-
Recent Posts
Archives
Category Archives: Mindfulness
With Christ, I Die
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.— Colossians 3:3 In the silence, I close my eyes and die. I release all I love, all I desire, all I wanted to do, all I wished to become, all that is not resolved. My … Continue reading
Posted in Easter, Holy Week, Lent, Mindfulness, Mystical, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections
Tagged Acts 17:28, Centre for Action and Contemplation, Colossians 3:3, Crucifixion of Christ, death, Earl, Esther Hizsa, extinguished, fear of death, Good Friday, James Finley, Mechthilde of Magdeburg, Psalm 23, Silence, silent prayer, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Titan, Turning to the Mystics
Leave a comment
Another Disguise
God comes to you disguised as your life. –Paula D’Arcy Dust to dust is not nothing to nothing as if dust were not precious, as if returning to dust meant our lives didn’t matter, as if we could disappear without a trace, as if God could … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, Lent, Mindfulness, Mystical, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections
Tagged Bryon Lippincott, Dust to dust, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jenny Uhling, Living from the Heart, Paula D'Arcy, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, The Silence Within, Thich Nhat Hanh, Village School Cambodia
Leave a comment
Room to Be
“Look at all your plants!” my guest said. “They’re so healthy.” Before I could stop myself, I recounted the story of my rare cactus who died because I misunderstood her. Later, as I walked to church, I noticed how I’m quick to balance … Continue reading
Posted in community, compassion, Lent, Mindfulness, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Ecosystem, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Long loving look, Peggy Riley, Scott McCracken, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Teeter Totter, Walter Burghardt
1 Comment
Found
As I return and rest, I feel gentle hands unfolding a crumpled part of me, smoothing it to the edges. Now She’s softening the creases, straightening the bent back corner, and tracing my words with Her finger. I feel Her reading my thoughts, holding the whole story.I … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, Lent, Mindfulness, Poetry, Poverty of Spirit, Reflections
Tagged Always With Me, Crumple, Esther Hizsa, experiencing God's love, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jan Evans, Living from the Heart, Paul Zach, Psalm 139, Rod Janz, SoulStream, Sowing Seeds of Hope and Resilience, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Thomas Levinson
Leave a comment
Return Again
Return again, return againReturn to the land of your soulReturn again, return againReturn to the land of your soul Return to what you areReturn to who you areReturn to where you are born and reborn again. –Shaina Noll, Return Again Come … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, Creation, Lent, Mindfulness, Poetry, Reflections, Songs
Tagged Alice Popkorn, Ardyth and Jennifer, Calling, Come home, Esther Hizsa, Ho’oponopono Mantr, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Isaiah 30:15, Living from the Heart, Return Again, Shaina Noll, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, The Cranes Return, Wild horses, Zeynep Sude Emek
1 Comment
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
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
2 Comments
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
An Everyday Pilgrim 