Catholicism
When my son McLean turned fourteen, he accused me of being a horrible mother. “Why didn’t you make...
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Blackberry Communion
I remember the heat, the thorns that scratched my arms and face, and the heavy smell of the ripe berries which somehow draped itself over my whole body.
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YELLOW STAR
Her loud voice had stopped everything within its radius, had sucked the sound right out of the air. A vacuum moment, still, suspended. Until someone said, “Actually, I’d wanted to ask about that, too . .”
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No Obligation
Thoughts arise and dissolve like clouds in the empty sky. You cannot grasp them, so why try? To realize that you are not under any obligation to believe in your thoughts is the dawning of freedom.
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THE DAY I REMEMBERED MY SOUL
What I’m about to relate will be believed by some, disbelieved by others, and the rest will probably just shrug their shoulders and give it no more thought. Yet is there really any question more important than the possibility of life after death? That you, your character, personality, memories– your consciousness will continue, not for years or decades but forever. We are the only species out of millions to have a sense of mortality—then too, it’s thought we are the only transcendent species as well. And I think they are related, because what I was ‘shown’ (the best if rather feeble word I can come up with) is that I am two beings, sharing the same space or life as it were for a time: the one mortal, the other immortal, existing without beginning or end, beyond time itself. The mortal one we all can see, the other one is trickier
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.