Tag Archives: SoulStream

Penelope Rides the Icefield Parkway

Posted on July 17, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

Three mountain passes (Sunwapta, Bow, Kicking Horse) Three national parks (Jasper, Banff and Yoho) Three hundred kilometres (301.5 to be exact): Snaring River Campground, north of Jasper, to Hoodoo Creek Campground in Yoho by way of Lake Louise in Banff … Continue reading →

Posted in Creation, Reflections, Stories | Tagged Banff, Bow Summit, Esther Hizsa, Icefield Parkway, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jasper, John Philip Newell, Liv Avail, Living from the Heart, Penelope, Peyto Lake, Sacred Earth Sacred Soul, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Wapta Falls, Yoho | 6 Comments

Making Friends in Jasper

Posted on July 10, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

Fred and I are camping in Jasper National Park. I love being outside and recall what Victoria Loorz said about “relationship-ing” with Creation: we are in relationship with creation, and she with us. With this in mind, I notice … Continue reading →

Posted in Creation, Reflections, Stories | Tagged A Gaelic Blessing, Celtic Blessing, Deep Peace, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jasper, Living from the Heart, Living from the Heart Podcast, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Victoria Loorz, Wood Lily | Leave a comment

Falling in Love

Posted on June 26, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

Nothing is more practical thanfinding God, thanfalling in Lovein a quite absolute, final way …Fall in Love, stay in love,and it will decide everything.–Joseph Whelan, SJ I need to find andfall in love with God in an absolute, final way. … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, Creation, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Alfalfa, Alice Walker, Church of the Wild, Esther Hizsa, Falling in Love, Grey Canal Trail, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Joseph Whelan, Living from the Heart, Michael Major, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Victoria Loorz | Leave a comment

A Contemplative in the Kitchen

Posted on June 19, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

I forget that I’m sort of on the autism spectrumuntil I walk into a room full of activity with a job to do,and I’m overwhelmed. It’s my turn to make dinner:pizza and salad for twenty family members in a foreign … Continue reading →

Posted in autism, compassion, Poetry, Reflections, Stories | Tagged Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Luke 6:36, Petr Kratochvil, pile of dirty dishes, pizza, Robert, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | Leave a comment

Unfailing Love

Posted on June 11, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

We gathered and celebrated,blessed the Earth with Mom’s ashes, blessed each other with who she waswoven in our words, (“Okay”, “Oh, come on!” and “Oh well”)baked in the bread, the Tia Maria squares, the Linzer Torte,savoured in the Pinot,grateful for … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Bryan Hughes, crucifixion, Esther Hizsa, Heidi Frehner, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jammery, Kalamalka Lake, Living from the Heart, Psalm 143:8, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | 2 Comments

The Tree Speaks

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

Fir trees bear green branches year-round. But take a look, and you’ll notice some dead limbs. One tree, nestled in community, is only green near the top with clusters of vibrant new growth lower down where sunlight found them. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Creation, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections, Stories | Tagged Body Prayer, Cathedral Grove, crucifixion, Esther Hizsa, fir trees, Heather Ruce, Here I am as I am, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jim Hoffman, Living from the Heart, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | Leave a comment

Maybe It’s Enough

Posted on May 24, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

Father James Martin asks, “What happens when you pray?”Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, O.P. replies, “I wish I knew.“—The Spiritual Life Podcast You’re here, all the time. everywhere– in birdsong and silence, budding leaves and dead branches, a fist pump from a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, crucifixion, Esther Hizsa, Father James Martin, Golden Day Lily, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Matthew 6:28, Sam Weng, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, The Spiritual Life | 4 Comments

Finding Us

Posted on May 17, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

What did I hear in that note that stunned me and sent me into the sock drawer, consumed with anger and hate? I heard: You are not enough, just as I had begun to skip along trusting that I was. As I walked with … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, compassion, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Ban Galbasi, Doris Pailthorpe, Ernest Thompson Seton, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Living from the Heart, Plum leaves, Raggylug, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | Leave a comment

Double Dutch

Posted on May 8, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

It’s bad enough when awareness comes in a look or a wondering with space to soften and say farewell to what I thought was real. But when I’m up to 97, 98, 99, 100 in Double Dutch and the blunt end raps my knuckles, stuns my … Continue reading →

Posted in community, compassion, False Self, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged awareness, Beatrice Murch, crucifixion, Double Dutch, Esther Hizsa, Felipe Bastos, Friendship, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Rumi, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, The Guest House | 1 Comment

Realignment

Posted on May 2, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

After thirteen days away, (a dozen visits with friends and family, six ferries, one airport, a drive through downtown Vancouver, retreating on Galiano and leading a retreat on Bowen), I looked forward to coming home to home, to my Fred,my kitchen, my … Continue reading →

Posted in autism, compassion, Creation, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged crucifixion, deer, Esther Hizsa, Golden Finch, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Jenny Pansing, Living from the Heart, Nan C. Merrill, Psalm 23:3, Psalms for Praying, Scot Close, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: SoulStream

Penelope Rides the Icefield Parkway

Making Friends in Jasper

Falling in Love

A Contemplative in the Kitchen

Unfailing Love

The Tree Speaks

Maybe It’s Enough

Finding Us

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