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The Conversion of Rosie: Part 1
I took my mom to get her hair cut. Since she had chemo over a year ago, no hairdresser’s been able to tame her soft white hair. She looks like Punk Rocker meets Alfalfa. Once, I saw her elderly tablemate … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, False Self, Reflections
Tagged Acts 9, Alfalfa, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Little Rascals, Living from the Heart, No Bad Parts, Norman Rockwell, overly responsible, Richard Schwartz, Rosie the Riveter, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon
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Signs of Resurrection
On Sunday morning while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. –John 20:1 (CEV) The first sign of Christ’s resurrection came early.I recognized it when … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, Easter, Mindfulness, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Dances of Universal Peace, Easter, Esther Hizsa, Fill your cup, gerbera, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, jeiline, Living from the Heart, Nan C. Merrill, Psalm 9, resurrection, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Vitya_maly
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A Poem, Prayer and Song for Earth Day
Awakening I remember the momentI stood by the oceanand heard You whisper,in each wave that encircled my feet,that the earth on which I stoodand everything in itis Your body. The air I breatheis Your breath,the sand, Your skin,the love You … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, Mindfulness, Poetry, Reflections, Songs
Tagged Awakening, Canon Beach, Earth Day, Esther Hizsa, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Randy Hausken, Rhapsody of Rest, Sara Thomsen, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, Tjflex2, Tulips from my garden
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Scheduling a Time to Grieve
I told my spiritual director about the deep grief that overwhelmed me after my surgery and my grief returned quietly with tears. We listened –You, my spiritual director and I– to that tender part of me and heard what was … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, Easter, Poetry, Reflections
Tagged Esther Hizsa, grief, Holy Saturday, loss, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon
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We Need the Mind of Christ
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.–Albert Einstein What if I start with “we”?I didn’t create the problems the world faces, not on my own. But I do have an impact, good … Continue reading
Posted in autism, compassion, Lent, Mindfulness, Reflections
Tagged Book of Hours, Esther Hizsa, Ginny, I Corinthians 2:16, Ignatian Spiritual Excercises, Living from the Heart, Mustang Joe, SoulStream, Spiritual Director North Okanagan, Spiritual Director Vernon, The Book of Hours, The Thinker
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An Everyday Pilgrim 