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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
Posted in Mindfulness, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged An Everyday Pilgrim, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Isaiah 30:15, John Tann, Living from the Heart, Morning glory, Richard Rohr, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Stephen Ransom, Sunflowers
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Spared
Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your one wild and precious life?-Mary Oliver, “The Summer Day“ Biking on a country road,eyes full of beauty,wind in my ears,I didn’t hear,didn’t look,didn’t see the car coming.As I was about … Continue reading
Advent 2: Trust
Life is a succession of dyings and risings. At the center of the Eucharist, we proclaim, “Christ has died, Christ is risen, and Christ will come again.”–Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation, November 27, 2022 This morning I saw minuscule buds on my … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Christmas, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections
Tagged Advent, Candle 006, Center for Action and Contemplation, Christmas Cactus, Esther Hizsa, How the Light Comes, Jan L. Richardson, Jonathan Assink, Richard Rohr, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Steven Severinghaus, the glory of dawn, worldoflard
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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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Becoming What I Eat and Drink
On Good Friday I watched Jesus Christ Superstar (Stay Home #WithMe). I braced myself for the scene that bothers me more than the thirty-nine lashings or the death of Judas. A woman comes out of the shadows, “See my eyes I … Continue reading
Posted in Easter, Holy Week, Reflections
Tagged Archbishop Melissa Skelton, Catherine of Genoa, Christ Chruch Cathedral, Easter Sunday Eucharist, Esther Hizsa, Fred Rogers, Holy Euchrist, It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, My deepest me, Richard Rohr, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, The Show Must Go On, The Universal Christ, Tim Minchin
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Even When
I’m here as promised. I have lots of time but nothing I want to write about. I’m waiting, listening, remembering that You always come through. We’ve done three hundred and ninety-five blog posts together, and You’ve never let me down. … Continue reading
Posted in Lent, Poverty of Spirit, Prayer, Reflections, Writing
Tagged Covid 19, Denis Fournier, Doug Greenberg, Eastern Phoebe, Esther Hizsa, Into the Silent Land, Marco Verch, Martin Laird, persevere, Richard Rohr, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, The Universal Christ
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An Everyday Pilgrim 