Faith formation and sacred conversations are the focus on the faith journey through spiritual direction, retreats, books, and other resources.
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?
In a technology-driven society, an irony exists that the more “networked” we become in our digitized universe, the less connected and grounded we may feel. A virtual reality lacks the band-width for creating a deep sense of belonging to a specific time, place, and people. Our reach may be global, but there is a deep yearning within for identity and belonging to a local, geographic, face-to-face community where we know and are known, see and are seen, love and are loved — a place where we call home.
A recent article in the New York Times highlights the benefits of spiritual direction in listening for the Divine on your faith journey.
These are soul-searching days that continually call us to turn our hearts and minds and souls to the One who knows us best and loves us most.
How is it with your soul? This is your spiritual fitness check in, and how you talk to your soul makes a difference.
If you’re considering what practices might accompany you through 2021, consider using these four words and questions as focus points of praying from your every-day experiences.
The week between Christmas and New Years is always one of my favorite weeks of the year. In the rhythm of my life, I’ve scheduled at least a day if not the entire week as an intentional, prayerful pause to reflect on the year past and welcome the year to come
“The time came.” It has arrived, the final labor and push as Mary delivers to us the long-awaited Savior. Emmanuel. God with Us. Making his home with us. The Divine now knows all of what it means to be human.
The “way of peace…” Where is this way? How can we train to walk this path? The way of peace recognizes that peace doesn’t mean we are free of trouble, conflict, or the trauma that plagues the world. We soon realize the way of peace is paved within the heart, mind, and soul that rests in the belief that God’s goodness leads the way
An Advent Guided Meditation: Week One - Hope
An invitation to a year-end pause blessing the year past and welcoming the year to come..
When it comes to embracing your own life as story, what obstacles get in the way of valuing your life as worthy of exploration?
Registration is now open for a four-week listening group experience starting on October 27th.
The rhythm of the swing can be a lot like the inward and outward movement of the contemplative life. But there is a vulnerability in swinging and in the contemplative life, of trusting the momentum to move forward or backward, from centered self, out into the world.
The contemplative life has an ebb and flow rhythm taking us inward to know God and outward to express God. How has contemplation lead you to action? How has action lead you into contemplation?
