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What Luke Didn’t Tell You
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he … Continue reading →
Posted in compassion, Poetry, Praying with the Imagination, Reflections
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Tagged Esther Hizsa, Father Lawrence Lew, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Lost little lamb, Luke 10:38-42, Luke 15:5, Martha and Mary, Matthew Kirkland, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon
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A Long, Loving Look
Jesus spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him and asked, “Do you see anything?” He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.” Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s … Continue reading →
Posted in ADHD, Aging, community, compassion, Humour, Poetry, Poverty of Spirit, Praying with the Imagination, Reflections, Stories
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Tagged autumn, Esther Hizsa, Ginko Joy, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Ignatian Spirituality, Living from the Heart, Mark 8-22-25, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Sylvia Sassen, Vanita Hampton Wright, Walter Burghardt
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Expanding and Contracting
Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.–John 6:24 I was in the crowd sitting on that grassy hillside. You fed us bread … Continue reading →
Posted in compassion, Mindfulness, Mystical, Poetry, Prayer, Praying with the Imagination, Reflections, Stories
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Tagged Contract, Earhworm, Esther Hizsa, Expand, Feeding of Five Thousand, How Healing Comes, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, John 6, Living from the Heart, Ostaleri, pcstratman, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon
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Plan A
I was invited into the desert with You,led there by the Spiritinto a barren placewith no food. You were temptedto turn stones into bread.You could have done it,but you refused. If I could have,I would have.Why wait for God to … Continue reading →
Posted in Lent, Mindfulness, Poetry, Praying with the Imagination, Reflections
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Tagged Alfred Stieglitz, Esther Hizsa, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Lawrence OP, Living from the Heart, Nan C. Merrill, Patience, Psalm 3, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, stones into bread, temptation in wilderness, waiting
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What Must I Do to Be Good?
As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus … Continue reading →
Posted in compassion, Ignatian Spirituality, Lent, Praying with the Imagination, Reflections
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Tagged Christ and the Rich Young Ruler, Christ's Appearance to the Two Disciples Journeying to Emmaus, Esther Hizsa, Heinrich Hofmann, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, John Linnell, lent, Living from the Heart, Louis Savary, Prayer of Imagination, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, The New Spiritual Excercises
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You Belong
No one can near God unless He hasprepared a bed for you.A thousand souls hear His call every second,but most every one then looks into their life’s mirror andsays, “I am not worthy to leave this sadness.”–Teresa of Avila You … Continue reading →
Posted in Advent, Mystical, Poetry, Prayer, Praying with the Imagination, Stories
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Tagged Advent, Advent Morning Retreat, Annunciation, Audrey Hoehn, Belovedness, Birds on a Wire, Brent Unrau, Daniel Ladinsky, Esther Hizsa, He Desired Me Sio I Came Close, Julie Falk, Love Poems from God, Open Gate, Sarah Kroger, SoulStream, spiritual direction, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Teresa of Avila, Tym
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Sabbath Keeping
At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are … Continue reading →
Posted in compassion, Ignatian Spirituality, Poetry, Praying with the Imagination, Reflections
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Tagged Esther Hizsa, Hand through wild grass, Hebrews 4:9, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, lloyd Morgan, Look and Learn, Matthew 13:1-8, Meester van Antwerpen, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon
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What Is Taken Away
Whoever has will be given more;whoever does not have,even what they have will be taken from them.–Mark 4:25 (NIV) When I heard this scripture one morning, and thought about our generous God, I didn’t hear the word “even.” I heard, … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Yellow Crowned Woodpecker, bird in cherry blossom tree, Esther Hizsa, Hari K Patibanda, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, itoldya test1, John 1:16, Living from the Heart, Mark 4:25, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon
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A Circle of Safety
My worrierworks tirelessly,always watching, bracing for bad news,seeing the possibility of disaster,and pushing the panic button. This fearful guardian has wearied mefor as long as I can remember.But when I discovered,as Dorothy did in The Wizard of Oz,that the one … Continue reading →
Posted in Childhood, compassion, Ignatian Spirituality, Poetry, Praying with the Imagination, Reflections, Stories
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Tagged Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, KR Alliance, Living from the Heart, Mouse in a tea cup, Psalm 4:8, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon
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My Heart Sings
The master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside and said, … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christmas, compassion, Poetry, Praying with the Imagination, Reflections, Stories, Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim
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Tagged 1 Samuel 1-20, David Robert Bliwa, Esther Hizsa, Happy, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Isaiah 43:19, John 2:9-10, Living from the Heart, Luke 1:5-25, Luke 2:22-38, Saint James the Greater Catholic Church, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Water to wine
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An Everyday Pilgrim 