At Agape Haven, we nurture young people, especially those from historically marginalized backgrounds, to become present-day leaders—not someday leaders, now leaders. Through mentorship, creativity and resilience-building, we help them claim their voice and vision.
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I stood still for a moment or two, listening, barely breathing. Finally I went to my office and sat down, my mind peaceful. I ran an internal diagnostic. What just happened?
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As it turned out, I was ordained as a priest after all, and rather quickly—a Celtic Buddhist priest in fact.
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I was on the point of abandoning Buddhism a few months ago. I’d hit a brick wall. Every time I sat down to meditate, I was flooded with anxiety. The mind seemed to take more pleasure in intrusive thoughts, fears I hadn’t felt for decades and an odd reluctance to even look at the cover of a book on Buddhism.
Read MoreJaqui loved meditating and had been trying to get into a 10 day Goenka meditation retreat for awhile and when her name came up on the list to be able to go, she was very excited.
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