February 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
#MonthOfMinistry Day 1 - ME
Hello, I’m Chris, outdoor swimmer, peace activist, interfaith celebrant, web developer, Work That Reconnects facilitator...
Hello, I’m Chris, outdoor swimmer, peace activist, interfaith celebrant, web developer, Work That Reconnects facilitator...
February 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
#MonthOfMinistry Day 1 - ME
Hello, I’m Chris, outdoor swimmer, peace activist, interfaith celebrant, web developer, Work That Reconnects facilitator...
Hello, I’m Chris, outdoor swimmer, peace activist, interfaith celebrant, web developer, Work That Reconnects facilitator...
Still getting used to posting here so been missing for several days but here’s yesterday’s #monthofministry: #REVERENCE
February 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Still getting used to posting here so been missing for several days but here’s yesterday’s #monthofministry: #REVERENCE
1st February 2025 - Day One of #monthofministry. This is the third year that interfaith ministers in the OneSpirit community have used prompts each day of February to explore our ministry and hopefully to increase understanding of our work and of spirituality.
February 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
1st February 2025 - Day One of #monthofministry. This is the third year that interfaith ministers in the OneSpirit community have used prompts each day of February to explore our ministry and hopefully to increase understanding of our work and of spirituality.
#MonthofMinistry Days 17-18 LIGHT & DARKNESS
I’m troubled by the identification of “light” with what is good, and “darkness” with wickedness and death. Don’t we need both dark and light? Is it time to begin reclaiming darkness?
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/mom17-18/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZZ9...
I’m troubled by the identification of “light” with what is good, and “darkness” with wickedness and death. Don’t we need both dark and light? Is it time to begin reclaiming darkness?
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/mom17-18/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZZ9...
Light and Darkness - Chris Booth Ceremonies
#MonthOfMinistry Days 17 and 18 In Quaker circles we talk a lot about the “Light”. It’s one of the commonest words we use to point at the sense (beyond all words) of good and loving kindness within ea...
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth
February 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
#MonthofMinistry Days 17-18 LIGHT & DARKNESS
I’m troubled by the identification of “light” with what is good, and “darkness” with wickedness and death. Don’t we need both dark and light? Is it time to begin reclaiming darkness?
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/mom17-18/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZZ9...
I’m troubled by the identification of “light” with what is good, and “darkness” with wickedness and death. Don’t we need both dark and light? Is it time to begin reclaiming darkness?
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/mom17-18/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZZ9...
3rd February 2025 - Day Three of #monthofministry
VOW:
As I approached ordination in 2021 I voiced my vow,
one I renew each day, one that is simple but profound and meaningful to me.
I have supported others, making and renewing vows, some as death approaches.
VOW:
As I approached ordination in 2021 I voiced my vow,
one I renew each day, one that is simple but profound and meaningful to me.
I have supported others, making and renewing vows, some as death approaches.
February 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
3rd February 2025 - Day Three of #monthofministry
VOW:
As I approached ordination in 2021 I voiced my vow,
one I renew each day, one that is simple but profound and meaningful to me.
I have supported others, making and renewing vows, some as death approaches.
VOW:
As I approached ordination in 2021 I voiced my vow,
one I renew each day, one that is simple but profound and meaningful to me.
I have supported others, making and renewing vows, some as death approaches.
#MonthOfMinistry Day 7 - EVOLVING
XKCD reminds us that we are related to stromatolites (xkcd.com/3046).
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/evolving/
XKCD reminds us that we are related to stromatolites (xkcd.com/3046).
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/evolving/
Stromatolites
xkcd.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#MonthOfMinistry Day 7 - EVOLVING
XKCD reminds us that we are related to stromatolites (xkcd.com/3046).
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/evolving/
XKCD reminds us that we are related to stromatolites (xkcd.com/3046).
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/evolving/
Releasing stuck emotions prevents disease, eases pain, and improves relationships.
This is doubly important if you serve in leadership. The world clearly needs more embodied, emotionally-attuned leaders.
#monthofministry
This is doubly important if you serve in leadership. The world clearly needs more embodied, emotionally-attuned leaders.
#monthofministry
February 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Releasing stuck emotions prevents disease, eases pain, and improves relationships.
This is doubly important if you serve in leadership. The world clearly needs more embodied, emotionally-attuned leaders.
#monthofministry
This is doubly important if you serve in leadership. The world clearly needs more embodied, emotionally-attuned leaders.
