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// How is it with your soul?

1/8/2023

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How is it with your soul?

A question consigned to a bygone age when the world seemed somehow kinder, less self-involved and undoubtedly more religious. As I begin my fifth month in Lane Cove I’m discovering that not everything is as it seems.

By Liam McKenna, Community Chaplain.

 
‘Spiritual not Religious’ has been a popular label for some time. To be ‘religious’ conveys the kind of institutional overtones that sends many running for the hills. To be ‘spiritual,’ in contrast, suggests something much more personal.  There are countless books, blogs, websites and gyms telling us how to live a healthy and fruitful life, with remedies to unlock the secrets of mind, body and spirit only a subscription away! 

At the Community Chaplaincy, we adopt a more holistic approach, seeking to nurture a healthy balance of mind, body and spirit and working in the space between – something we call, soul-care.

We find that soul-care is something that we build through our actions together in community –something to be practiced, rather than a singular metric to be achieved.

“I can’t say I’ve ever been asked how it is with my soul,
but I‘m increasingly asking others.”


The community chaplaincy has wisdom to share but we’re not experts on living life! We desire to add value to those who share their time with us, and we strive as far as we’re able to provide you with insight, knowledge, and tools for you to engage upon the path of your choosing; soul-care, which honours the interconnection of mind, body, and spirit, and; embracing and advocating practices from the ancient past through to the present.

Attending to soul needn’t be heavy lifting. Small steps, through repetition of effort, through the accumulation of soul care practices tested against the challenges of everyday life.

Want to know more? Why not call in to one of our activities, or drop me a line…


Liam McKenna
Community Chaplain

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    The articles here are currently written by Liam McKenna, Lane Cove Community Chaplain.

    Previously, Peter Andrews on behalf of the Chaplaincy Team from beginning 2023 to May 2023.

    Articles prior to that were written by Rev. Karen Paull, previous Lane Cove Community Chaplain.

    Blogs appear in The Village Observer, and are repeated here.

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