Articles on Spiritual Direction
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Pause, Release, Return… Repeat as Needed
“Are we really as awake as we think we are?” The question jumped off the page and stopped me in my tracks. My immediate response was, “Well, sure I am…maybe…I don’t know…maybe not.” This question is posed by Caroline Oakes in the introduction of her book, Practice the Pause – Jesus’ Contemplative Practice, New Brain…
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Moving From Head to Heart
I have been a mystic for much of my life, but I lacked the language to describe my experiences. Throughout various peaks and valleys in my multiple careers, I yearned for a deeper relationship with God. Time often felt elusive. However, I was on a journey that opened new vistas daily. Just over a year…
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Beyond the List of “Shoulds”: Receiving God’s Invitation
“Many times today I will cross over a threshold.I hope I will catch a few of those times.I need to remember that my life is, in fact,a continuous series of thresholds:from one moment to the next,from one thought to the next,from one action to the next.Help me appreciate how awesome this is.How many are the…
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Ready to Keep Listening
When my former Senior Rector suggested I sign up for Shalem’s Crossing the Threshold: Contemplative Foundations for Emerging Leaders program, I don’t think he quite knew what this course would come to mean to me and how it would intersect in such beautiful ways in my life. I certainly didn’t. However, I can say without…
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Spiritual Guidance as Love Activism
In the Northern Hemisphere where I live, we’ve passed the autumnal equinox and are entering one of my favorite seasons – fall. As the days become shorter and the nights lengthen, we’re invited to lean back and settle into this fecund, pregnant, obscure season heading towards winter. During fall our Jewish brothers and sisters celebrate…