Wednesday Wisdom: Hospitality: A Way of Being In a few weeks, I will be doing a mini-retreat on the topic of hospitality. Two things have inspired me to explore this topic more in depth: my personal experience at a Benedictine monastery, and my work as a spiritual director. In the rule…
Read MoreWednesday Wisdom: Taking A Break. Wednesday Wisdom will be taking a break for the rest of the summer. Please enjoy previous posts on this site; there’s a lot of content here that I hope will be encouraging and supportive of your sacred journey. During this hiatus, I will be discerning…
Read MoreWednesday Wisdom: See Yourself as a Manifestation of Divine Love. “…Our very being and the very being of everyone and everything around us is the generosity of God. God is creating us in the present moment, loving us into being, such that our very presence is the manifested presence of…
Read MoreWednesday Wisdom: Nurturing Your Deepest Self. I was talking to a friend yesterday who just returned from Italy, where he visited Assisi, and many other places that were filled with art, history, and churches. Being a practicing Catholic, he loved the presence of the sacred tradition that was prevalent all…
Read MoreWednesday Wisdom: How to Trust Change. Last week, I received an email from my supervisor informing me that my school placement for next year needed to change. What! was my immediate response. I didn’t want to make a change. It has been a hard year for me, with losing my mother…
Read MoreWednesday Wisdom. Let Go. Let More. Gifts of the Spirit Last Friday, at the end of facilitating a day of prayer at Mercy Center, I had a moment of surprise. It was a Spirit-filled day, as participants prayed with the Seven Gifts of the Spirit, created art work, and engaged in…
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