This week, in preparation for our 24th annual Celtic retreat, I have been rereading Henri Nowen‘s The Genesee Diary: Report from a Trappist Monastery. It profoundly impacted me as I…
My river stones are beautiful individually, but they are even more beautiful when arranged to form a pattern. My initial thought was a rose, with the one dark stone at…
When I got my collection of stones home last week I washed them. The colours in wet stones are much more vibrant than those in dry stones. But in order…
Last Saturday I went out to Camano Island intending to pick cherries, but the birds had beaten me to it. There was not a single cherry left on our trees.…
A couple of weeks ago I shared the Welcoming prayer by Thomas Keating. One of the lines in that prayer is I let go of my desire for power and control. These are…
Spiritual formation is defined as an intentional Christian practice that has as its goal the development of spiritual maturity that leads to Christ-likeness. The term brings to mind Christian spiritual practices…
More and more of us are recognizing the benefits of meditation, but the idea of twenty minutes at a time is rather daunting. The idea of two such pauses in…
It is the beginning of a new month and the summer season is in full swing. Here in Seattle we have just gone through the hottest June on record, and this…
I love collecting rocks, and much to my surprise discovered recently that I am not alone. When I ask a group of people “who likes to gather rocks?” probably half…
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