Living into Surrendering: Allowing

Living Into Surrendering, day 3: Allowing I have decided to live into surrender more consciously for 21 days, and share the journey with others, for the benefit of our own peace of mind, and the peace of those around us. Yesterday was a full day at work. I had to meet the new folks at…

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Living into Surrendering: Intention

Surrendering into Living, Day 2 O rescue me, God, my helper, and my tongue shall ring out your goodness, O Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall declare your praise. –from Psalm 51   The monks at the Abbey of Gethsemani, where I met Brother Rene, start the morning prayer with: Lord, open my…

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Living Into Surrender: The Call

The Call to Surrender: Day I It’s a new school year, and as I transition back to work as a part-time school librarian, I find myself filled with resistance for so many reasons. As the door opens to a new school, I want to run the other way–but I can’t, mainly for financial reasons, like…

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What the Night Sky Teaches Us

While I was in Hawaii, I had the delight and joy of visiting the Mauna Kea Visitor’s Center, which is over 9,000 feet above sea level. We saw an amazing display of stars, as well as the planet Saturn and its rings. Spending an evening there was such an expansive experience. It is truly a sacred place. I wanted to…

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Cultivating Expansiveness

For the past week I have had the great delight of swimming every day in the Pacific ocean, while I’m here in Hawaii, house sitting for some friends. One day, my husband and I snorkeled around an incredible coral reef, called Two Step, where we saw sea turtles, butterflyfish, and angelfish. As we slowly moved through the water, immersed in…

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Waters of Trust

Blessed is the person who trust in the Lord, Whose hope is the Lord, She is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream; It fears not the heat when it comes, its leaves stay green… –Jeremiah 17:7-8   I share this passage with you because it deeply resonated with me…

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