#monthofministry
Hey Chris it’s very nice to meet you! This is my very favorite thing about #monthofministry, and seeing all the great work you’re doing out there. It’s exciting and deeply inspiring. 🙏
February 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Hey Chris it’s very nice to meet you! This is my very favorite thing about #monthofministry, and seeing all the great work you’re doing out there. It’s exciting and deeply inspiring. 🙏
#MonthOfMinistry Day 2: SERVICE
To tell the truth, I'm rather wary of the word "service". It has too many connotations of unequal relationship, situations where work isn't offered freely (military service, domestic service, ...).
#WeAreROSIM #InterfaithMinister
To tell the truth, I'm rather wary of the word "service". It has too many connotations of unequal relationship, situations where work isn't offered freely (military service, domestic service, ...).
#WeAreROSIM #InterfaithMinister
February 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#MonthOfMinistry Day 2: SERVICE
To tell the truth, I'm rather wary of the word "service". It has too many connotations of unequal relationship, situations where work isn't offered freely (military service, domestic service, ...).
#WeAreROSIM #InterfaithMinister
To tell the truth, I'm rather wary of the word "service". It has too many connotations of unequal relationship, situations where work isn't offered freely (military service, domestic service, ...).
#WeAreROSIM #InterfaithMinister
#MonthOfMinistry Day 9 PRESENCE
We experience being fully here, in the world, in the present moment, and remember that we're all interconnected in a deep way. As John O'Donohue puts it, we "experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder". chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/presence/
We experience being fully here, in the world, in the present moment, and remember that we're all interconnected in a deep way. As John O'Donohue puts it, we "experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder". chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/presence/
Presence - Chris Booth Ceremonies
#MonthOfMinistry Day 9 Presence – the still place where we experience being fully here, in the world, in the present moment, and remember that we’re all interconnected in a deep way. The place where, ...
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth
February 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
#MonthOfMinistry Day 9 PRESENCE
We experience being fully here, in the world, in the present moment, and remember that we're all interconnected in a deep way. As John O'Donohue puts it, we "experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder". chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/presence/
We experience being fully here, in the world, in the present moment, and remember that we're all interconnected in a deep way. As John O'Donohue puts it, we "experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder". chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/presence/
#MonthOfMinistry Day 3
A couple came to me for a wedding ceremony recently, and I asked the what vows or promises they wanted to make to each other. “No vows!” they said, and I was momentarily at a loss.
A couple came to me for a wedding ceremony recently, and I asked the what vows or promises they wanted to make to each other. “No vows!” they said, and I was momentarily at a loss.
February 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
#MonthOfMinistry Day 3
A couple came to me for a wedding ceremony recently, and I asked the what vows or promises they wanted to make to each other. “No vows!” they said, and I was momentarily at a loss.
A couple came to me for a wedding ceremony recently, and I asked the what vows or promises they wanted to make to each other. “No vows!” they said, and I was momentarily at a loss.
People see big bad news as a mandate to inform ourselves and others. We make a bigger difference if we took bad news as a signal to care more deeply for ourselves and others, for our health and our world.
#monthofministry
#monthofministry
February 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
People see big bad news as a mandate to inform ourselves and others. We make a bigger difference if we took bad news as a signal to care more deeply for ourselves and others, for our health and our world.
#monthofministry
#monthofministry
Somewhere among social anxiety, social networks, single occupancy vehicles, dating apps, dismissive and fearful avoidance, we’ve forgotten how to love. We treat it as a game or a transaction.
I hope my ministry helps people remember how to love.
#monthofministry
I hope my ministry helps people remember how to love.
#monthofministry
February 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Somewhere among social anxiety, social networks, single occupancy vehicles, dating apps, dismissive and fearful avoidance, we’ve forgotten how to love. We treat it as a game or a transaction.
I hope my ministry helps people remember how to love.
#monthofministry
I hope my ministry helps people remember how to love.
#monthofministry
🌈 That I feel a full spectrum of emotions, and that I honor the same in others.
In yoga this is called sankalpa, so every time I enter shavasana, I take the opportunity to renew my vow at the end of each practice.
#monthofministry
In yoga this is called sankalpa, so every time I enter shavasana, I take the opportunity to renew my vow at the end of each practice.
#monthofministry
February 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🌈 That I feel a full spectrum of emotions, and that I honor the same in others.
