Emily Loveall

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The Enneagram: Embracing Your Weaknesses

Post author:Emily
Post published:July 16, 2020

I’m obsessed with personality tests. I’ve had a love affair with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator since high school (I’m an ENFP). When I found out about how Jung’s cognitive functions influenced and deepened MBTI, I got really into it. I knew all about the Big 5 Personality Test too, and any chance I got, I made someone take one of these two tests. I took the Enneagram test a few years ago after hearing about it for…

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The Joy of Food

Post author:Emily
Post published:July 13, 2020

A few days ago, I gave my four month old food for the first time. We got approval from our pediatrician last week, so I made some cream of wheat and watered it down. My daughter Aurora wasn't sure what to make of it at first and was simply moving it around in her mouth. After a few minutes, she was laughing every time I got the spoon closer, which was making both me and my husband…

The Feminine Face of God Book Review

Post author:Emily
Post published:July 9, 2020

Earlier this spring, I was exploring the city I'd just moved to and decided to stop at a used bookstore. In the spirituality section, I found a book called, The Feminine Face of God: the Unfolding of the Sacred in Women, written by Sherry Ruth Anderson and Patricia Hopkins. As I was checking out, the clerk told me it was one of the best books he'd ever read. It took me quite a few months to finish…

God?

Post author:Emily
Post published:July 6, 2020

When I was young, my mental image of God was the stereotypical bearded man who gave gifts and love. He was essentially a more spiritual Santa Claus, and his son was a laughing carpenter. As my family grew and changed, my parents showed me God through Jewish festivals, Hebrew prayers, and Jesus's words.At camps and youth retreats, I looked for God in collective worship, signed covenants with him during emotional altar calls, and prayed to him under stars and at the foot…

How did Open Presence come about?

Post author:Emily
Post published:July 6, 2020

I grew up in the Christian church. My parents were pastors of a church in a service-oriented denomination that had roots in Methodism. Our church baptised people, took communion, and worked with people experiencing homelessness and drug addiction. Around the time I started high school, our family started practicing Biblical feasts that were typically seen as Jewish instead of Christian: Passover, Yom Kippur, Sukkot. We started eating kosher and observing the Sabbath, saying if Jesus did it,…