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My Teacher, Failure

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 ~ James ~ Leave a comment

What's something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail. Failure is a part of living. Almost anything we try has the potential to disappoint us and others. Failure is the great teacher. Failure teaches the lessons that success almost never does. The lessons that failure teaches me remain with me more intensely … Continue reading My Teacher, Failure

Stuff: A Slippery Slope

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 ~ James ~ 1 Comment

What would you do if you lost all your possessions? I find these hypothetical questions challenging and interesting. Since my answer is conceptual, I am only imagining how I would be impacted by losing all possessions. Writing about this question has invited deep self-reflection. I discovered some attachments I did not want to admit. Here … Continue reading Stuff: A Slippery Slope

Ask More Questions

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 ~ James ~ Leave a comment

Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. “There is no such thing as a ‘stupid question.’” I have heard that phrase many times in my life. Some folks who say it probably mean it. However, if asking a question somehow makes one feel stupid- as in, “How could you not know … Continue reading Ask More Questions

Expression and Discovery

August 21, 2023 ~ James ~ 1 Comment

What do you enjoy most about writing? Writing for me is a way of bringing to form concepts that are bouncing around unnamed in my thoughts. As the words flow, sometimes I am surprised by what I discover and the old/new patterns that are arising unbidden. Other times I am startled to see a cohesion … Continue reading Expression and Discovery

  • Ripening Intention: Showing Up as Yourself
  • Ripening View: Learning to See Relationally
  • A Creed for Those Who Are Sent
  • The Gifts You Never Saw Coming
  • A Trinitarian Creed
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James Henry

Ripening View: Learning to See Relationally - Infinitely Precious

What if the way you see the world could transform how you live in it? In this episode of the Infinitely Precious Podcast, host James Henry introduces the first of nine "ripening practices" — Ripening View — a contemplative approach to seeing yourself and others through the lens of relational connection rather than comparison or separation.As James prepares to attend the Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, he reflects on what it means to move through a gathering not as an isolated individual, but as someone relationally bound — to colleagues, to community, to the earth itself. Ripening View isn't about achieving a perfect spiritual posture; it's about gently orienting toward connection, again and again, even when disconnection creeps in.In this episode, you'll explore:What the "ripening practices" are and why they matter for everyday spiritual growthHow to shift from a mindset of comparison to one of relational belongingWhy seeing yourself as part of something larger doesn't diminish your unique particularityPractical ways to cultivate relational awareness in ordinary gatherings and daily lifeHow the United Methodist concept of "connectionalism" becomes a spiritual practiceWhether you're navigating community life, a crowded room of strangers, or the quiet question of where you belong, Ripening View offers a gentle and grounding invitation: you are more a part of this than you are separate from it.You are infinitely precious and unconditionally loved for the gift you already are.
  1. Ripening View: Learning to See Relationally 10:41
  2. The Companion You Never Leave Behind 12:12
  3. The Gifts You Never Saw Coming 11:21
  4. Showing Up 13:26
  5. When the Storm Blows Through 12:10
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