by Amy Walton | Jul 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’m currently doing a three-part video series on what Jesus said is the second greatest commandment: To love one’s neighbor as oneself. My messages are about healthy self-love; not buying into the “loops” that often swirl in our heads,...
by Amy Walton | Jun 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
When I was a child growing up in he Moravian Church, I thought that the mission field was some foreign land where really brave and selfless Christians ventured to take Bibles and to share the good new of Jesus. The Moravian Church actually spawned the first...
by Amy Walton | Jun 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
I don’t do much yard work these days, but occasionally, I love getting out and digging in the dirt, pulling weeds, pruning bushes, and spreading mulch. It’s therapeutic! Sometimes, my ivy spreads too far, and, and I have to rip it from what I call the...
by Amy Walton | Jun 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
I am a registered yoga instructor. If practicing yoga and teaching yoga have taught me anything (and they have taught me much!), it’s how to harness the power of breath and to live breath by breath and moment by moment. This has helped this gal slow down a bit...
by Amy Walton | Apr 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
On Holy Thursday this year, my church’s choir sang one of my most beloved hymns, that African-American spiritual “Let Us Break Bread Together on Our Knees.” Oh, how I love that song! And when I am at mass, literally on my knees with my fellow...
by Amy Walton | Mar 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
When I went through Holy Yoga’s Ignite Leadership Program, I had to create a personal mission statement. As a certified life coach and Christian life coach, I’d already done a couple such exercises in my coaching studies, and I’ve used mission...
by Amy Walton | Feb 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Easter is the most important day of the church year. It’s the day on which our Christian faith hinges. Without the resurrection, we’d all be doomed. As we walk that 40-day journey, we may give up something that will help us create more discipline or be...
by Amy Walton | Feb 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Mama in the early 1950s in Palm Beach, FL Her lovely sliver leaf bracelet now belongs to her great-granddaughter! Dear Mama, Today would be your 101st birthday. Sadly, you left us just shy of your 78th birthday, your mind taken over by that cruel dementia. When I was...
by Amy Walton | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’ve been cleaning out and rearranging my office this week, and it’s been fun re-reading some of the many articles I’ve written over the years, along with my sons’ college recommendation and acceptance letters (Yep, still in folders after many...
by Amy Walton | Dec 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Moving Forward in 2023… One Step at a Time First things first: This has not been an easy year for me. In fact, I think it’s been the hardest year of my life on some levels. I suppose that’s saying something given my history. To say I am ready to turn...