I was chatting with a friend of mine the other day, and I wondered out loud: What's the difference between spirutal well-being (or spiritual health) and emotional well-being?  Is there a difference?    Does it matter?  Although we did decide that one's spiritual well-being was necessary to an overall balance of life, we didn't come to a conclusion about the spirit/emotional questions. What are your insights? 
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   In Quebec, where I grew up, it was common to ask when meeting someone for the first time:  "how are you called?"  Somehow that feels seems more "real"  to me.  After all, a name is given by someone else; what I "call myself" expresses the essence of who I understand myself to be.  But it matters - just look at all the Baby Name books that are out there!
    It must make a differnce because I used my spouse's name for a while but shed it because it "didn't fit me".   I have friends who call ...
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Bill Corkum’s Reflection on…faith and music
 
Christmas Season can be the Music Season for many people, and for people of faith good music and singing stirs inspiration, sometimes inspiring stronger and deeper than good feelings. Here’s what I recently discovered of music’s power.
 
Taize is a Christian community in France that promotes peace, and where daily worship includes short musical selections, often repeated. People come from all over the world to Taize for its community life and ...
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