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Mosaic Part 4: introducing the facets

February 27, 2016 Mosaic of Maturing Spirituality 3 Comments
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Summary The Mosaic of Maturing Spirituality model is based on facets as opposed to stages. This is to shift the focus from an expectation that we go step by step through predictable stages toward an alternate understanding that we have a variety of “facets” that are all simultaneously present in […]

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Mosaic Part 3: getting stuck

February 9, 2016 Mosaic of Maturing Spirituality Leave a comment
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Summary 1. The important part of maturing is not how fast we go or how far we get but that we keep moving (or pause briefly enough that we can get started again). 2. Fear can make us resist the complexity of the world, or the pace of change can […]

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