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Contemplative Prayer: an introduction
"This is how you pray continually, not by offering prayer in words, but by joining yourself to God through your whole way of life, so...
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Aug 15, 20234 min read
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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
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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
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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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Dec 30, 20213 min read
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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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Dec 19, 20214 min read
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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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Sep 27, 20212 min read
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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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Jun 13, 20212 min read
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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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May 30, 20213 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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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Jan 23, 20212 min read
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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