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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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Colloquy 2*
I awoke to find a blanket of yellow covering the lawn. Other fading leaves still clung to the tree. Eventually, they would tire, loosen their grip and be vulnerable to the next brisk breeze. Then, my dear tree will stand naked while rain pelts, winds push and pull and snow … Continue reading
False Alarm
My body didn’t get the memo that things that spark my anxiety and spike my cortisol– an email from the lawyer, booking a flight, any change of plan– don’t threaten my life. They aren’t the end of the world. So I need to gently comfort my … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Esther Hizsa, I See the Birds, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jon Guerra, Living from the Heart, Murder of Crows, Nick Sherman, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Sprinkler Fire Alarm, TumblingRun
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Cleansed
Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. –Matthew 8:3 An uncomfortable conversation sat in my belly undigested, occupying my thoughts, stopping the flow of oxygen. I looked … Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, autism, compassion, Mystical, Poetry, Prayer Retreat Outline, Reflections
Tagged Christ heals the leper, Esther Hizsa, forgiveness, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Mark 4:39, Martin Vorel, Matthew 8:3, Rembrandt, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon
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No Place Like This
After ten days of packing, cleaning and saying goodbye to our home of thirty years, Fred and I arrive back in Vernon, the snow globe of our lives shaken and set down again. What do I see as the snow swirls … Continue reading
Replanted
I dreaded this for so long– going through my belongings, deciding what to keep, pitch, or give away, packing, carting, loading. But we’re into it now.The boxes are labelled and stacked. It’s happening.We’re being uprooted and replanted, moved from city to city, life to life, cup … Continue reading
This Summer
This summer, we aren’t camping and hiking in the mountains. We’ve booked a moving truck, signed endless documents, and will spend our vacation packing, loading and disposing of furniture. Then, of course, there’s the unloading and unpacking. This summer hasn’t offered us spacious days without … 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
An Everyday Pilgrim 