Impressions.
Last week we spoke of the practice of self-examination inherent in this Lenten season. This is a very subtle practice really. It is easy...
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- Mar 12
- 6 min
Self-Examination.
At the start of this Lenten Season we focused on how the practices of fasting, praying, and giving are truly in service of...
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- Mar 6
- 5 min
Fasting for Lent.
Let us return to the notion of fasting during the Lenten season. Whether you have chosen to give something up or not, it is good to...
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- Feb 26
- 4 min
The Lenten season is upon us.
We have begun the Lenten season. As mentioned last week, this is a season paralleling Jesus' 40 days spent in the desert after his...
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- Feb 19
- 4 min
Giving way to the season of Lent.
As This week the season of Epiphanytide will give way to the season of Lent. It is a season paralleling Jesus' 40 days spent in the...
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- Feb 5
- 4 min
The body is intelligent.
Last week, still in the season of Epiphanytide and present with the mystery of the incarnation, we talked about befriending our bodies...
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- Jan 29
- 7 min
The Mystery of Incarnation.
As the season of Epiphanytide goes on, let us stay with the mystery of the incarnation, God taking human form and becoming flesh through...
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- Jan 22
- 3 min
Mutual indwelling.
As you know, some of the wisdom rhythms we can listen for are found in the seasonal rhythms within the liturgical year. The rhythm of...
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- Jan 15
- 2 min
Perfectly imperfect wisdom rhythms.
As we continue to consider and listen for the ancient wisdom rhythms that live within us, and are in service of waking us up to a...
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- Jan 8
- 7 min
Wisdom rhythms.
With Epiphany this past Friday, the same day as a full moon and shortly after the start of a new year, we are in a potent space of new...
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- Jan 1
- 4 min
Christmastide and New Year blessing.
As I mentioned last week, we are currently in the season of Christmastide leaning into these first 12 days between Christmas and...
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- Dec 26, 2022
- 7 min
Christmastide.
This post comes to you after the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ into the world. The day, for the Christian wisdom tradition, in...
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- Dec 18, 2022
- 4 min
Priests of our own lives.
We are now in the fourth week of Advent, nearing Christmas. In her teachings from Exploring Advent through the Eyes of Jean Gebser and G....
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- Dec 11, 2022
- 5 min
Preparation.
We are now in the third week of Advent. This liturgical season is full of rich and meaningful themes. Themes of waiting, beholding,...
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- Dec 4, 2022
- 3 min
magnifier of God.
Yesterday marked the second Sunday of Advent in the Christian tradition and lineage. Not only is it a time to, in the words of Jan...
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- Nov 27, 2022
- 2 min
"Stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder."
Today marks the first day of the season of Advent in the Christian tradition and lineage. It is a season of inner preparation, waiting,...
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- Nov 13, 2022
- 5 min
Being a benevolent ancestor.
Last week we talked about lingering a little longer in the thin time of the fall Triduum and opening to the possibility of actually...
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- Oct 16, 2022
- 3 min
We are not separate from nature.
After being away in the rural mountains of North Carolina this week — with a small group of humans, an amazing amount of large vibrantly...
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- Oct 9, 2022
- 5 min
On the lookout.
Just a quick note this week. . . Although we can never fully know the impact our work as contemplatives on the wisdom path has in our...