Making Time and Space – Feb. 17, 2022
“Often the shadow side of teaching is not making the time or space for the very principles you espouse for others… This points again to the essential nature of a soul friend in our lives who can help us discern when we are ready, when we are rushing, and when we are holding back.” –Christine […]
Being Open – Aug. 31, 2021
“Sometimes we may be open but not have much room to receive, due to the inner clutter that junks up and crowds our mind and heart. This clutter claims a lot of mental and emotional space and keeps us from receiving the good things we need. Just as our bodies breathe in oxygen and breathe […]
Holding Space – Mar. 2, 2021
“The Psalms are, in a sense, God’s way of holding space for us. They invite us to rejoice, wrestle, cry, complain, offer thanks, and shout obscenities before our Maker without self-consciousness and without fear. Life is full of the sort of joys and sorrows that don’t resolve neatly in a major key. God knows that. […]
Take a Step – Feb. 12, 2021
Whoever you are: some evening take a stepout of your house, which you know so well.Enormous space is near. -Excerpt from “The Way In” by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Robert Bly
