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Photo Party winner

The winner of the random drawing for this week’s Photo Party is Julie.  Congratulations Julie, let me know which of the Self-Study Online Classes you would like as your prize (with a choice from Soul of a Pilgrim, Eyes of the Heart, Water Wind Earth & Fire, Seasons of the Soul, or Lectio Divina).

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Photo Party this week.  It is always such a gift to be blessed by your images of the sacred.  If you haven’t stopped by to see the photos in response to “Illuminating Lent”, here is the Flickr pool.  See if one especially shimmers and then sit with it for a while in quiet prayer.

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One Response

  1. Hi Christine. What a blessing to win this prize. I would like to study ‘Eyes of the Heart’ . Thankk you so much.
    Blessings
    Julie