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Love Letters from God
I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. If you need the medication again, go ahead and take it—I will love you through that, as … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged Acts 8:26-40, Brené Brown, cea+, Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, Eric Mason, Esther Hizsa, Ethiopian Eunuch, James Finley, Jan (Johannes) Vermeer - Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window (1659), John 15:9, On Being, Radical Compassion, Radical Compassion Challenge, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, St. Laurence Anglican Church, Tara Brach, Teresa of Avila, Turning to the Mystics
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Now I See
. . . we attribute authority to [our weaknesses] to name who we are, and they don’t because only love has the authority to name who we are. –James Finley, Turning to the Mystics Thomas Merton 4 My weaknesses don’t … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, False Self, Prayer, Reflections
Tagged dark view in trees, Demetri Dourambeis, Esther Hizsa, Isaiah 30:15-18, James Finley, Let there be light, Radical Compassion, Radical Compassion Challenge, Sounds True, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Sylvia Sassen, Tara Brach, Thomas Merton, true self, Turning to the Mystics
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Convergence
When I wake in the morning and all through the day, you are there to comfort and lift me up. Even at night, when emptiness threatens, you fill me with yourself. At my mother’s breast and now that I am … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Lent, Mindfulness, Overeating, Reflections
Tagged acid reflux, bees, Celtic Daily Prayer, dandelions, Diet for a New America, Esther Hizsa, high cholesterol, John Robbins, Justin Michael Williams, Matthew 27:52-53, Northumbria Community, obesity, plant-based diet, pre-frontal cortex, pxfuel, Radical Compassion, Richard Rohr, Sachin Inamdar, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Stay Woke, Sunrise, The Empty Tomb, The Universal Christ, Veganism
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What Is Your Focus?
Where attention goes, energy flows. Day 23 of Home, a 30-day yoga journey with Adriene. The theme for today is focus. We return to rest after a challenging pose that has stretched us. Adriene asks, “Where in your body is … Continue reading
You Are Mine
Worry is the first sign. I’m attached to an outcome. What if the bus is late? What if I get to the airport and the planes don’t fly and the buses don’t run and I’m stuck at the Kelowna airport … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Reflections
Tagged all shall be well, Esther Hizsa, Isaiah 43:1, Joe Houghton, Julian of Norwich, Matthew 28:29, Pieta House, Radical Compassion, RAIN, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Susan von Struensee, Tara Brach, Welcoming Prayer, worry
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