a slow journey

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...

There are a few things on my bucket list - and learning how to paint an icon was one of them. I’ve been particularly drawn to them over...

"The leaves fall, fall as from far, Like distant gardens withered in the heavens; They fall with slow and lingering descent. And in the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Today is Palm Sunday. The Sunday before Easter. For some that means nothing. For others it brings memories of children dancing and...

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...

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...

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...