Richard Rohr says, “To be a contemplative is to trust deep time.” I spent last week on a silent personally directed retreat at Our Lady of the Pines Retreat Center in Fremont, Ohio. I’m still processing and ruminating with my experience but wanted to share a few musings since I haven’t written in a while.Continue reading “Images of a Retreat”
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Live you best life. Experience awe.
Do you know where you will be five years from April 8th? I’ve already made plans and perhaps others will join me in my yard that day. The next total solar eclipse in the United States will occur April 8, 2024. The path of totality will come very close to the Cincinnati area and theContinue reading “Live you best life. Experience awe.”
Letting Go and Moving On . . .
You can’t get to second base by leaving your foot on first. It’s a fact ball players learn and relearn time and time again. You can’t leave your feet firmly planted on first base. You have to lead off carefully gauging how far you can go without getting picked off. Leading off makes you feelContinue reading “Letting Go and Moving On . . .”
Serenity prayer: . . . and the wisdom to know the difference
“Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.” Proverbs 4:6-7 “Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and chose the path that leads to wisdom.” –Continue reading “Serenity prayer: . . . and the wisdom to know the difference”
The Serenity Prayer: Changing What I Can
Change is hard. Changing ourselves is harder. Earlier, I shared my thoughts and experiences about accepting what I cannot change. I anticipated I would share my reflections on the part of the serenity prayer “change the things I can” in a week or so. After all, you just “do it”. You make those necessary changesContinue reading “The Serenity Prayer: Changing What I Can”