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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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shelisloterbeek
- Dec 19, 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...
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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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