especially when I hear my fellow seminarians… Read more “(An) Embodied Prayer”

    March 22, 2019April 16, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Lessons from My Face

    Prompt from Mindfulness: A Journal (Price, 2016) Make a list of ten everyday activities that you find relaxing or soothing–even those as small as calling a friend… Read more “Lessons from My Face”

    March 2, 2018April 16, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    God Laughs, or Fun with Bell’s Palsy

    You make your plans, and God laughs. That’s what happened to me over the weekend. Let me go back, though, and start with discovering the Atlanta Freedom… Read more “God Laughs, or Fun with Bell’s Palsy”

    March 16, 2017May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Getting Happy

    Somebody I used to know once told me she thought happiness was overrated. I’ve thought about that statement for going on a dozen years now, and I… Read more “Getting Happy”

    August 2, 2012November 21, 2018 by Ugena Whitlock
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