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Dear
Reader: Not only is Café now a monthly publication, but
we've made some other changes that we hope you will like. "Coffee
Talk" is now an on-line discussion. The new model
for "Tip Jar" is to share more information about the topic
and give readers ideas on things they can do.
Pastor Sheri Delvin, writer of the "Faith
Reflections" column in this issue, suggests seven things you can do to
begin to live as a "passionate co-creator with God:"
1. Cut up the credit cards
and get help to make a plan to get out of debt.
2. Live within your means.
Every day spend 10 minutes in thoughtful thanksgiving for what God has
given you
— make a list if that helps.
3. Ask your pastor or
another person who has a deep faith to be a mentor to you as you
deepen your spiritual life.
4. Go to a museum or
gallery and soak up the beauty. Go to the library instead of the bookstore.
Take a walk in a park or the
countryside.
5. Volunteer. Volunteer as
a tutor or read to the elderly, or at a
soup kitchen, food pantry, shelter, or environmental
organization.
6. Worship every week. It
is a great place and time to remember that you are loved and you were created
to love. You were not created to be a slave to things.
7. Spend your leisure time
walking where you live rather than in the mall. Leave your cell phone and
i-Pod at home. Pay
attention to people and the
landscape. Appreciate the beauty of your environment.
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