The Hulled Heart

Today in an early morning dream I was addressed by a voice. It asked, “What are you doing?” and I answered, “I am hulling my heart.” The voice asked “Why?” and I answered, “I have need of a hulled heart.” I awoke, as I have so often this year, knowing that in my sleep I […]

The Undivided Wholeness in Which I Live – Jan. 5, 2022

Loving God with Us: Open my heart and mind to feel your presence and my existence in you. Help me release fears, wants, and judgments that separate others into parts and perceptions limiting my experience of oneness with you and others. Draw me into the hidden life of Christ who is all in all, connecting […]

The Wise Act of Pausing – Nov. 15, 2021

“The mystical possibilities of every moment are revealed to us in our intentional pauses… If we practice living mindfully, we slowly begin to see the holiness of so many things that remain hidden when we choose to rush through the hours, striking tasks from the list of things we must accomplish before day’s end. It […]

Witness – Mar. 19, 2021

Sometimes the mountainis hidden from me in veilsof cloud, sometimesI am hidden from the mountainin veils of inattention, apathy, fatigue,when I forget or refuse to godown to the shore or a few yardsup the road, on a clear day,to reconfirmthat witnessing presence. -Denise Levertov, Selected Poems