In yoga this is called sankalpa, so every time I enter shavasana, I take the opportunity to renew my vow at the end of each practice.
#monthofministry
In yoga this is called sankalpa, so every time I enter shavasana, I take the opportunity to renew my vow at the end of each practice.
#monthofministry
#MonthOfMinistry Day 10 - CHURCH
I don't belong to a "church", but I guess our Quaker Meeting is the nearest equivalent. If you're used to going to church, it might be a little different to what you expect!
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/church-month...
I don't belong to a "church", but I guess our Quaker Meeting is the nearest equivalent. If you're used to going to church, it might be a little different to what you expect!
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/church-month...
Quakers in Britain
Quakers are a faith group committed to working for equality and peace. We try to live in truth, peace, simplicity, and equality, finding God in ourselves and those around us. Our meetings offer a welc...
quaker.org.uk
February 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
#MonthOfMinistry Day 10 - CHURCH
I don't belong to a "church", but I guess our Quaker Meeting is the nearest equivalent. If you're used to going to church, it might be a little different to what you expect!
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/church-month...
I don't belong to a "church", but I guess our Quaker Meeting is the nearest equivalent. If you're used to going to church, it might be a little different to what you expect!
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/church-month...
We are dying. Suffering, in its dark inevitably, is the ever-available trial of our faith.
Hope is in every sunrise. In this, my faith is unwavering.
I beckon you here when I pray.
Do you want to be here, too?
#monthofministry
Hope is in every sunrise. In this, my faith is unwavering.
I beckon you here when I pray.
Do you want to be here, too?
#monthofministry
February 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We are dying. Suffering, in its dark inevitably, is the ever-available trial of our faith.
Hope is in every sunrise. In this, my faith is unwavering.
I beckon you here when I pray.
Do you want to be here, too?
#monthofministry
Hope is in every sunrise. In this, my faith is unwavering.
I beckon you here when I pray.
Do you want to be here, too?
#monthofministry
#MonthOfMinistry Day 8 - FAITH
Imani, faith, can come like a spirit
Spirit come like walking on air.
Take a step and trust in the path and
Mother Imani meet you there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pHj...
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/faith-montho...
Imani, faith, can come like a spirit
Spirit come like walking on air.
Take a step and trust in the path and
Mother Imani meet you there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pHj...
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/faith-montho...
Imani
YouTube video by Twin Cities Women's Choir - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#MonthOfMinistry Day 8 - FAITH
Imani, faith, can come like a spirit
Spirit come like walking on air.
Take a step and trust in the path and
Mother Imani meet you there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pHj...
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/faith-montho...
Imani, faith, can come like a spirit
Spirit come like walking on air.
Take a step and trust in the path and
Mother Imani meet you there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pHj...
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/faith-montho...
#MonthOfMinistry Day 4 INTERFAITH
The image shows St Nicholas (definitely not chanelling his cosy Santa Claus persona!) about to slap Arius at the First Council of Nicaea.
Read more: chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/interfaith-m...
The image shows St Nicholas (definitely not chanelling his cosy Santa Claus persona!) about to slap Arius at the First Council of Nicaea.
Read more: chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/interfaith-m...
February 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
#MonthOfMinistry Day 4 INTERFAITH
The image shows St Nicholas (definitely not chanelling his cosy Santa Claus persona!) about to slap Arius at the First Council of Nicaea.
Read more: chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/interfaith-m...
The image shows St Nicholas (definitely not chanelling his cosy Santa Claus persona!) about to slap Arius at the First Council of Nicaea.
Read more: chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/interfaith-m...
#MonthOfMinistry Day 6 LOVE
I know you’re scared And I’m scared too
But here I am Right next to you
African-American singer/songwriter and activist Melanie DeMore reminds us to lead with love in these times of fear and chaos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dbX...
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/love/
I know you’re scared And I’m scared too
But here I am Right next to you
African-American singer/songwriter and activist Melanie DeMore reminds us to lead with love in these times of fear and chaos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dbX...
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/love/
Lead with Love—Melanie DeMore
YouTube video by VocalEssence
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#MonthOfMinistry Day 6 LOVE
I know you’re scared And I’m scared too
But here I am Right next to you
African-American singer/songwriter and activist Melanie DeMore reminds us to lead with love in these times of fear and chaos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dbX...
