Feeding Your Root

One of the stations at the Ash Wednesday gathering was "Feeding Your Root." If you were there, you might not have been able to see all of the ideas (their was a lot of paper!) and if you weren't there you might want to take a look.

Once a week, skip that yummy cup of coffee at Dunn Bros or Caribou and
put that money in the Food Shelf box.

Spend extra time with your family

Turn off the TV for 24 hours

Clean out your closet

Do another’s chore for a day (spouse, child, co-worker, friend, neighbor)

Tell God your doubts

Grab your bible, be still, and chill out with God for 5 minutes a day

Grab your bible, be still, and chill out with God for 10 minutes a day

Grab your bible, be still, and chill out with God for 15 minutes a day

Grab your bible, be still, and chill out with God for 20 minutes a day

Grab your bible, be still, and chill out with God for 25 minutes a day

Grab your bible, be still, and chill out with God for 30 minutes a day

Give your time to others – soup kitchen, meals on wheels, food shelf, etc.
Attend worship

Try to exercise more

Choose healthier foods

Be nice to someone you don’t like

Forgive someone who has hurt you

Send a message (email or letter) to someone with whom you have lost contact.

Kari
P.S. I got this idea from our Bishop. Check out her ideas at www.minnesotaumc.org .