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4am Contemplative Prayer
I'm an early riser, but some days I think we're just meant to wake up earlier. This morning, I felt like the universe must have something...
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My Writing Has MOVED!
My writing has evolved into a weekly email on substack called "the Porch" - a weekly email from aslowjourney for your whole journey. You can find it by clicking the button below and subscribe to receive the weekly email straight to your inbox. See you on the porch!
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shelisloterbeek
- May 8, 2023
- 5 min
Six Ways to Invite Peace
Most of us live in a pretty fast-paced environment on a daily basis. Add the current political / cultural climate to the busyness of...
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shelisloterbeek
- Feb 24, 2023
- 2 min
Look Up - Christ is Near
It was one of our rarer warm winter days last week, so I decided to take a walk around the monastery that is close by to where I live....
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shelisloterbeek
- Jan 1, 2023
- 3 min
A New Word for the Year
Some years are more surprising than others and for me this one was particularly remarkable. When 2022 began in Phoenix, Arizona I had no...
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shelisloterbeek
- Dec 30, 2021
- 3 min
Word for the Year: Reflection & Anticipation
Like a lot of people, I choose a word, or usually more like a word chooses me for the year. There's nothing magical about the word, or...
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shelisloterbeek
- Sep 27, 2021
- 2 min
Holding All the Falling
"The leaves fall, fall as from far, Like distant gardens withered in the heavens; They fall with slow and lingering descent. And in the...
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shelisloterbeek
- Jun 13, 2021
- 2 min
My Whole Life Toward Heaven
Nearly every morning I sit with the sun. I watch it as it brings light to the space where I reside. I am not unaware that it has already...
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shelisloterbeek
- May 30, 2021
- 3 min
What if?
What if? The question of the imagination. I've had people in my life tell me they don't have an imagination. However, I think if a person...
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shelisloterbeek
- Apr 30, 2021
- 1 min
Death Dance
Look. Gaze. Really, for an entire minute. Or more. Now closer. What do you see? Here is what has been creating itself inside of me in...
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shelisloterbeek
- Apr 18, 2021
- 2 min
literally, experiencing God
I have an office space that I share with therapists (they're great - so if you're looking for one and local, let me know) and every other...
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shelisloterbeek
- Apr 2, 2021
- 3 min
The Cross in my Neighborhood
I honestly don't remember the first time I walked the stations of the cross. I know it was probably only a few years ago, but I don't...
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shelisloterbeek
- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min
How Did I Get Here?
I've been thinking a lot about how I was (am still being) formed to the person I am today. How did I get to this exact moment. And the...
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shelisloterbeek
- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min
a slow journey through lent: day 34
I took this photo with black and white film (yes that kind you had to take to the store or send away and have it developed) in the...
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shelisloterbeek
- Feb 28, 2021
- 2 min
Nourishing Creation
Does it ever happen to you that you see a word, a phrase, anything really, come up over and over within a week or even just a few days? I...
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shelisloterbeek
- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
Invitation: a slow journey through lent
Sometimes I like things slow. Okay, I like things slow almost all of the time. (You can read about why that is here.) And sometimes I...
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shelisloterbeek
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
A Slow Life
"I live a slow life" I said to someone the other day. I didn't say it as an excuse or as pride - just a fact. But I wasn't always this...
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shelisloterbeek
- Jan 23, 2021
- 2 min
The Sweetness of Adversity
Grapefruit - some might consider it the black sheep of the citrus world. Growing up I wanted to like it, it smelled so lovely, but the...
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shelisloterbeek
- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
A Different Kind of Word
Years ago I began noticing a word or a theme that would repeatedly make an appearance throughout the year. Then at some point, I heard a...
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shelisloterbeek
- Oct 2, 2020
- 2 min
Desert Teachings: Holding things Loosely
I come from a lush land where things grow in the ground, sometimes even without watering them. I come from a place with four distinct,...
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shelisloterbeek
- Apr 5, 2020
- 2 min
An Invitation: to sit with the palms
Today is Palm Sunday. The Sunday before Easter. For some that means nothing. For others it brings memories of children dancing and...
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