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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