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May 2018

May 04, 2018

Sacred Ancestral Wisdom

You're never alone, even in what you think are your weakest moments. You have thousands...

April 2018

April 13, 2018

The Soulful Scribe

The sacred art of scribing is a practice I've relied on since childhood. My journals...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Sisterhood: The Beguines Inspire a Women’s Community for Today

The sacred container of sisterhood holds a community in an atmosphere of safety where sisters...

March 2015

March 02, 2015

Spiritual Sisterhood

Throughout the ages women have gathered to share their personal stories and spiritual/creative wisdom. Circles...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

The Call

For the past several weeks I've been observing nature's unpredictability as the weather, continually changes...

September 2014

September 14, 2014

A Fragment of Grace

A mysterious event happened in my garden Friday night. Outside my bedroom window there stood...

August 2014

August 04, 2014

The Turning

A small globe on a bookshelf in my workspace catches my eye. I pick it...

June 2014

June 02, 2014

Ministers of Love

From the pages of my journal this morning a few spontaneous thoughts on what it means...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

The Demise of Mystery

I recently returned from leading a pilgrimage to Chartres Cathedral. For one week my colleague...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

Seasons

In this sacred time of Holy Week I am contemplating the themes of death and...

December 2013

December 03, 2013

The Promise of Pilgrimage

Chartres Cathedral has been a destination for spiritual seekers, pilgrims, and journeyers for centuries. My...

July 2013

July 21, 2013

Creativity as Sacrament: Visual Prayer Reflection

When I was writing my historical novel, Ink and Honey, I was immersed in the...

May 2013

May 17, 2013

Creativity as Sacrament: Harvesting the Journal

Inspiration is a miraculous phenomena. This morning I was looking through my photos, the way...

March 2013

March 17, 2013

Writing as Sacred Practice

Since the release of my novel, Ink and Honey, readers have been asking about my writing process....

January 2013

January 28, 2013

The Life-giving Sustenance of Intentional Community

"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a...

January 03, 2013

Ancient Wisdom to Bless the Creative Spirit

My curiosity regarding the discovery of long lost artifacts influenced my writing of Ink and Honey, a...

December 2012

December 03, 2012

Seeking the Sacred Child Within

The season of Advent invites contemplation of the concepts of holy longing and expectant waiting....

November 2012

November 03, 2012

Sacred Circles of Women: From the Cave to Online

Circles of women have gathered throughout the ages. They co-create community to share the varied...

October 2012

October 01, 2012

Sacred Wisdom Stones

Sacred wisdom takes many forms. There is the ancient sacred wisdom of the early mystics...

September 2012

September 16, 2012

Patterns for Authenticity

When life gives you scraps make quilts….Anonymous My mother makes quilts. I have carefully observed...

July 2012

July 25, 2012

Thresholds

Thresholds. The boundary point between two spaces. A threshold may be as subtle as the...

July 09, 2012

Seeking Peace in the Fields of Time

Time seems to be a topic of conversation in many circles these days. Lack...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

Intuition and the Sacred Imagination

“You say God speaks to you, but it’s only your imagination.” These are the words...

June 19, 2012

Holy Outrageous: Tangible Signs of Hope and Inspiration

Life, throughout the ages, has metaphorically been viewed as a pilgrimage. The labyrinth mirrors...

June 05, 2012

Table Community

The recent liturgical seasons of Easter and Pentecost have stirred my thoughts about the first...

May 2012

May 13, 2012

Tending the Garden of the Soul

The sculpture you place in your garden is your signature on nature. Anonymous Garden accoutrements...

November 2011

November 23, 2011

A Chronicle of Wonderment

The year has circumnavigated it's course and the holidays (Holy Days) have arrived once again....

October 2011

October 14, 2011

Fragments and Shards as Visual Prayer

Everyday life often feels disjointed and fragmented, like pieces of a puzzle to be sorted...

September 2011

September 22, 2011

Autumn’s Pilgrimage

To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know...

August 2011

August 28, 2011

Hildegard of Bingen: Awakening the Senses

We are dressed in the scaffold of creation: in seeing . . . to recognize all the world,...