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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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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
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
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
An Empathetic Witness
At a retreat recently with Beth Taulman Miller, she said these two words that have traveled with me in the last few weeks. The two words...
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May 9, 20222 min read
Cultivating Confidence - Becoming the Beloved
This one is for most of the people I’ve come across in the last few months. For those who say “I could never do that”. For the one afraid...
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Feb 16, 20224 min read
Divine Presence - in the learning and unlearning
A memory of learning to ride my bike came to me this morning. I remembered my purple hand-me-down bike with the white plastic woven...
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Aug 19, 20212 min read
Take a Deep Breath...
There was a time when the only deep breaths I would take were as I sat in a doctor's office and they would place their cold stethoscope...
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Jan 23, 20213 min read
"I Will Light Candles this Christmas"
I didn't grow up celebrating Advent. In fact, if you had asked me what it was I probably would have said "it sounds Catholic" or...
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Nov 29, 20202 min read
My Story: The Slow Journey (aka #theslojourney) - Part II
For a quick recap to see what got me to part II - see part I. Since I had enrolled in a two-year program for spiritual direction, I...
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Feb 13, 20202 min read
My Story: The Slow Journey (aka #theslojourney) - Part I
I remember coming out of my mo...just kidding - I won't start there. A few months ago I suggested to someone that it might be helpful if...
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Feb 5, 20202 min read
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