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There’s something about the writings of the saints and mystics that speak of passion, devotion, extravagant love. How do I kindle that same fire in my own faith journey?
It’s a new year. What are the faith practices that you bring with you into 2022? What are the new practices that might provide new life to your spiritual journey?
Mary treasured up these things and pondered them in her heart. Somehow this feels like worship or prayer, a tender gathering and holding of all that has happened to her.
Christmas may be about lights, but sometimes hope comes in the tiniest spark of light
Mostly we live on the surface of life. Yet beneath and beyond an intricate network of life is just waiting for us to notice.
Gratitude seems so basic, so common, so baseline to spirituality. But in the midst of struggles we grapple with gratitude.
What happens when we practice spiritual disciplines? Sometimes nothing perceptible, sometimes everything life changing.
Faith. It’s a big topic and we each come at it from a different perspective. What has your faith journey been like? What does your faith map look like?
There is a beautiful ancient prayer recorded in scripture that says may you be “filled with all the fullness of God.” These words confounded me for years.
Dust. The unadorned essence of all earthy substance, becomes the dwelling place of God.
What kind of vessel would you choose to represent your life these days?
You are God’s workmanship. A fine creation, a poetic expression, a sacred song.
We exist within a given time and place as we enter into the history of the world, within a certain culture that shapes our world view. These circumstances, as well as our physical being, can change our emotions and our experiences. Life is like the weather around the mountain that constantly changes. The weather is not the mountain, but the mountain bears witness to it.
I’ve long felt that our cultural insistence of measuring our accomplishments, our levels of productivity, stature, or growth is a silent trauma to the soul that we have come to accept as the norm of our existence.
Taking selfies. It’s an iconic image that seems to define a culture bent on finding themselves, seeing themselves, perceiving themselves as others do. And it captures the metaphor of our longing for identity.
The question of who am I is never fully answered in this life. It asks for a continued pondering, presence, and practice in paying attention to the soul.
The soul speaks. You’ve likely heard it in a moment when an inner voice tells you to pay attention to something, a change, an invitation, a restlessness within. Or times when a quandary suddenly crystalizes into an awakening. But we spend little time practicing the art of listening to our own soul talk
A little self knowledge is not only something to celebrate, but always leads to something Divine.
What does it mean to come home to yourself? What are the tools and resources you use to listen to your own life?
