Donnie Yance is an internationally known master herbalist and nutritionist. He is the author of the book, "Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer" and "Adaptogens in Medical Herbalism"
Unlocking Happiness, Cardiovascular Health, and Longevity God is not found in the soul by adding anything, but by a process of subtraction.Meister Eckhart, sermon on Romans 8:18 While the United Nations and most scientists consider any age beyond 60 as old age, it’s important to recognize that aging varies for each person. Some individuals may …
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Talking About “Love in Action” In Celebration of Earth Day Plants can teach about love? How’s that? Anyone who is not an herbalist, botanist, gardener, or houseplant addict might find that to be a very strange assertion. But plants can teach about love. Which is what I want to talk to you about today. …
Reflections for Easter, Passover, and Spring By Donnie Yance Just before Christmas, I lost my youngest sister Gi Gi, to a sudden accident. She was in a coma for several weeks prior to her transition. As my sister hovered between life and death, I found myself in a deep state of grief and reflection. A …
Acts of kindness are love in action. However, as much as we want to be loving and kind and do good deeds, doing so may take us out of our comfort zone. That’s okay. God supports us in making mistakes. The path toward acts of kindness will be riddled with mistakes. It involves risk-taking and …
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Searching for happiness and peace has to do with our connectedness to ourselves, those around us, and to our universe. “Many of us feel disconnected by difficult times, longing for ways to awaken God’s love in ourselves and the world,” Richard Rohr, a Franciscan priest, has written in his book The Universal Christ, “The reality …
“Saints are what they are, not because their sanctity makes them admirable to others, but because the gift of sainthood makes it possible for them to admire everyone else.” – Thomas Merton With John Coltrane’s birthday on September 23 and the Feast Day of St. Francis on Oct. 4th, I thought I would share some …
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