Category: Spiritual Diriection
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Church and Me in 2023
May I share an overview of my neighborhood and what has been unfolding since we moved here last June? I had just started the 18th annotation when we moved from the Boston area to Thomasville, NC. The house into which we moved is bigger than any house we have ever owned and it has a…
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The Story I’ll Tell
I love using the 1SE app to put together a Year in Review audio visual piece. The process of creating this is always a spiritual practice of sorts for me: it helps me to look backward in gratitude for all the joy and goodness we experienced over the past year. It also serves as a…
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Advent Week 4: Peace
I often visualize peace as the absence of struggle, tension or conflict. Upon further reflection, however, (Hello, 3 am. Nothing like waking up after an angsty dream and not being able to fall back to sleep…), I think peace must be more practical than that. At the very least, I desperately hope there is more…
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Advent Week 3: Joy
What brings you joy? The kind of joy that rises up like a spring from inside your true self… The kind of joy that goes deep-down-in-your-bones… The kind of joy that defies circumstances… Talk to me about that kind of joy. I’d love to hear about the places and spaces it has shown up for…
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Advent Week 2: Faith (or the lack thereof)
Faith has rarely come easily for me. So when I realized this morning that the theme of the 2nd week of Advent was “Faith”, I choked. I thought about giving up on this self-imposed challenge of sharing images that inspire me around each week’s Advent theme. I thought about all the pictures I had ready…
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Advent Week 1: Hope
Yesterday, the first Sunday of Advent, our family had the privilege of lighting the “hope” candle at our church. Truth be told, I had to bribe my son with the promise that HE could be the one to handle the fire and light the candle, but we made it! We also gained a child (our…
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Prayer Labyrinths
I finally finished the prayer labyrinth on our second wooded acre. Having regular access to a place for this spiritual practice has been a true gift in this season. I’m so grateful for the lessons I am learning along the way! This sacred space is open and all are welcome. If you’re in the Thomasville,…
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The Gift of Soul Care
Many folks these days find themselves “spiritually homeless” and desperately yearning for more. Some have left church altogether, others remain in church or some form of Christian community yet can no longer ignore the gnawing question “Is this all there is?” And then there’s another group of faithful pilgrims who have found themselves in the…
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Draw Me Deeper Still…
So much has happened over the past few months since I last posted, not the least of which was our move and resettling in NC! As the dust settles and my kids start school, I find myself with a little bit more time on my hands to write, create and reflect. It is a sweet,…
