Sometimes Holding – Apr. 17, 2019
“Sometimes holding is simply the ability to see a bigger picture. Sometimes holding is support and nurturing help, and sometimes holding is holding back and letting things be. In retrospect the latter is often sensed as profound help though in the present we might feel it as counter-intuitive. We are, after all, still present for […]
Sorrow Taken Fully – Apr. 16, 2019
“Whenever any sorrow is taken fully to heart we learn something profound. A window opens where a door closed. The soul expands. Assumptions about ourselves are shed. We become naked to actual experience, and therefore more joined to the world.” -Gunilla Norris, Sheltered in the Heart
Moments of Knowing – Apr. 15, 2019
For Holy Week, I’ve been meditating on the loneliness of Jesus and the awkward companionship of his disciples. For reassurance and a reminder of the power in deep relationships, I’ve chosen quotes from the poet and essayist, Gunilla Norris in Sheltered in the Heart: Spiritualty in Deep Friendship (Homebound Publications, 2013). –Marjory Bankson, Editor of […]
Peel Away – July 6, 2018
“I know as I create this meal there is another cooking going on. It too, is all motion, all process—an inner transformation. Help me to give myself away as easily as this carrot, this new potato. I want my layers to peel away like the onion’s. I want to be as empty and clean as […]
