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    Word for the Year: Reflection & Anticipation
    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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    Holding All the Falling
    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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    My Whole Life Toward Heaven
    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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    What if?
    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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    Death Dance
    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...
    11 views0 comments
    literally, experiencing God
    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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    The Cross in my Neighborhood
    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...
    15 views1 comment
    How Did I Get Here?
    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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    a slow journey through lent: day 34
    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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    Nourishing Creation
    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...
    12 views0 comments
    Invitation: a slow journey through lent
    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...
    21 views0 comments
    A Slow Life
    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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    The Sweetness of Adversity
    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...
    12 views0 comments
    A Different Kind of Word
    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...
    23 views0 comments
    Desert Teachings: Holding things Loosely
    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,...
    23 views0 comments
    An Invitation: to sit with the palms
    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...
    15 views0 comments
    Stay With the Light
    shelisloterbeek
    • Jan 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Stay With the Light

    "You have to be present with the light" she said. And in that instant I smiled and I knew I was in good company. A few months ago I...
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    Imago Dei
    shelisloterbeek
    • Jan 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    Imago Dei

    Different kinds of plants, different kinds of animals One kind of human, in the image of the Divine. The Divine face is indeterminable...
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    Remember Gently
    shelisloterbeek
    • Dec 29, 2019
    • 2 min

    Remember Gently

    There are secrets held inside Secrets not mine to tell And yet contain heaviness Swirling tentacles in the gut Taking up residence in a...
    47 views1 comment
    From Rules to Resting
    shelisloterbeek
    • Sep 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    From Rules to Resting

    Do you like writing out goals each year? Do you have a 3 year, 5 year or even 10 year plan for your life? Well, then let me tell you......
    35 views0 comments
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