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‘Tis the season of Easter, of Spring in the northern hemisphere, and at this time the words “renewal”, “rebirth” and “resurrection” are often mentioned, perhaps so commonly mentioned they have lost their mystery.  We often think of these words as a kind of restoration – “Jesus died, but death couldn’t defeat Him, and now He’s Read More

“I pray if a prayer has been used as a sword Against you and your heart, Against you and your word I pray that this prayer is a plowshare of sorts”   This is a quote from the song Plowshare Prayer by Spencer Joy.  I play this song often, sometimes on repeat, because I feel Read More

Holy Divine Lover-Of-All I offer You this beautiful broken world And my beautiful broken brothers and sisters And my own beautiful, broken heart.   We are utterly lost.   We judge. We refuse to forgive. We perpetuate that which harms our relations.   We have forgotten how to feel The fragile strands that connect us Read More

Things you will need for this ritual: Sage, cedar, rose water, anointing oil or other cleansing allies Paper and pen Matches or lighter Small altar with candle, water & bread or fruit, crystals or other small objects, tobacco if it is your custom to offer it, and a small piece of your jewelry – rosary, Read More

There may be no greater teacher than our own discomfort. Part biology, part emotion, part intuition, discomfort appears in many ways.  And it is…uncomfortable. And our culture does not teach us good ways to honor this and to work with it.  Instead, we are taught to ignore our feelings and the tightness in our chest Read More

It’s Sunday morning and after pouring a cup of coffee I sat down for my favorite early Sunday morning ritual, opening my email to read Janet Connor’s weekly newsletter.  I’m sure many of you know Janet, mystic witch and prayer artist.  I’ve taken two of her classes and find her one of the most generous Read More

I try not to give much advice.  Many years ago, someone I respected told me that when you give advice to people they only hear and follow the parts they like , and are happy to give you the blame for things that don’t work out.  So, over the years, I told myself to listen Read More

This morning the sun rose and turned the tiny ice droplets on each tree into an iridescent glow, like tiny winter blossoms.  Fragile, unearthly and stunning, as though the trees were caressed by light, each small curve intimately known and loved.  Or as if by some miracle the hidden Soul of each tree could be Read More

Last week I took a wonderful workshop on “The Interior Castle”, Teresa of Avila’s guide to intimate connection with the Divine.   Since then I’ve been pondering the quality of humility. Teresa says without self-knowledge and humility we can’t enter into the castle, we can’t begin our journey to the Beloved. So humility is a Read More

Just for today, this moment, what if we quit trying to figure it all out? Who is right, who is wrong, what we don’t know, all of it? What if we gave up the exhaustive task of trying to manage all that is unmanageable? What if we gave up looking to anyone outside of us Read More