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Job Would Be Jealous

Posted on October 31, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

Panic rushes through the door the moment I see the blue screen of death on my laptop. “Why did you push that button? Everything is lost [on your hard drive]. I alone have surfaced to tell you.” The next day, … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections, Stories | Tagged Billy Bob Bain, Blue Screen of Death, Dee Wilson, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Job 1, Living from the Heart, Many Names, Orlando Palmer, Psalm 46, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, The Porter's Gate | 4 Comments

Release, Receive and Return

Posted on October 25, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

For days after I heard how my words wounded another, self-judgment hounded me, accusing me of being a bad, unsafe person. I felt shrouded in shame until God found me through a Lenten reflection on labyrinths with the themes: release, … Continue reading →

Posted in Easter, False Self, Poetry, Reflections, Stories | Tagged Esther Hizsa, Living from the Heart, Nan C. Merrill, Psalm 23:3, Richard Bott, Rivendell Labyrinth, SoulStream, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver | Leave a comment

As One Friend to Another

Posted on October 16, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

Speak to God as one friend speaks to another. –Annotation 54, The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola As one friend to another, I gotta say, I love that you call me your friend and tell me I abide in … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, Ignatian Spirituality, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections | Tagged Annotation 54, As One Friend to Another, Deuteronomy 31:6, Esther Hizsa, Genesis 28:10-22, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Ignatius of Loyola, John 15:9-17, Jon Guerra, Living from the Heart, Luke 15:1-7, Psalm 139:13, Psalm 139:7-12, Romans 8:38-39, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, The Runaway Bunny | Leave a comment

A Thanksgiving Prayer

Posted on October 9, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

Holy and Loving One, you have brought us into a good land– a land of lakes and hills, forests, streams and meadows, a land of orchards full of peaches, pears, cherries and apples–so many varieties of apples! fields full … Continue reading →

Posted in Creation, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections | Tagged 2 Corinthians 9:8, Apple Tree, Deuteronomy 8:7, Esther Hizsa, GoToVan, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, James Wheeler, Living from the Heart, Pumpkin Patch, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | 2 Comments

Feeling Trapped

Posted on October 2, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

I began to notice it more and more in conversations, in a turn of events, a sudden increase in price, a response I didn’t like. I kept thinking they were doing something to me. “They” could be anyone, anything that … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Poetry, Childhood, compassion | Tagged Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Nathan O'Nions, Peter Ilsted, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, The Open Door, Trapped | 2 Comments

Soular Eclipse

Posted on September 25, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

It must have been so scary for our ancestors, the first time the moon eclipsed the sun. Did they wonder if the end had come? Did they think God was punishing them? Did they brace themselves for perpetual darkness? After … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, Poetry, Poverty of Spirit, Reflections | Tagged brendangates, depression, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Illusion of separation from God, Into the Silent Lands, Living from the Heart, Martin Laird, solar eclipse, soular eclipse, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Takeshi Kuboki, total eclipse | Leave a comment

The Sirens’ Song

Posted on September 18, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

Blame comes like the sirens’ song. “Join us,” they chant. “Still the ache.Be free. End the war.” Loud, insistent, incessant. “Take the blame. Hate yourself. If you love your life, you’ll lose it. Take the blame. Take the blame. End … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, Mystical, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Blame, Esther Hizsa, Herbert James Draper, Nan C. Merrill, Psalm 18:16-19, Psalms for Praying, Ship Sailing at Sunset, Sirens, SoulStream, spiritual director, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Trey Ratcliff, Ulysses and the Sirens | 2 Comments

Prayer for a Free Heart

Posted on September 4, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

Create in me a free heart, O God, a heart that welcomes every part of myself to be felt, seen and heard, a heart that sees You in creation and loves every bit of You. May I receive love … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christmas, compassion, Mindfulness, Poetry, Prayer, Reflections, Resource | Tagged ashley rose, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Nan C. Merrill, nowhere to turn but to You, Psalm 51:1, Psalm116, Psalms for Praying, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | Leave a comment

I Hear Her

Posted on August 28, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

The image of a child crying in the back seat of my car enabled me to move from trying to silence my anxiety to having compassion for a young part of myself. Over the next few days, I listened … Continue reading →

Posted in compassion, Creation, Poetry, Reflections | Tagged Arthur T. LaBar, Eli Sagor, Esther Hizsa, fire scar on red oak, Heather Ruce, Here I am as I am, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Isaiah 43:2, Living from the Heart, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | Leave a comment

I See Her

Posted on August 23, 2026 by Esther Hizsa

There it is again in the pit of my stomach, when I go to sleep at night, when I wake in the morning, the feeling that something’s wrong, something bad’s going to happen. Summertime, when I have nothing at all … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Reflections | Tagged AЯMEN, Esther Hizsa, flightsaber, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, rainy glass, Rear-view eyes, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon | 5 Comments

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Tag Archives: SoulStream

Job Would Be Jealous

Release, Receive and Return

As One Friend to Another

A Thanksgiving Prayer

Feeling Trapped

Soular Eclipse

The Sirens’ Song

Prayer for a Free Heart

I Hear Her

I See Her

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