Category Archives: Mindfulness
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
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
A Walk with Rod
My friend Rod Janz and I went for a walk on the Okanagan Rail Trail in Vernon. Here is some of our conversation. (The title photo is of Fred and me in Banff National Park.) By the way, you can … Continue reading
Letting Hope Land
I keep waiting for something to happen that will give my hope a place to land instead of letting hope land herein this precarious place. It seemed like a joke. The monk chased by a tiger comes to a precipice, grabs a vine and swings … Continue reading
A Cool Hand on My Forehead
Trust, I tell myselfas I cycle in the early morning mist.I need to trustI’ll receive what I need, know what to do. I can let go of my life and rest in Your love. I wish I could trust,rest,stop thinking, thinking,thinking aboutthe spinning tops I … Continue reading
Rest in Love
Listen! The Lord, the Eternal, the Holy One of Israel says,“In returning and rest, you will be saved. In quietness and trust you will find strength.”–Isaiah 30:15 (The Voice) The sun is setting in the west And the birds begin to … Continue reading
Always Coming to Us in Love
Our basic stance in life and toward God is one of receptivity rather than achievement. This is the heart of the contemplative way: receptivity to God who is always coming to us in love.—SoulStream Community, Values I consider how God … Continue reading
This Beautiful Now
In returning and rest, you will be saved. In quietness and trust you will find strength. –Isaiah 30:15 (The Voice) I forgetit takes time to settle my nervous system, takes intention to notice my feet aren’t touching the ground. All the spaciousness I long for is right … Continue reading
Signs of Resurrection
On Sunday morning while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. –John 20:1 (CEV) The first sign of Christ’s resurrection came early.I recognized it when … Continue reading
An Everyday Pilgrim 