Heather Ruce

There was no email sent out this week From the Daily Contemplative Pauses Monday with Heather Prayer of those who dwell in a monastery...

Today is a day of honoring and extending gratitude toward mother in so many different ways. Being a mother is not limited to those who...

So far this Eastertide, we have been focusing on four different postures (see below for links) we can learn to inhabit with the help and...

The fourth posture we might continue to work with this Eastertide, continuing to draw on the work of Cynthia Bourgealt, is the posture of...

We are continuing to explore working with the four different postures, drawing on the work of Cynthia Bourgeault, which Jesus and Mary...

Last week I mentioned that during the Holy Week retreats we worked with four different postures which Jesus and Mary Magdalene embodied...

Holy Week is over, Easter has come, and now we are in the subtle season of Eastertide, known in the liturgical tradition as the “great...

This Holy Week has begun and I am heading into the Silence with many of you in different ways as we walk right alongside Jesus and Mary...

We are getting closer to Holy Week, in which we are invited to step inside of the events that transpired right alongside Jesus and Mary...

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...

At the start of this Lenten Season we focused on how the practices of fasting, praying, and giving are truly in service of...

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...

We have begun the Lenten season. As mentioned last week, this is a season paralleling Jesus' 40 days spent in the desert after his...

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...

Last week, still in the season of Epiphanytide and present with the mystery of the incarnation, we talked about befriending our bodies...

As the season of Epiphanytide goes on, let us stay with the mystery of the incarnation, God taking human form and becoming flesh through...

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...

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...

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...

As I mentioned last week, we are currently in the season of Christmastide leaning into these first 12 days between Christmas and...

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...

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....

We are now in the third week of Advent. This liturgical season is full of rich and meaningful themes. Themes of waiting, beholding,...

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...