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November 2014

November 22, 2014

Graceful Virtues: A Reflection on the Grace of Yes by Lisa M. Hendey

It is a gift to discover a companion on the spiritual journey from a tradition...

September 2014

September 22, 2014

Notes from the Mainline: A Reflection on the Mainliner’s Guide to the Post-Denominal World

Notes from the Mainline: A Reflection on The Mainliner’s Survival Guide to the Post-Denominational World...

September 17, 2014

Finding a Sacred Rhythm: Response to The Sacred Year by Michael Yankoski

As a spiritual director, I am always pleased to encounter a book that describes and...

August 2013

August 04, 2013

Pray As you Can, Not As You Can’t

I am some one for whom prayer is an organic practice. I continue to teach...

June 2013

June 14, 2013

Practicing Presence

I am so easily distracted! I find it so hard to be where I am...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

A Gift for the Introverts Among Us: A Review of Quiet-The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain

I am delighted that Susan Cain, author of Quiet has had the power, and has...

January 12, 2013

A Lens of Compassion

It is January, bleak midwinter of many spirits, if not in all of our climates....

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Letting the Light In

I am so grateful to be in Christmastide after a challenging Advent! Break forth. O...

December 13, 2012

Anticipating Joy–Advent III

More light dawns in this Advent III week! One more candle on the wreath, and...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

Real Spiritual Practices for People Who Age: A Book Review

Book Review for A Season of Mystery by Paula Huston, now featured at the Patheos Book...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

Obstacles and Distractions

I get bumped off the journey with regularity. This week was rife with what seemed...

September 2012

September 17, 2012

Traveling Mercies

In the last days before a trip, things can fall apart. A rear-end accident, a...

September 08, 2012

To Be A Pilgrim

It is my season of pilgrimage again! The signs are all around me. The last...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

Choosing a Life Story

I sat with a companion this week to say farewell to the journey of five...

August 17, 2012

Our Old Stories

Telling the old stories can be endlessly entertaining: "Remember the time she said...?" "Did I...

July 2012

July 28, 2012

Hearing a God Story

Telling our own story is a great challenge sometimes. Listening for God's story that intersects...

July 19, 2012

Sacred Story, Open Heart

Summertime is story telling time. Whether it is a presidential candidate intent on "telling...

June 2012

June 08, 2012

Collateral Damage II

I am finding it hard to be writing about the collateral pain that occurs when...

June 01, 2012

On Collateral Damage from Clergy Misconduct–I

In my 25 years in active ministry, clergy misconduct occurred in 3 out of...

May 2012

May 15, 2012

To Complete the Joy

The Resurrection is just the beginning! Joy comes for the disciples of Jesus when they...

May 09, 2012

Mothers Who Do Everything

I am sending a shout out to those who have been formed in Spirit...

May 01, 2012

Practicing Resurrection

Wendell Berry makes me sit right up in my chair when he writes! In this...

April 2012

April 21, 2012

Renewing the World!

It has been hard this week to ferret out the audible signs of Resurrection! People I...

April 13, 2012

Easter Listening

The walking I did for my Lenten practice opened my ears. I heard such different...

March 2012

March 22, 2012

Still Walking…in Faith Week 5 of Lent

I keep walking, but in this week of Lent, I struggle with the attempt. Daylight...

March 15, 2012

A Love Walk–Week 4 of Lent

I have walked half my way through Lent. The words from the King James Version...

March 08, 2012

Spirit Walking–Week 3 of Lent

"Keep walking!" says the Spirit; so I do. I am challenged by the convergence of...

March 01, 2012

Walking Anew-Week 2 of Lent

So I began walking as my primary Lenten practice; one day it was my labyrinth,...

February 2012

February 23, 2012

The Lenten Walk

"Jesus walked this lonesome valley/he had to walk it by himself/O nobody else could walk...

January 2012

January 16, 2012

Entering Sabbath

"On the Sabbath we cease from our work, so that God can do God's work...