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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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    Lessons in Writing an Icon and Contemplating Mary
    shelisloterbeek
    • Dec 20, 2021
    • 4 min

    Lessons in Writing an Icon and Contemplating Mary

    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...
    37 views1 comment
    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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    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...
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    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
    Take a Deep Breath...
    shelisloterbeek
    • Jan 23, 2021
    • 3 min

    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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    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...
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    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...
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    "I Will Light Candles this Christmas"
    shelisloterbeek
    • Nov 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    "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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    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
    Freeing Anger and Fear
    shelisloterbeek
    • Mar 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    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...
    26 views0 comments
    My Story: The Slow Journey (aka #theslojourney) - Part II
    shelisloterbeek
    • Feb 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    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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    My Story: The Slow Journey (aka #theslojourney) - Part I
    shelisloterbeek
    • Feb 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    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...
    42 views0 comments

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