Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
New Visions

Archives

Select a Category 3i projects current events emotional states Heart in the news Mark's weekly reflections Michele's vlogs poetry Three Intentions happenings Uncategorized writing/books

Select a Month November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009

February 2012

February 20, 2012

Before the Waterfall

The art of living isn’t that simple. But honesty makes it bearable and everything stripped...

February 13, 2012

Mark in conversation with Marianna Caccaitore

The Journey of Awakening: Conversation with Mark Nepo Read the full transcript here. A poem...

February 13, 2012

The Oldest Conversation

I wonder, will anyone recognize us without our anger or our fear? And if we...

February 08, 2012

The Great Wave

Regardless of what is fair or just in a situation, if we cannot face our...

February 05, 2012

Letting Go, a video post by Michele McHall

January 2012

January 30, 2012

The Lesson of Winter

It's been cloudy for days. We feel so gray. The snow keeps falling. But for...

January 23, 2012

Wu Wei’s Pot

The King asked the Master Potter to shape a pot with a strong foundation and...

January 19, 2012

The One Conversation

In the interviews I've been blessed to have with Oprah, we seem to enter what...

January 16, 2012

The Poems

When starting out, I was so excited that anything showed up, I thought I was...

January 09, 2012

A Spiritual Problem

When circling what is sacred without touching what is sacred, it’s all we can do...

January 02, 2012

The Descent

How do we live in a world where all things are true? Yet we do....

December 2011

December 19, 2011

For the Moment

It was in Vancouver at breakfast, before my second cup of coffee. I had a...

December 13, 2011

In the Hut We Call the Self

I’ve been listening way inside where the Universe rushes up through me like wind through...

December 08, 2011

An Interview with Marianna Cacciatore and Mark Nepo

Bread for the Journey R A D I O presents: Mark Nepo ~ Having the...

December 05, 2011

We’re Intimate Now

It’s early March, the snow almost gone. From my upstairs window, the old ragged oak,...

November 2011

November 28, 2011

In Love with the World

There is no end to love. We may tear ourselves away or fall off the...

November 21, 2011

On and Off the Path

It’s the light above the path that points to the path that makes it a...

November 14, 2011

Going Inward

I’ve been walking the acre of my soul. It’s been so long. And there’s the...

November 07, 2011

The Early Sky Is Degas Yellow and You Are Still Asleep

I love this time of day. The only leaves left are small silhouettes against the...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

Going Home

It was the middle of the day. Early September. Light skirting out from under the...

October 24, 2011

The Bridge and the Elephant

In the dream, I was working hard to finish a bridge in order to cross...

October 17, 2011

To Glow

Like light in the sun spilling out of the sun, the spirit within beams its...

October 12, 2011

Discover Your Deepest-Held Beliefs

Mark's article appears on Oprah.com today: Part of Oprah's morning ritual is reading Mark Nepo's...

October 10, 2011

Doorways

How the door left open is a threshold to a new world, which we fear...

October 03, 2011

Luminescence

On the way home, hundreds of fireflies. They flicker like your memory of Bennington, the...

September 2011

September 26, 2011

Michele’s vlog: The Power of Heart Intelligence

Our hearts are the meaning maker in our lives and if we are to be...

September 26, 2011

Those Who’ve Fallen Through

Lyn Hartley is an independent educator who lives in the wilds of the Yukon. She...

September 19, 2011

Waiting

How do they do it? The ones washed ashore. Who in a broken pile put...

September 12, 2011

The Possibility

The early sun is spilling up the thin March trees. Through the barky silhouette, steam...

September 09, 2011

As Far As the Heart Can See audio sample

Related posts from Field Notes on Living

New Visions

Pain and Glow

Field Notes on Living

New Visions

Miraculum

Field Notes on Living

New Visions

How We Arrive

Field Notes on Living

New Visions

By the River

Field Notes on Living

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Subscription Support Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In

Follow Patheos