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Safe
“You are joy. You’re our hope. You are gen-tle-ness.” Then I heard the Poor Clares sing, “You are safe-ty” and teared up. I noticed the impact the word “safety” had on my body and remembered a similar sensation I’d had … Continue reading →
Posted in Advent, community, Prayer, Reflections, Spiritual Direction, Stories
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Tagged Advent Retreat, EFT, Esther Hizsa, focusing, Illuminated, Jan Richardson, Just right she sighed, Matthew 11:28, Poor Clares, spiritual direction, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Coquitlam, spiritual director Vancouver, Steve Corey, Tapping, trauma
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When You Are In Over Your Head
“I’m so sorry to hear that,” I said to Sally after she shared the news that her mother was dying. “Don’t worry about the retreat. I’ll find someone to fill in for you.” She’d been looking forward to co-facilitating the … Continue reading →
Posted in community, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer, Reflections, Stories
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Tagged Esther Hizsa, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Ignatian prayer retreat, Isaiah 43:2, John the Baptist, Living from the Heart, Poor Clares of Arundel, SoulStream, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver
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Gifts of Joy
On the ferry from Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay, I checked my emails. Among them, was a yes in response to an urgent plea. The relief I felt was delicious. The weather held and I was able to ride the rest … Continue reading →
Posted in community, Reflections, Stories
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Tagged bike ride, Esther Hizsa, Funkybug, Ken Lane, Psalm 36:7-8, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver
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The Way God Is Transforming Me
Even your own life is not your business. It is also God’s business. Leave it to God. –Frederick Buechner, Telling Secrets So I left my life in God’s hands and trusted that if I kept listening to God’s still small … Continue reading →
Posted in community, compassion, Reflections, Spiritual Direction, Stories
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Tagged Colossians 1:26-27, Esther Hizsa, Esther's collage, Frederick Buechner, God's business, Kristen Neff, Mustard Seed, Radical Compassion, self-compassion, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Telling Secrets, Transformation, Wendy Linnington
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The Fourth Event
On Sunday, we celebrate Pentecost, the fourth big event chronicled in the New Testament. Christmas names the first one: the incarnation of Christ. God comes into our lives–into our joy and suffering. They called him Immanuel, “God with us.” Reading the … Continue reading →
Posted in Christmas, community, Creation, Easter, Homelessness, Reflections, Stories
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Tagged Acts 10, Acts 2, acts of compassion, Amazing Grace, Daniel Ladinsky, David L. Fleming SJ, Dropping Keys, Esther Hizsa, Hafiz, John 12:24, Luke 4:18-19, Patrick McFall, Pentecost, Soul of Christ, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, The Gift
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Being Counted
“I talked to a nurse practitioner about my gastric reflux,” I said to my spiritual director. “I changed my diet, don’t eat after supper and raised the head of our bed. And that’s not all I’ve been doing to care … Continue reading →
Posted in community, compassion, Ignatian Spirituality, Lent, Mindfulness, Mystical, Reflections, Spiritual Direction, Stories, Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim
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Tagged Être homme, body, c'est précisément être responsable, Community meal, Esther Hizsa, Five Contemplations, Ignatian Spirituality, Ignatian Sprititual Exercises, Jean-François Millet, Millet, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, St. Stephen the Martyr Anglican Church, The Potato Planters, Thich Nhat Hanh, Vassilis Londos, vegan
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God’s Favourites
“When you turn to your partner for the next part of the dance, don’t make a meal of it. There’s another partner waiting to greet you. The Divine in them and wants to bless the Divine in you,” Allaudin (aka … Continue reading →
Posted in community, Reflections, Stories
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Tagged Bessel van der Kolk, chany crystal, Dances of Universal Peace, Dancing the Sardana, Esther Hizsa, Hans Thoma, Kinderreigen, Krista Tippett, Matthew 5:45, Matthew 5:48, Matthew 6:30-33, On Being, Sandy Hill, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Yoga with Adriene
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Advent IV: Say Yes
The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the … Continue reading →
Turn to Wonder
Everything belongs: God uses everything. There are no dead ends. There is no wasted energy. Everything is recycled. –Richard Rohr, Everything Belongs Saturday morning of the opening weekend of Living from the Heart in Abbotsford, we gathered for morning prayers … Continue reading →
Posted in community, Mindfulness, Reflections, Stories
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Tagged Audrey Hoehn, Brent Unrau, Donelda Seymour, Esther Hizsa, Everything Belongs, Jessie Wilcox Smith, John 3:29, Living from the Heart, Moonbeams, Parker J. Palmer, Richard Rohr, Romans 8:28, SoulStream, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver
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Arms Wide Open
Last week I was in Cochrane, Alberta attending a week-long course for spiritual directors. The first night I anticipated the Will-I-fit-in? jitters, but instead, I found myself unconcerned about whether I belonged or not. I was beginning to relax into … Continue reading →
Posted in Childhood, community, Humour, Reflections, Spiritual Direction, Stories, Writing
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Tagged Community meal, Esther Hizsa, Lucy Abbott Tucker, Matthew, Psalm 17:8, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, spirtual direction, St. Stephen the Martyr Anglican Church
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