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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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a slow journey through lent: day 17
Take a few deep breaths and settle down into a quiet space. Listen to this song from Psalm 19 resting with the music. See what you notice...
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Mar 5, 20211 min read
a slow journey through lent: day 16
Today, read through the passage for the week again - Psalm 19 but in the Message version. Before you begin, ask for guidance and...
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Mar 4, 20212 min read
a slow journey through lent: day 15
Today we will sit with the scripture for the week, Psalm 19. Before beginning to read - take at least three deep breaths. Acknowledge the...
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Mar 3, 20212 min read
a slow journey through lent: day 14
Reflect back on this week with Psalm 22:22-31. Is there a particular word that you have come back to repeatedly? What is it about that...
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Mar 2, 20212 min read
a slow journey through lent: day 13
Today, take some time to reflect on the last 3 verses of Psalm 22. "Let all mortals - those born to die - bow down in his presence....
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Mar 1, 20211 min read
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
a slow journey through lent: days 11 & 12
Today or tomorrow head over to A Quiet Space and let me guide you through a sacred reading (lectio divina) of the scripture for the week....
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Feb 27, 20211 min read
a slow journey through lent: day 10
Take a few deep breaths and settle down into a quiet space. Listen to this song based on Psalm 22 sitting with the music. See what you...
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Feb 26, 20211 min read
a slow journey through lent: day 9
Today, read through the passage for the week again (Psalm 22:22-31). Then read through Nan Merrill's interpretation of the same passage...
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Feb 25, 20212 min read
a slow journey through lent: day 8
Today we will sit with the scripture for the week, Psalm 22:22-31. Before beginning to read - take at least three deep breaths....
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Feb 24, 20212 min read
a slow journey through lent: day 6
Take a few deep breaths and try to settle down into a quiet space. Listen to this song based on Psalm 25 sitting with the music. See what...
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Feb 22, 20211 min read
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
Freeing Anger and Fear
Anger. Fear. These are big emotions. They take up a lot of space in our body, mind and spirit. And they seem to be winding their way in...
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Mar 10, 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
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