On Rough-books, Resilience, and Love
I have not plummeted, as poet Denise Levertov once wrote. Something in me is whispering the same…
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Category: Personal Journeys
Mapping A Path To The Divine
I like to explore the spiritual terrain of religions and even set up camp and learn their practices, but I have never settled on one. If anything I draw on all I’ve experienced in mapping my own route to the divine.
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Swept by Two Birds and a Rose
The Big Bird, that’s what I call the Holy Ghost, the one who comes with wings and tongue of fire. The One, the Mercy Sisters taught me long ago, whose Pentecost arrival brings the gifts of light and sacred speech. As I age, I am ever more hungry for the gifts of the Big Bird. I hunger for light. I want to hear God speak.
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Meeting the Divine in an Airport Parking Lot
A knot seizes in my throat. My eyes start to water. I bite my lip like a child, trying to hold back the tears, but they slalom down my cheeks and I taste the salt on my chapped lips. My hands are clasping the top of the steering wheel while I sit at the airport parking lot gate with tears streaming.
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For The Love Of Snacks
Snacks provide a holy opportunity.
Read MoreThe Braided Way
The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.