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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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Aug 11, 20233 min read
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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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May 8, 20235 min read
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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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Feb 24, 20232 min read
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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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Jan 1, 20233 min read
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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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Dec 30, 20213 min read
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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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Sep 27, 20212 min read
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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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Jun 13, 20212 min read
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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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May 30, 20213 min read
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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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Apr 30, 20211 min read
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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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Apr 18, 20212 min read
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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...
shelisloterbeek
Apr 2, 20213 min read
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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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Mar 22, 20212 min read
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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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Mar 22, 20212 min read
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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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Feb 28, 20212 min read
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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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Feb 16, 20211 min read
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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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Feb 16, 20212 min read
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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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Jan 23, 20212 min read
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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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Jan 5, 20212 min read
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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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Oct 2, 20202 min read
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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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Apr 5, 20202 min read
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