Reflections from Our Directors
Finding Clarity Amidst a Life Decision
Regardless of a specific religion or spirituality, we all benefit from the act of reflecting on our feelings and noticing the direction they compel us. Observing whether you are drawn towards feelings of consolation or desolation can be a profound source of inner guidance and begin to bring your heart’s true desire into focus.
Come and Have Breakfast
Quieting ourselves, we sense Jesus setting us a table. Jesus out on the shore preparing what gives us nourishment. Watching for those moments we need assistance. Listening when we ask for help. Providing what we need instead of what we might want.
Centering Prayer: Spiritual Practice for an Easter People
Centering prayer is… a surrendering, self-emptying form of prayer, it helps carry the gifts of Easter beyond the season into ordinary time and the everyday circumstances of life.
A Loving Gaze in Springtime
This is the experience some people are having at this very moment. Despite spring’s arrival, they are still in the midst of winter.
Am I Racist? Using Spiritual Practice to Lean into My Discomfort
There are many writers these days who are talking about white privilege / white dominant culture / white supremacy. Their contention is that because white supremacy and white privilege are baked right into our culture and our systems, if we are white we are inescapably racists.
Howard Thurman and Encountering God
When we consider how we want to create, deepen, and grow our relationship with God remembering that every encounter is a divine encounter, we are reassured of God’s love for us.
What God Desires
God resides within us and in our humanness, it is we who come and go; yet God is always there telling us each time we return,” I am so glad you are back”.
Springing Forward with Reflections: day to day desolations and consolations invite gratitude.
Revisiting the fact that, in the Bible, the words, “Fear not” or “Do not be afraid” are found 365 times. It encourages me to lean on signs of trust, compassion, mercy, hope amid times of desolation. How does this scriptural reminder touch your heart?
PRAYER SHAWLS: Everyday reminders of God’s love, compassion and mercy.
How might prayer shawls be everyday reminders of God’s love, compassion and mercy?