Tish’s first book, The Liturgy of the Ordinary, is one of my all time favorites, and this is one now, too. such a good and thorough and thoughtful look at grief, heaviness, sorrow, fear, pain, anguish — and hope, joy, peace, not despite those other things, but because of and in the midst of them.Continue reading “Prayer in the Night”
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10 year not-iversary
we all want a fairy tale, don’t we? when I was 21, I thought I had it all figured out. I’d met a guy, fallen in love. I was on track to finish college. we were young and everything was fresh and wonderful – and when he showed up at my parents’ house with aContinue reading “10 year not-iversary”
What Kind of Woman
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Kate Baer’s collection What Kind of Woman during this year’s national poetry month. “This is not a dress rehearsal before a better kind of life. Pick up your heavy burdens and leave them at the gate. I will hold the door for you.” “For now just remember how you felt theContinue reading “What Kind of Woman”
The Supper of the Lamb
fitting to read this for Holy Week ✝️ I opened this on a whim and I’m glad I was able to digest (heh) slowly over Holy Week. “To be sure, food keeps us alive, but that is only its smallest and most temporary work. Its eternal purpose is to furnish our sensibilities against the dayContinue reading “The Supper of the Lamb”
three books, one sunday
I finished three books today that I’ve been slowly working through. One is for my spiritual direction training program, and we have a group meeting this coming weekend, so I spent the morning prepping for discussions with my cohort. I finished Holy Listening by Margaret Guenther. she writes so compellingly about spiritual midwifery, and IContinue reading “three books, one sunday”
a glimpse of greater, a slice of sea
I’m spending the weekend on the Oregon coast, and went on a long meandering drive/walk this afternoon, collecting lines and images like pebbles along my way… a smoothing carpet of foam wind roaring, rush, rush,wind whispering, hush, hush consistent inconsistence – ever changing – always remains –if you look away for a second, you missContinue reading “a glimpse of greater, a slice of sea”
mystic or prophet, wonder woman I am not
in my spiritual direction training class, we had a challenge to pick a mystic or a prophet we wanted to learn from. my own director joked that I should pick Wonder Woman, and for a couple of weeks I seriously considered researching and writing my paper on Diana. but gradually I was reminded of howContinue reading “mystic or prophet, wonder woman I am not”
begin again; again, again
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”― J.R.R. Tolkien when we begin again, to practice again, to take up again, we are setting out on a dangerous business. when we start againContinue reading “begin again; again, again”
perhaps the greater 