The Grove Word Prompt: Labor
Labor: Physical or mental exertion, especially when difficult or exhausting; work. Our focus is often on the end result of labor: a babe in arms, project completed, house built,...
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The Grove Word Prompt: Belong
“You only are free when you realize you belong no place — you belong every place — no place at all.” Maya Angelou When you arrive in your...
The Grove Word Prompt: Understood
A blank stare, eyes glazed over. A quick topic change. We know what's it's like to live a life that feels utterly strange and foreign to those who have not...
The Grove Word Prompt: Remember
Maybe you’ve been trying awfully hard to forget. The pain, the tragedy, the betrayal. Maybe you’ve been grasping for God’s promises when hope feels impossibly far...
The Grove Prompt {Velvet Ashing}
What a month, eh? If you've been on the field for a while, it's been a time of reflecting on your first year (or a return to the field after...
The Grove Word Prompt: Enculturating
Our hope is that the themes this month welcoming you to the field and to Velvet Ashes are full of life and light. This process of peeling back layers of...
The Grove Word Prompt: Homemaking
Pictures on the wall signal a settled home. I don't know about you, but sometimes it is hard to settle in to our houses overseas. Perhaps furniture...
The Grove Word Prompt: Serving
Welcome! Are you new to the Velvet Ashes community? Have you just arrived to a new location of service? Picture us holding a big sign with balloons...
The Grove Word Prompt: Relax
“The secret of relaxation is in these three words: ‘Let it go”!” ― Dada J. P. Vaswani Doesn't relaxing sound like the opposite of what we are supposed...
The Grove Word Prompt: Sayings
Maybe they were among the first words you committed to memory in a new language, tidbits of culture and wisdom passed on in story as you learned the fine art...
