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A Poem for the Middle of Lent
Lent is a season to struggle with what it means to be human. We begin with ashes on our foreheads to remind us that we are mortal. We will not live forever. We will not accomplish all our dreams. We are limited to this mortal frame, these few years, this tender flesh. We want so…
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A Blessing for Space
More often than not, I let silence begin and end the time I share with my directees. God works with the silence and we can sometimes hear better when we slow down ourselves to listen — especially when we have spent so much time wondering aloud about what in the world God is doing but…
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A Prayer for Advent Waiting
Over on Prayer Threads, I am aware of how much I bring up my own discomfort with the world right now. It’s hard to process the terrible things that are happening in the world especially when it feels like we have done nothing to learn from our past. We are repeating our sins and nothing…
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Holy Threads of Breath Prayer
When life feels most overwhelming, we return to the essentials. We focus on the most basic elements of being alive like breathing in and out. Our breath is fundamental to our vitality. God breathes into the world in the beginning of creation. That divine breath animates the human form and that life force continues to…
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The first time we meet
Sometimes we come to spiritual direction knowing what it is that we want. Other times we are looking for something that we can’t quite name and we need someone to help us hear that still small voice whispering truth too softly to hear alone. You may well know that this — this one right here…
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