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Morning Light
The moment I discovered, with the clarity life brings, that my idea was a good idea, and I should’ve acted on it, a grey cluster of emotions emerged.I felt its weight in my chest. Why did I doubt myself? What do I do now? The … Continue reading
You Know Enough
We have known and believe the love that God has for us.–1 John 4:16a (NRSVUE) The word for this new year that came to you –of all the words, this one and of all people, you– what if it isn’t what you should be but … Continue reading
Count Yourself In
The gull stood on a rock in the sea.Ferry wash struck the rock and drenched her. She shifted her stance but remained, webbed feet on cold mount,as another wave splashed over her,then, another,and another. Why does she keep standing there? The next … Continue reading
Encountering God in Our Emotions
The Christmas season tends to evoke a range of emotions in us. While we express tidings of comfort and joy, we may feel anything but comforted or joyful. It’s good to pay attention to those unsettling feelings and listen to … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Christmas, compassion, Popular Posts
Tagged Angry Pflümli, Campus Crusade, Cat, Descend with the mind, Fact Faith Feeling Train, Four Spiritual Laws, grosskopf_photography, Jeff Imbach, Kevin Dooley, Living from the Heart, Richard J. Foster, Sanctuary of the Soul, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Tambako the Jaguar, Theophan the Recluse
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Christ In Me, With Me, For Me
This Advent, God’s been inviting me to live in the reality that Christ is in me, with me, and for me. I noticed, when I undertook a task or wrote a post, that I was not alone. I felt accompanied … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Christmas, compassion, Mindfulness, Mystical, Reflections, Seed Cracked Open
Tagged awareness, Christian.Rudman, David G.Benner, grosskopf_photography, Holy Ground, Klezmatics, L'océan à Langland, Marie, presence, Presence and Encounter, self-preoccupation, stillness, Woody Guthrie
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When Love Happens
To loveand be loved.We were made for this.Love created the earth, the stars, the seas.Everything and everyone was made of You,from Loveby Love,for Love. Love is the one thing needed,the command that keeps all others. To see what love does–there … Continue reading
Posted in community, compassion, Creation, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Best Friends, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jacqueline Bergen, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Living from the Heart, SoulStream, SoulStream Community, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Take and Receive, Thomas Leuthard
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An Everyday Pilgrim 