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Being Loved in Distant Places
“Your sister really loves you,” a friend said after I told her about my trip to Gatineau, Quebec to visit my sister and her family. During that week I was touched again by Sylvia’s generosity and thoughtfulness. From buying my airplane … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Creation, Ignatian Spirituality
Tagged Esther Hizsa, generosity, Hold On, HugaBull, Ignatius of Loyola, JoAnna Rickard, Knits for Pits, Luc De Leeuw, spiritual direction, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, suscipe, Sylvia, Take and Receive, thoughtfulness
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Longing for More Life
If you’ve read my posts lately, you may have noticed that God has been gently widening my view and inviting me “to see all people as my kin, all living beings as my flesh.”* As I do this, I’ve been challenged to turn from self-interest … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, False Self, Poverty of Spirit, Reflections
Tagged Clowns and Characters, Corinthians 3:17-18, Esther Hizsa, Eyes of My Heart, Gail Purdy, glory, leg hold traps, Mother Goose, Nancy Bailey, SoulStream, spiritual direction, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Coquitlam, Steve Garnaas-Holmes, Unfolding LIght
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God So Loves the Earth
This earth, this world that God loves so much, is beautiful and broken. I have been asking God to show me ways I can participate in healing our planet. As I read and listen for God’s direction, I begin to see small steps I … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, Ignatian Spirituality, Mindfulness, Reflections, Spiritual Direction
Tagged A Rocha, care for creation, Earth Day, Ecological Examen, Esther Hizsa, Evgeni Zotov, FarbenfroheWunderwelt, Jason Major, Joseph Carver, spiritual direction, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Thich Naht Hanh
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Responding to the World Contemplatively
How is God calling me to respond to our beautiful, broken world? The same way I am asked to do everything else: contemplatively. “Contemplatively” simply means living out of the reality that we are always in union with God. The apostle Paul said, “In Christ we live … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, Popular Posts
Tagged Acts 17:28, caring for the earth, contemplative response to the world, Crescent Earth, Esther Hizsa, John Major, Michael Cook, Night Prayer, real work of saving the planet, SoulStream, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Wendell Berry
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Helping God Save the Earth
Despite all evidence to the contrary, God will accomplish God’s purposes in Christ. This bold statement, based on Ephesians 1:10 and Colossians 1:19-20, expresses SoulStream community’s core value of hope. My experience in the Valley of Dry Bones echoed this hope. Despite … Continue reading
Bone of My Bone, Flesh of My Flesh
I close my eyes to pray, and the hand of the Lord is on me. Like Ezekiel, I am brought out by the Spirit of the Lord and set in the middle of a valley full of bones. Everywhere I look, I see sun-bleached skeletons of … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, Ignatian Spirituality
Tagged Arthur Rowan, Blackfooted Ferret, CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME, ENCYCLICAL LETTER, Esther Hizsa, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Genesis 2:23, John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS, Marcia Fretheim, Mountain-Prairie, Pope Francis, SoulStream, SoulStream values, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Tim Fretheim, USFWS, Valley of Dry Bones, Will
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I Am My Sister’s Keeper
“Where is your brother Abel?” The Lord asked Cain. Cain, the first child born on earth, had killed Abel. I can imagine God’s anguish. “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.” “In the story of … Continue reading
Posted in Creation
Tagged Arthur Rowan, CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME, Cathédrale St-Lazare, Earth in the Hands, ENCYCLICAL LETTER, Esther Hizsa, FarbenfroheWuderwelt, Genesis 1, Holly Hayes, John 3:16, LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS, Pope Francis, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Wheat
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God Is So Beautiful
“Ever since I was twelve years old, I have been deeply moved by beauty,” a friend wrote in response to a recent post. “When I take my morning coffee out onto the back deck, I am surrounded by so many shades of … Continue reading
An Everyday Pilgrim 