Best Year Ever: Conclusion

The conclusion to the five-part series on exploring how to improve your life physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and relationally; helping you to have the best year ever!

Best Year Ever: Your Best Spiritual Year Ever

This is the fourth part of a five part series called Best Year Ever. This part focuses on your spiritual health.

Look In The Mirror (an Ash Wednesday meditation)

An important practice during the season of Lent that we tend to shy away from is the practice of self-examination. Most days we go about a regular routine that almost becomes automatic: get up, get ready, take the kids to school, go to work, pick up something for dinner, watch some TV, surf the internet, go to sleep. Repeat.

The reason why we get stuck in these routines is because we do them daily. They are habits that we don’t have to think about. They are obligations and duties that we must fulfill to build a life for ourselves and our families. Yet, when it comes to our spiritual lives, what can we say about it that is routine in nature? Have we formed spiritual practices that are habits we practice daily? Have we committed ourselves to the work of the Church? What are we doing that bears witness to the love of God, and the good news of His Son Jesus Christ in the world around us?

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