Tag Archives: Rod Janz

Found

Posted on March 13, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

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

A Walk with Rod Part 2

Posted on November 8, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

Hey friends, Remember when I wrote about my mom loving me the way I wanted to be loved the day after I went for a walk with a friend and talked about accepting that she loves me the way she … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Childhood, compassion, Reflections | Tagged Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Let's Go for a Walk and Talk, Living from the Heart, Rod Janz, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | Leave a comment

A Walk with Rod

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Esther Hizsa

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 →

Posted in Aging, Mindfulness, Reflections | Tagged Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Okanagan Rail Trail, Rod Janz, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | Leave a comment

Julian’s Prayer

Posted on May 24, 2024 by Esther Hizsa

God, of your goodness, give me yourself; you are enough for me.—Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love Under the treesin the early morning,I listened to the birds sing to each otherand breathed a prayerthat was once only words: God, … Continue reading →

Posted in Creation, Mystical, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Deb Arndt, Esther Hizsa, Jim Stanton, Julian of Norwich, Living from the Heart, Living from the Heart Podcast, Revelations of Divine Love, Rod Janz, SoulStream, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver | Leave a comment

What It Means to Live from the Heart: A Podcast Conversation

Posted on May 18, 2024 by Esther Hizsa

Recently, I had the wonderful opportunity of being interviewed by my friend and colleague Deb Arndt, for the second episode of the Living from the Heart podcast. In it, I shared my experiences of living from the heart and receiving … Continue reading →

Posted in community, compassion, Reflections, Spiritual Direction, Stories, Writing | Tagged A Taste of Living from the Heart, Brent Unrau, Deb Arndt, Esther Hizsa, Irene Fennema, Living from the Heart, Living from the Heart Podcast, Maureen Miller, Rod Janz, SoulStream, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver | Leave a comment

My Second Podcast Interview

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Esther Hizsa

In this Hints of Gladness podcast, Rod Janz asks me about my new book In the Heart of the Beloved and the Everyday Pilgrim series. It was a fun conversation. I hope you enjoy listening to it. CLICK HERE TO … Continue reading →

Posted in In the Heart of the Beloved, Reflections, Seed Cracked Open | Tagged Cale Woodley, Esther Hizsa, Hints of Gladness, In the Heart of the Beloved, Nan C. Merrill, Psalm 23:6, Psalms for Praying, Rod Janz, Seed Cracked Open, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Stories of an Everyday Pilgriem, Time | Leave a comment

Arrows

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Esther Hizsa

“Have you had lunch yet?” I asked Fred, hoping he hadn’t eaten the leftover spaghetti. “Yes. I ate the spaghetti,” he said. “It was good.” Argh! Now I’d need to figure out something else to make for dinner. One more … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, Mindfulness, Reflections, Stories | Tagged Anthony de Mello, arrows, Don Joseph Goewey, Esther Hizsa, Hans Splinter, Hints of Gladness, Open Gate, Radical Acceptance, Rod Janz, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Tara Brach, Tym, You're Okay: Stop Trying to Fix Yourself | Leave a comment

My First Podcast Interview

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Esther Hizsa

On Hints of Gladness, spiritual director and coach Rod Janz interviewed a number of spiritual directors about contemplation. I was thankful to be one of them. In our conversation, Rod asked what contemplation means to me and what it looks … Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer, Praying with the Imagination, Reflections, Resource, Stories, Writing | Tagged Esther Hizsa, Happy smiling child, Hints of Gladness, Jan Evans, Katherine May, Podcast, Rod Janz, SoulStream, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, verkeorg, Wintering | 3 Comments

Grace and Practice of the Present Moment

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Esther Hizsa

Living in the present moment is a contemplative practice that has been difficult for me. You’ve heard me struggle with this in my blog posts. I am as addicted to thinking as I am to food. I’m constantly thinking about … Continue reading →

Posted in Mindfulness, Reflections | Tagged awakening to now, Bernard Ruelle, Esther Hizsa, Goutte d'eau, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Martin LaBar, Practicing Presence, present moment, Raindrops on daly lily leaf, Rod Janz, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, This | 4 Comments

Empty

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Esther Hizsa

Empty Before you go to bed, shake the dust off your feet. Open your front door and –with a shoe in each hand– smack those soles together. Like a TV preacher, tell those demons: “Be gone!” Before you go to … Continue reading →