Sacred Steps into the Unknown
My entire life has been a pilgrimage of sorts, if you think of a pilgrimage as a long journey to union with God. As my personal journey has been unfolding through the seasons of my everyday life, I have periodically embarked on physical pilgrimages that seem to...
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When Life Calls, How Will You Answer?
“Life issues a call; it makes a demand on every living individual...Only as you become aware of your own illusions can you simultaneously become more aware of the truth within yourself, and therefore in life. Consequently, you will understand in each moment what the...
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Tasting the Sweetness of Community
“There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has a quality impossible to describe.” ~ Teilhard de Chardin The...
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Are you Searching for Meaning, or Aliveness?
Note: This post is dedicated in gratitude to those beautiful, adventurous soul friends who traveled with me...some for a short while, some longer, all who taught me what it means to be alive. What is the meaning of life? Isn’t that the existential question that many...
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The Sacred Gift of Conflict
At the end of the day, the most accurate yardstick that measures our personal and spiritual development is the degree to which we are willing to engage in relationship with others. To love another with all their strengths and weaknesses is to find our...
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What Makes Your Heart Sing?
Recently I went to see my favorite folk musician, Joe Crookston, play at the local coffeehouse. He has a beautiful voice, is a wonderful songwriter and storyteller, and is extremely talented on the many instruments he plays, from guitar to banjo to fiddle. And yet as...
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