Spiritual Direction & Supervision
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Portals for Grief: Befriending Pigs, Peonies and Other Personalized Gifts
May we be mindful of what moves us throughout this sharing- to laughter, tears, what is resonant or dissonant in us. For such are said to be sacred movements, worth staying with a while longer, later. I remember hearing somewhere once that “people may die, but relationships never do, they simply change.” I’ve come to
Has “I See You”, Had its Day?
Yes, the characters of Jake and Neytiri learn to deeply “see each other” in the first film, and then, they and a different kind of community learn to “see each other” in the second film, including Jake’s kids now learning to deeply “see” other peers. Jake even learns to finally “see” the son he never
Here’s to Life …
It’s been an incredibly unique year. One riddled with loss, illness and transition. One consistently challenging and inviting me, (which one depends on the day), to acceptance, flexibility, resilience, living with the truth of ambiguity and uncertainty, and more. My mom died in January. She was recovering from respiratory heart failure in a nursing care
Traveling Companions
When I agreed to live with dad while he had chemotherapy and radiation for lung cancer, I could have never anticipated who would have joined us on that journey. Beginning to travel to St. Alexius each day, first of all there was Reggie and Sam. Faithful doormen, they were the valets that greeted us each
Worthwhile Lifelong Practices
I have two daughters. One just got married. It’s been a lifetime of letting go with both of them. They wanted to take first steps. I needed to let go. They started preschool and needed to go into class. I had to let go. They learned how to drive and got a license. I had
Silent Sacred Celebration
When I stop and sit silently and let silence fill me the bell of my being I didn’t even realize was ringing softly reverberating slowly grows quiet returning to absolute stillness All coming together the inner and the outer as one The One No longer anywhere out ahead nor anywhere yet behind I have settled
A Worthy Practice
Lately I’ve been in conversations about currents moving in and across us as people these days. One current very alive, whether sitting quiet and hidden, or flowing freely, is grief. We are a grieving people. I’m not just talking about the huge literal loss of life due to Covid-19. Start and move out from there
Putting Your Heart Into It
The garage needed tending for some time, but we couldn’t bear to face it. There was the literal dirt. And there was the murky muddiness of so many piles of stuff to sort and sift through. It just felt daunting. Even overwhelming. And after all, there were so many more fun and more appealing things
Tending to our Grief
Just over a week ago I recorded a couple songs for use during a Holy Week Zoom service using my recorder and voice. It had been a while since I played or sang. The sound of the recorder and the feel of my voice was soothing – especially in the midst of a pandemic with
Still Unpacking
Not even three weeks ago I got home from a three week vacation to Peru and Chile. It was planned largely to visit my oldest daughter who was doing PhD field work for a year in Valparaíso. Emily had been there close to six months. It was the perfect time to connect in person. The