HOLY THREADS

When it came time to choose a name for my practice in spiritual direction, there wasn’t really a question for me. It was the threads of the story that shimmered to me.  My mother was amazing with a needle and thread, but I never developed her skills. The threads I follow are those of sacred…

I don’t think I really had words for why I don’t like New Years resolutions. I’ve made them. I’ve broken them. I’ve abandoned them and I’ve spent a lot of time resisting them. I didn’t really grasp why until I heard Kate Bowler speak with Oliver Burkeman this morning. It echoed with a lot of…

I have been dabbling in different formats exploring how we talk about prayer and what it means to pray. With all that is happening in the world, it is hard to find words that matter. It is hard to know what to do with ourselves and so I’m wondering how we create space. I revisited…

When everything feels uncertain and unknown, we struggle to find the ground beneath us. We aren’t sure where to put our faith and hope and we feel lost in our fears and worries. Here are some simple practices that can be practiced anywhere and anytime you might find your fears rising to overwhelming. 5, 4,…

At this point in the season of Ordinary Time in the Revised Common Lectionary, we find ourselves turning to the wisdom books. We lean into Proverbs, Job and Esther to glean what we can from the stories that have been passed down and retold over and over again. In one of these stories, Wisdom is…