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/love/
I know you’re scared And I’m scared too
But here I am Right next to you
African-American singer/songwriter and activist Melanie DeMore reminds us to lead with love in these times of fear and chaos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dbX...
chris-booth-ceremonies.earth/love/
Among many other things, I’m a OneSpirit Interfaith Minister. February 2025 is #MonthOfMinistry, a time for us to write a bit about what that is (and it’s probably different for each OneSpirit minister). We are invited to post on social media against a series of one-word prompts, one for each day.
Homepage - OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation
www.interfaithfoundation.org
February 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Among many other things, I’m a OneSpirit Interfaith Minister. February 2025 is #MonthOfMinistry, a time for us to write a bit about what that is (and it’s probably different for each OneSpirit minister). We are invited to post on social media against a series of one-word prompts, one for each day.
“EVOLVING”
MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 7
To be a creative is to evolve. I’ve been a lot of different things to a lot of different people. I’m always changing.
To evolve is to be alive.
Evolution is inevitable. The process of adaptation to “what-is” is the essence of spirituality.
#monthofministry
MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 7
To be a creative is to evolve. I’ve been a lot of different things to a lot of different people. I’m always changing.
To evolve is to be alive.
Evolution is inevitable. The process of adaptation to “what-is” is the essence of spirituality.
#monthofministry
February 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
“EVOLVING”
MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 7
To be a creative is to evolve. I’ve been a lot of different things to a lot of different people. I’m always changing.
To evolve is to be alive.
Evolution is inevitable. The process of adaptation to “what-is” is the essence of spirituality.
#monthofministry
MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 7
To be a creative is to evolve. I’ve been a lot of different things to a lot of different people. I’m always changing.
To evolve is to be alive.
Evolution is inevitable. The process of adaptation to “what-is” is the essence of spirituality.
#monthofministry
“OPENNESS”
MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 25
The most powerful antidote to despair is openness. My favorite flavors of openness are:
💫 suspense of judgment
💫 willingness to be incorrect
💫 expectation of miracles
They’re rare, but the good news is they can be cultivated with effort.
#monthofministry
MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 25
The most powerful antidote to despair is openness. My favorite flavors of openness are:
💫 suspense of judgment
💫 willingness to be incorrect
💫 expectation of miracles
They’re rare, but the good news is they can be cultivated with effort.
#monthofministry
February 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“OPENNESS”
MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 25
The most powerful antidote to despair is openness. My favorite flavors of openness are:
💫 suspense of judgment
💫 willingness to be incorrect
💫 expectation of miracles
They’re rare, but the good news is they can be cultivated with effort.
#monthofministry
MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 25
The most powerful antidote to despair is openness. My favorite flavors of openness are:
💫 suspense of judgment
💫 willingness to be incorrect
💫 expectation of miracles
They’re rare, but the good news is they can be cultivated with effort.
#monthofministry
“HOPE”
MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 28
Hope is brave, radical, & dangerous.
Hope is necessary and appropriate.
Hope will lead us to despair
If we confuse it with expectation.
If we remain open and patient,
Hope will reward us with miracles.
It always does.
Thank you for joining me for #monthofministry!
MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 28
Hope is brave, radical, & dangerous.
Hope is necessary and appropriate.
Hope will lead us to despair
If we confuse it with expectation.
If we remain open and patient,
Hope will reward us with miracles.
It always does.
Thank you for joining me for #monthofministry!
February 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“HOPE”
MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 28
Hope is brave, radical, & dangerous.
Hope is necessary and appropriate.
Hope will lead us to despair
If we confuse it with expectation.
If we remain open and patient,
Hope will reward us with miracles.
It always does.
Thank you for joining me for #monthofministry!
MONTH OF MINISTRY, DAY 28
Hope is brave, radical, & dangerous.
Hope is necessary and appropriate.
Hope will lead us to despair
If we confuse it with expectation.
If we remain open and patient,
Hope will reward us with miracles.
It always does.
Thank you for joining me for #monthofministry!
Creative expression is the most potent spiritual practice, and when you work with me, you will come to realize this truth more deeply than ever before:
Creativity IS spirituality.
#monthofministry #creativityisspirituality
Creativity IS spirituality.
#monthofministry #creativityisspirituality
February 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Creative expression is the most potent spiritual practice, and when you work with me, you will come to realize this truth more deeply than ever before:
Creativity IS spirituality.
#monthofministry #creativityisspirituality
Creativity IS spirituality.
#monthofministry #creativityisspirituality